(15144) Mental Health Peer Specialist

Mhmrtarrant; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement plan

PTO from day one

Ten paid holidays

Floating holiday

Employee assistance program

Wellness programs

Student loan forgiveness

Job summary

MHMR in Fort Worth, TX seeks a Help Me Grow Navigator to coordinate access and referrals for families contacting Help Me Grow through various channels. The role ensures timely service and links families to appropriate resources, following up until all needs are met.

Minimum education is a bachelor’s degree in social work or related fields, with bilingual English/Spanish preferred. The position embraces MHMR’s mission and 7 key principles for early intervention, with benefits and a supportive

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in social work or human services fields such as psychology and child development.
• Bilingual and fluent in English/Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Provide access and referral service coordination for families via phone, website, email or fax.
• Ensure all contacts are served timely and in keeping with families’ rights and needs.
• Connect callers to most appropriate internal and/or external resources and follow up until needs are met.

Skills

Bilingual (English/Spanish)

Education

Bachelor's degree in social work or related fields

Job description

For over 50 years, MHMR has provided community-based services for youth and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), mental health conditions, and substance use disorders, as well as babies and young children with developmental delays. MHMR employees use a person-centered approach to fulfill the mission: We Change Lives! Using innovative approaches, MHMR partners with community organizations to provide services and a hopeful future.

Unwavering Commitment! We are looking for you on our team.

The Help Me Grow Navigator provides access and referral service coordination for families that contact Help Me Grow through the phone line, web site, email or fax. Ensures that all contacts received are served timely and appropriately and in keeping with families’ rights and needs. Connects callers to most appropriate internal and/or external resources. Works with families until ensured that all needs are met or follow up is scheduled.

This position fully embraces the mission and 7 key principles for providing early intervention services in the natural environment.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in social work or human services fields such as psychology and child development.

Preferences: bilingual and fluent in English/Spanish

Why Choose MHMR as Your Employer

MHMR offers an excellent competitive benefits package designed to support the wellbeing of our employees and their families. Our benefits include a retirement plan with company matching, day one PTO accrual, ten paid holidays plus a floating holiday, employee assistance programs, and comprehensive wellness programs that promote physical, mental, and financial health. MHMR is committed to your future; we’re a qualifying employer for Student Loan Forgiveness Programs which offers longterm financial relief opportunities for eligible team members.

We are committed to providing strong, meaningful benefits that make a real difference in the lives of employees and their eligible dependents. Our benefits philosophy emphasizes work-life balance, personal wellbeing, and access to resources that help employees thrive both professionally and personally.

We CARE:

We Connect People in Our Community

We Provide Access to Services

We Link People to Resources

We Empower People

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

MHMR is an Equal Opportunity Employer. MHMR prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, covered veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or any legally protected characteristic. This applies to all agency employment practices and decisions, including but not limited to, recruiting, interviewing, hiring, transferring, reassigning, promoting, demoting, compensation, benefits, terminating and other terms and conditions of employment.

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