Recovery-Focused Behavioral Health Peer Advocate

Solano County; Fairfield (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Solano County Behavioral Health Services is recruiting for the Behavioral Health Peer Support Specialist to provide information, support, advocacy, and guidance based on lived experience. The role supports consumers and families within the behavioral health system and collaborates with care teams to promote recovery principles.

The position emphasizes outreach, engagement of hard-to-reach individuals, and developing personal recovery plans using WRAP or similar tools, contributing to community

Qualifications

• Requires personal recovery experience and ability to advocate for others.
• Advocacy and engagement with peer communities are essential.
• Ability to inform and educate treatment teams using lived experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a resource on recovery principles and lived experience within service teams.
• Assist consumers with goals, follow-up after transitions, and self-management support.
• Promote recovery knowledge and model hopeful, progressive recovery paths.
• Advocate for consumer and family perspectives within the behavioral health system.
• Develop and maintain reports, meeting notes, progress and incident reports.

Skills

Lived experience

Advocacy

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Solano County Behavioral Health Services is recruiting for the Behavioral Health Peer Support Specialist to provide information, support, advocacy, and guidance based on lived experience. The role supports consumers and families within the behavioral health system and collaborates with care teams to promote recovery principles.

The position emphasizes outreach, engagement of hard-to-reach individuals, and developing personal recovery plans using WRAP or similar tools, contributing to community