Peer Support Mentor

Community Bridges; Mesa (AZ); On-site; USD 38,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO

Tuition reimbursement

Competitive pay

Job summary

Community Bridges, Inc. (CBI) seeks a Peer Support Mentor to help individuals with lived experience identify strengths, goals, and career paths within CBI. You will support training access, tuition reimbursement, and advancement opportunities across multiple departments to maximize success and retention.

The role emphasizes mentoring, coordination with operations, and leveraging CBI’s benefits to empower employees and their long-term growth in the behavioral health field.

Qualifications

• Highschool diploma or GED required; associates degree preferred in behavioral health.
• Recovery from Alcohol or Drugs and/or GMH for 1+ consecutive year required.
• 1 year of experience in a behavioral health position providing outreach and engagement activities.

Responsibilities

• Mentor individuals with lived experience to identify strengths, areas of opportunity, and goals.
• Assist individuals with lived experience in utilizing skills and pursuing training, tuition reimbursement, and career advancement within CBI.
• Collaborate with Program Operations, Finance, Compliance, Quality Management, Billing and IT to guide mentees to suitable departments.

Skills

Outreach & engagement

Behavioral health knowledge

Education

Highschool diploma or GED

Associates Degree or higher in behavioral health

Job description

Community Bridges, Inc. (CBI) is an integrated behavioral healthcare agency offering a variety of different programs throughout Arizona. CBI provides residential, outpatient, inpatient, patient-centered medical homes, medication-assisted treatment, and crisis services to individuals experiencing crisis, opioid use disorder, homelessness, and mental illness.

Peer Support Mentor

Community Bridges, Inc. (CB I) is an integrated behavioral healthcare agency offering a variety of different programs throughout Arizona. CBI provides residential, outpatient, inpatient, patient centered medical homes, medication-assisted treatment, and crisis services to individuals experiencing crisis, opioid use disorder, homelessness, and mental illness.

CBI is the premiere non-profit fully integrated healthcare provider of substance use and behavioral health programs in Arizona, including prevention, education and treatment using cutting-edge, nationally recognized, evidence-based models.

Job Summary

Community Bridges Inc. (CBI) plays a major role in workforce development with our employees and in the communities we serve. The Peer Support Mentor will be responsible for building upon the success we have achieved in workforce development and expand upon it through innovative techniques in mentoring individuals with lived experience to identify their strengths, areas of opportunity, and areas of expertise. The Peer Support Mentor will assist individuals with lived experience in utilizing their skills and goals to help them navigate employment at CBI, including accessing additional trainings, understanding and receiving tuition reimbursement assistance, and achieving the greatest possibility of success throughout their employment within CBI by maximizing all benefits offered as a CBI employee. The Peer Support Mentor will work directly with various departments within CBI to understand the inner workings of each department, this knowledge base will assist the Peer Support Mentor with guiding employees to the best department, based on their identified expertise and professional goals. This includes Program Operations, Finance, Compliance, Quality Management, Billing, and IT. CBI’s goal is to have individuals with lived experiences infused into the inner workings of all areas within the agency using their lived experience to inform processes that are supportive of our direct service staff and the members we serve. The Peer Support Mentor will be responsible for further developing the CBI Peer Opportunity Path (CPOP) and guiding individuals with lived experience through the CPOP. This includes an anti-poverty framework that builds upon the individual’s overall success beyond employment and includes assisting with access to home ownership, higher education, and career advancement.

Skills/Requirements

• Highschool diploma or GED required. Associates Degree or higher in a field related to behavioral health preferred.


• Recovery from Alcohol or Drugs and/or GMH for equal to or greater than 1 consecutive year required.


• 1 year of experience in a behavioral health position providing outreach and engagement activities.

CBI Offers an excellent benefits package!

• Generous PTO accrual (5 weeks!),


• Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Life, Supplemental plans


• Hospital indemnity/ Critical Illness,


• Pet Insurance,


• Dependent Care Savings, Health Care Savings,


• 401K with employer match - 100% vested upon enrollment,


• Wellness programs,


• Tuition Reimbursement and Scholarship Programs, incentives, and more!


• Very Competitive pay rates

CBI is growing and expanding our services!

• We are experience tremendous growth in this time. As an essential service provider, we value all our employees and their careers in the clinical field.


• For the past four years, The Phoenix Business Journal has recognized CBI as one of the top ten healthiest mid-size employers in the Valley!

CBI Values your Career and have lots of growth opportunities!

Our staff experience tremendous professional growth through ongoing training and support. Our team is supported by strong and competent leadership. Come join our team of passionate individuals who are serious about making a difference in the lives of our patients and the communities we serve.

About our Culture, commitment to employees!

• We are looking for driven and compassionate individual’s that thrive in an upbeat and safe working environment. We dedicate a lot of thought and effort into work life balance as well as our competitive composition structure.


• We know life happens, that’s why we all start with a 5-week PTO plan as well as a wide range of unique benefits!

Our Facilities.

Our 26 locations are all state-of-the-art facility that provides top notch integrated care. We are proud to adhere to a "no wrong door" treatment approach that allows our staff to dramatically improve the quality of life for the patients in their care.

CBI treats patients from all different walks of life and believes in maintaining the dignity of human life. Recovery is possible!

CBI Offers an excellent benefits package!

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Life, Supplemental plans - Hospital indemnity/ Critical Illness, Pet Insurance, Dependent Care Savings, Health Care Savings, 401K with employer match - 100% vested upon enrollment, Generous PTO accrual, Wellness programs, Tuition Reimbursement and Scholarship Programs, incentives, and more!


• For the past four years, The Phoenix Business Journal has recognized CBI as one of the top ten healthiest mid-size employers in the Valley.

CBI treats patients from all different walks of life and believes in maintaining the dignity of human life. Recovery is possible!