Peer Specialist-MCI

Behavioral Health Network, Inc.; Worcester (MA); Sur place; USD 30 000 - 33 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

PTO

403(b)

Educational assistance

Medical benefits

Dental

Vision

Employee assistance program

Résumé du poste

Behavioral Health Network (BHN) is seeking a Certified Peer Specialist to join its Mobile Crisis Intervention team in Western Massachusetts. The role centers on supporting individuals toward recovery, sharing lived experience, and guiding them to community resources and tools for self-directed growth.

The position emphasizes advocacy, hope, and empowerment, with responsibilities that include active listening, creating recovery roadmaps, and connecting clients to housing, benefits, and local

Qualifications

• Lived experience with psychiatric conditions or trauma is required.
• High School Diploma or GED is required.
• Peer Specialist Certification or the ability to obtain certification within 9 months of hire is required.

Responsabilités

• Support individuals in mental health recovery and self-determined lives by sharing lived experience.
• Model responsibility, self-advocacy, and hopefulness; share recovery tools and strategies.
• Provide self-help education and connect individuals to community resources and supports.

Connaissances

Lived experience

Empathy & listening

Advocacy

Formation

High School Diploma or GED

Peer Specialist Certification or within 9 months

Description du poste

Behavioral Health Network (BHN) is a leading statewide provider of behavioral health services and a Certified Great Place to Work. Since 1938, BHN has helped individuals, families, and communities thrive through compassionate, high-quality care and support. With deep roots in Western Massachusetts and a growing presence in communities throughout the state, we are currently seeking a Certified Peer Specialist to join our Mobile Crisis Intervention (MCI) team and help advance our mission of empowering people to live healthier, more fulfilling lives.

What We Offer

• Purpose-Driven Work - Make a meaningful impact in the lives of individuals, families, and communities throughout Western Massachusetts.
• Professional Growth - Access ongoing training, mentorship, career development, and advancement opportunities across one of the region's largest behavioral health organizations.
• Supportive Team Culture - Join a collaborative workplace guided by our HEART values: Humanity, Empowerment, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork.
• Stability & Opportunity - Build your career with a well-established organization serving Western Massachusetts since 1938.
• Comprehensive Benefits - Generous PTO, 403(b), educational assistance, medical, dental, vision, employee assistance programs, and more.
• Certified Great Place to Work - Work for an organization recognized for creating a positive and engaging employee experience.

What You Will Do

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

Who You Are

• Lived experience of a psychiatric diagnosis, extreme emotional states, and/or trauma required.
• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Peer Specialist Certification, or the ability to obtain certification within 9 months of hire, required.
• 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 act as an advocate and empower individuals to take leadership in their own recovery.
• Ability and willingness to share your own 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.

Pay Range: $21.50-$24.00/hr