Family Peer Support Specialist

Sante Group Companies; Cambridge (MD); On-site; USD 24,452 - 33,751; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

Financial assistance for certification fees

Career growth opportunities

Company-wide wellness program

Job summary

A mental health services provider is seeking a Full-Time Family Peer Support Specialist in Cambridge, Maryland. This onsite role involves collaborating with clinicians to provide crisis stabilization services for youth and caregivers. Candidates must have a High School Diploma and peer recovery certification or the willingness to obtain it. The position offers a pay range of $17.75-$24.50 per hour with flexible work schedules and a competitive benefits package. Join a passionate team dedicated to making a substantial community impact.

Qualifications

• Experience working in community-based programs is preferred.
• Valid driver's license and proof of current automobile insurance.
• 3 years of personal lived experience dealing with child behavior dysregulation.

Responsibilities

• Promote youth and caregiver health and ensure long-term stabilization goals.
• Provide education and resources to youth and caregivers.
• Serve as an advocate for youth and families.
• Assist in planning processes for crisis management.
• Attend community meetings regarding involved youth.

Skills

Advocacy

Communication

Crisis intervention

Collaboration

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Peer Recovery Specialist Certification (CPRS)

Job description

Sante Group Companies provided pay range

This range is provided by Sante Group Companies. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$17.75/hr - $24.50/hr

Who We Are

Santé Group Companies prides itself in being a leader in community-based behavioral and mental health services. Our track record of innovation and growth reflects our ability to deliver diverse and highly individualized services. We have a passion for providing empathetic and potentially life‑saving care to help individuals heal, recover, and thrive, as well as live their lives in a manner that allows them to fully integrate in the community. The Santé Group aspires to create an organization that places value on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and inclusiveness. To achieve this success, it is essential that all members of our organization feel secure, welcome, and respected. All members of our organization have a responsibility to uphold these values.

What We’re Looking For

Santé is seeking a Full‑Time Family Peer Support Specialist to join our frontline Mobile Response Stabilization Services (MRSS) team in Centerville, MD. This is an onsite role working Monday to Friday 8:00 am – 4:00 pm. As the Peer Specialist, you will be paired with a Clinician as a 2‑person team responding to requests for crisis stabilization for youth and their caregivers in the local community. As a team, you will work together to assess, evaluate, and perform crisis intervention techniques, develop crisis and treatment plans for the identified youth and serve as the liaison for collaboration with involved parties, including families and community partners.

What You’ll Do

• Promote youth and caregiver’s health, self‑direction, skill development, and ensure goals are developed for long‑term stabilization.
• Provide education and resources to youth and their caregivers including but not limited to community resources, family peer support services, support groups and networks.
• Serve as an advocate for youth and their caregivers.
• Assist in the wraparound planning processes and the development of crisis and other youth and family‑driven plans for a warm hand‑off to longer‑term services and programs.
• Attend community stakeholder meetings as pertains to the involved youth.

What We Require

• High School Diploma or equivalent and at least one (1) year professional experience (experience working with children and families in a community‑based program preferred).
• Peer Recovery Specialist Certification (CPRS) or willingness to be certified within one (1) year of employment (Sante will pay for your certification if you do not have it at the time of hire).
• Three (3) years personal lived experience caring for a child with behavior dysregulation, a mental health diagnosis, or dealing with a co‑occurring disorder.
• Valid driver’s license and proof of current automobile insurance.

What You’ll Get

• Pay Ranges:
  • Uncertified: $17.75‑20.50 per hour
  • Certified: $20.50‑24.50 per hour
• Work Schedule: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, Full Time.
• Competitive benefits package including a 403(b) with company match.
• Opportunities for career growth, ongoing training and development, flexible work schedules and shifts.
• Financial assistance for certification fees.
• Company‑wide wellness program.
• The rare opportunity to make a difference in the very community that you call home. We are leading providers in Behavioral and Mental Health!
• Smart, passionate, and engaged coworkers.

Disclaimers

Santé Group Companies aspires to create an organization that places value on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and inclusivity. To achieve this success, it is essential that all members of our organization feel secure, welcomed, and respected. All members of our organization have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Santé Group Companies is an Equal Opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job. The Santé Group participates in E‑Verify.

Additional Information

• Seniority level: Entry level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Other
• Industries: Mental Health Care