Peer Support Specialist Supervisor (MRT) (9802)
Being the Leader Communities Need in Moments of Crisis.
About Us
CarePoint Response, Inc. (CPR) is a nationally recognized nonprofit and Baltimore’s only comprehensive crisis response system. Since 1992, we’ve been at the forefront of behavioral health crisis care — providing timely, community-based services for individuals and families experiencing mental health and substance use challenges.
The Opportunity
We are seeking a Peer Support Specialist Supervisor to join our Mobile Crisis Team at CarePoint Response, Inc. (CPR). In this role, you’ll provide on-site crisis intervention, assessment, and stabilization services alongside a Peer Support Specialist. You’ll help individuals in crisis develop safety plans, connect to resources, and begin their path toward recovery. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact by bringing compassionate care and support directly to those who need it most in the community.
Responsibilities
- Work collaboratively with other members of the mobile crisis team and respond to individuals in crisis in the community or hospital ED
- Work with the individual in crisis to develop a crisis plan, provide linkages to care, and introduce other crisis planning tools as needed prior to completion of the crisis run
- Work with all members of the team to facilitate engagement of the individual in crisis and help them feel welcome and comfortable
- Create performance improvement plans for staff when necessary
- Provide regular documentation for supervision
- Model behavior and ethics to the peer specialist
- Provide support and supervision to peer specialist
- Assist individuals in crisis with continuity of care by providing mental health, addiction, peer recovery supports, and other needed resources
- Refer individuals to CPR’s Peer Support Intervention and Support services when extra support is needed
- Build relationships with addiction, mental health, and homeless outreach providers, peer recovery supports, and other community resources
- Perform timely and accurate documentation of all clinical and client-related information
- Maintain professional, open, effective, and appropriate communication with clients, CPR staff, management, outside agencies, and the public
- Complete all required trainings by the scheduled due date and maintain compliance with all CPR policies and procedures
- Empower participants to become self-advocates for their own recovery/wellness
- Maintain professional boundaries with clients, staff, and other outside agencies
- Work with all clients from a strengths-based perspective, providing support and encouragement as they move forward in their recovery
Requirements
- High school diploma (associate degree preferred)
- Valid and unrestricted driver’s license
- Minimum of two years of experience working in the field of peer recovery and possess experiential expertise dealing with our focus areas of treatment
- Peer Support Specialist Certification (RPS)
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 403(b) Retirement Plan
- Generous PTO – Vacation, Sick, Personal, and Holidays
- Tuition Reimbursement & Professional Development Support
Pay
$24.00-$26.00 Hourly
Schedule
Full-Time | Shifts: 10:00AM-6:00PM | Monday-Friday