Peer Support Mentor

About the Role

Community Bridges Inc. (CBI) plays a major role in workforce development with our employees and in the communities we serve. The Peer Support Mentor will build upon the success we have achieved in workforce development and expand it through innovative techniques in mentoring individuals with lived experience to identify their strengths, areas of opportunity, and areas of expertise.

The Peer Support Mentor will assist individuals with lived experience in utilizing their skills and goals to help them navigate employment at CBI, including accessing additional trainings, understanding and receiving tuition reimbursement assistance, and achieving the greatest possibility of success throughout their employment within CBI by maximizing all benefits offered as a CBI employee.

The Peer Support Mentor will work directly with various departments within CBI to understand the inner workings of each department. This knowledge will assist in guiding employees to the best department based on their identified expertise and professional goals, including Program Operations, Finance, Compliance, Quality Management, Billing, and IT.

CBI’s goal is to have individuals with lived experiences infused into the inner workings of all areas within the agency, using their lived experience to inform processes that are supportive of our direct service staff and the members we serve. The Peer Support Mentor will be responsible for further developing the CBI Peer Opportunity Path (CPOP) and guiding individuals with lived experience through the CPOP. This includes an anti-poverty framework that builds upon the individual’s overall success beyond employment, assisting with access to home ownership, higher education, and career advancement.

Responsibilities

• Mentor individuals with lived experience to identify strengths, areas of opportunity, and areas of expertise.
• Assist individuals in utilizing their skills and goals to navigate employment at CBI, including accessing additional trainings and tuition reimbursement.
• Work directly with various CBI departments to understand their inner workings and guide employees to suitable departments based on their expertise and goals.
• Develop and guide individuals through the CBI Peer Opportunity Path (CPOP), incorporating an anti-poverty framework.
• Support individuals in achieving success beyond employment, including home ownership, higher education, and career advancement.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Associates Degree or higher in a field related to behavioral health preferred.
• Recovery from Alcohol or Drugs and/or GMH for equal to or greater than 1 consecutive year required.
• 1 year of experience in a behavioral health position providing outreach and engagement activities.

Benefits

• Generous PTO accrual (5 weeks).
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Life, and Supplemental insurance plans.
• Hospital indemnity/Critical Illness insurance.
• Pet Insurance.
• Dependent Care Savings and Health Care Savings plans.
• 401K with employer match - 100% vested upon enrollment.
• Wellness programs.
• Tuition Reimbursement and Scholarship Programs.
• Incentives and more.

Pay

Very competitive pay rates.

About CBI

Community Bridges, Inc. (CBI) is an integrated behavioral healthcare agency offering a variety of programs throughout Arizona, including residential, outpatient, inpatient, patient-centered medical homes, medication-assisted treatment, and crisis services to individuals experiencing crisis, opioid use disorder, homelessness, and mental illness.

CBI is the premiere non-profit fully integrated healthcare provider of substance use and behavioral health programs in Arizona, including prevention, education, and treatment using cutting-edge, nationally recognized, evidence-based models.

CBI values career growth and offers ongoing training and support, with strong and competent leadership. The agency operates 26 state-of-the-art facilities that adhere to a "no wrong door" treatment approach, dramatically improving the quality of life for patients from all walks of life while maintaining the dignity of human life.

For the past four years, The Phoenix Business Journal has recognized CBI as one of the top ten healthiest mid-size employers in the Valley.