Peer Support Specialist (Family Peer & Recovery Support)

Child-Focu; Mount Orab (OH); On-site; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Comprehensive medical, vision, dental,

EAP program

Health Savings and Flex Spending with

Generous paid time off

Extended Illness benefits

403(b) retirement plan with employer

Company Car program and mileage

Federal Student Loan Forgiveness andtu

Paid Internships

On-site childcare with employee

Employee wellness benefits

Job summary

Child Focus seeks a compassionate Family Peer Support & Peer Recovery Support Specialist to assist children, adults, parents, and families navigating behavioral health challenges and complex service systems.

You will collaborate with clinicians and community partners to connect clients with services and promote positive outcomes.

Qualifications

• Must hold a current Certified Family Peer Supporter or Peer Recovery Supporter credential, or be eligible to obtain certification based on lived experience.
• High school diploma or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Providing empathetic listening and emotional support
• Assisting families in navigating systems
• Supplying information about child-serving systems, children’s behavioral health and development, and community resources
• Rendering advocacy support
• Facilitating familial engagement with service providers
• Engaging in safety and care planning; exploring and eliminating barriers to care plan follow-through
• Offeringskill-building for parents that enhances resiliency, communication, advocacy and other areas affecting the ability to maintain a child with complex needs

Skills

Empathetic listening

Family navigation

Advocacy support

Provider engagement

Safety & care planning

Parent skill-building

Education

Certified Family Peer Supporter credential

Certified Peer Recovery Supporter credential

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Job description

Schedule:

Full-time, day shift, with a flexible schedule. One late-day shift per week is required, from 11:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Locations:

Openings available at the following locations:

• Cincinnati, OH: 4633 Aicholtz Road, Cincinnati, OH 45244 (Clermont County)
• Mt. Orab, OH: 710 North High Street, Mt. Orab, OH 45154 (Brown County)

Make a Difference in the Lives of Children, Adults, and Families

Child Focus is seeking a compassionate, motivated, and dedicated Family Peer Support & Peer Recovery Support Specialist to support children, adults, parents, and families navigating behavioral health challenges, mental health concerns, substance use recovery, and complex service systems.

This position combines family peer support with peer recovery support to help individuals and families build on their strengths, develop resilience, access community resources, and work toward long-term stability and wellness.

Using lived experience, personal insight, and professional peer support training, you will help individuals and families feel heard, supported, and empowered. You will collaborate with clinicians, service providers, and community partners to connect clients with appropriate services and promote positive outcomes.

We welcome candidates who are passionate about helping others and committed to strengthening our community.

Certified Peer Support Specialist provides community-based and/or home-based direct services to families involved in Mobile Response & Stabilization Services (MRSS) for the ongoing support of parents and their families involved in the intensive, in-home program.

Peer Support Specialist will maintain an active caseload of approximately 8-15 families.

Peer Support Specialist will accompany an MRSS clinician to in-person assessments for families with youth ages 0-20 experiencing behavioral and/or emotional crises.

During MRSS responses, Peer Support Specialist will support parents, discuss ongoing services, complete paperwork, and offer further assistance as needed.

Peer Support Specialist will explore services available to the family through Mobile Response & Stabilization Services, including individual/family therapy, CPST/TBS, connection to ongoing services, and immediate crisis support.

Peer Support Specialist will complete documentation of services provided per agency and service contract.

Peer Support Specialist will actively collaborate with MRSS team regarding current clients to assist families with stabilization.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Providing empathetic listening and emotional support
• Assisting families in navigating systems
• Supplying information about child-serving systems, children’s behavioral health anddevelopment, and community resources
• Rendering advocacy support
• Facilitatingfamilial engagement with service providers
• Engagingin safety and care planning; exploring and eliminating barriers to care plan follow-through
• Offeringskill-building for parents that enhances resiliency, communication, advocacy and other areas affecting the ability to maintain a child withcomplex needs

Child Focus Excellent Benefits:

• Competitive salaries
• Comprehensive medical, vision, dental insurance and EAP program
• Health Savings and Flex Spending account options with agency match
• Generous paid time off
• Extended Illness benefits
• 403(b) retirement plan with generous employer match
• Company Car program and mileage reimbursement
• Federal Student Loan Forgiveness program eligibility and tuition reimbursement
• Paid Internships
• On-site childcare with employee discount
• Employee wellness benefits

Join Child Focus and help individuals and families build stronger futures.

Requirements

• Must hold a current Certified Family Peer Supporter or Peer Recovery Supporter credential, or be eligible to obtain certification based on relevant lived experience.
• High school diploma or equivalent.