Certified Mobile Crisis Peer Specialist

Behavioral Health Network, Inc.; Worcester (MA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Behavioral Health Network, Inc. is seeking a Certified Peer Specialist to join the Mobile Crisis Intervention (MCI) team in Western Massachusetts. The role focuses on recovery-oriented support and empowerment of individuals navigating mental health challenges.

Qualified candidates include those with lived recovery experience, a high school diploma, and peer certification (or ability to obtain within 9 months). Driving access and willingness to share recovery stories are valued assets.

Qualifications

• Lived experience of a psychiatric diagnosis, extreme emotional states, and/or trauma.
• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Peer Specialist Certification, or the ability to obtain certification within 9 months of hire.
• Valid driver's license and access to reliable transportation required.
• At least 1 year in recovery preferred.
• Bilingual/bicultural in English and American Sign Language or Spanish a plus but not required.
• Ability to advocate and empower individuals to take leadership in their own recovery.
• Willingness to share your recovery story in an open and skillful manner.
• Safe, approachable, nonjudgmental demeanor, including under pressure.
• Self-aware, with the ability to take responsibility for mistakes, successes, weaknesses, and strengths.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals' progress toward mental health recovery and self-determined lives by sharing lived experience and real-life examples of recovery.
• Model personal responsibility, self-advocacy, and hopefulness by sharing your personal recovery story and tools.
• Inspire hope that people can recover, walking alongside individuals on their recovery journeys.
• Dispel myths about mental health conditions and recovery.
• Provide self-help education and connect individuals to helpful tools and community resources.
• Assist individuals in identifying goals and create a roadmap to achieve them.
• Support individuals experiencing emotional distress through active listening and presence.
• Share information about community resources, including peer-run groups, housing and benefits resources.
• Offer support and advocacy in treatment or other community settings, upon request.

Skills

Lived experience

Empathy

Communication

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Behavioral Health Network, Inc. is seeking a Certified Peer Specialist to join the Mobile Crisis Intervention (MCI) team in Western Massachusetts. The role focuses on recovery-oriented support and empowerment of individuals navigating mental health challenges.

Qualified candidates include those with lived recovery experience, a high school diploma, and peer certification (or ability to obtain within 9 months). Driving access and willingness to share recovery stories are valued assets.