Peer Specialist

About the Role

As a Peer Support Specialist, you'll provide recovery-focused services to youth and families in MHMRTC programs, adhering to TAC requirements. Drawing from your personal recovery experience, you'll offer support in recovery planning, mentoring, crisis assistance, and rights advocacy through individual and group settings. Your role involves modeling effective coping techniques, self-help strategies, and efficient use of community resources. You'll develop and lead educational and support groups tailored to individual needs, working with youth and families in outpatient clinics and community settings. By sharing your expertise and lived experience, you'll foster positive relationships and support recovery and wellness in our community, making a significant impact on the lives of children, youth, and families.

Requirements

• High School Diploma / GED (minimum education)
• One (1) year of self-reported active recovery and receipt of community mental health services for a disorder that is treated in the target population for Texas with onset during adolescent years
• Certification as a Certified Peer Specialist (completed upon hire)

Preferences: Prior completion of Peer Specialist orientation, self-assessment, core training, and knowledge assessment with a passing score; Spanish-speaking.

Benefits

• Retirement plan with company matching
• Day one PTO accrual
• Ten paid holidays plus a floating holiday
• Employee assistance programs
• Comprehensive wellness programs promoting physical, mental, and financial health
• Qualifying employer for Student Loan Forgiveness Programs

Our benefits philosophy emphasizes work-life balance, personal well-being, and access to resources that help employees thrive both professionally and personally.

Values

Our values are based on the following beliefs:

• Respect for people who are active in planning their services
• Recovery is a life-long process of better health
• Success as positive outcomes for each person
• Participation of people and their families in the process
• Inclusion in the community through services that promote growth and independence
• Safe, ethical, and cost-effective services
• Best practices in current research in medical, psychosocial, and organizational fields
• Collaboration with other organizations for better services