Peer Support Mentor

Community Bridges, INC•Mesa, AZ

19h•Onsite

About The Position

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. 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.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED required.
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.

Nice To Haves

Associates Degree or higher in a field related to behavioral health preferred.

Responsibilities

Mentoring individuals with lived experience to identify their strengths, areas of opportunity, and areas of expertise.
Assisting individuals with lived experience in utilizing their skills and goals to help them navigate employment at CBI.
Facilitating access to additional trainings and tuition reimbursement assistance.
Maximizing all benefits offered as a CBI employee for individuals with lived experience.
Working directly with various departments (Program Operations, Finance, Compliance, Quality Management, Billing, and IT) to understand inner workings and guide employees to the best department based on expertise and professional goals.
Developing the CBI Peer Opportunity Path (CPOP) and guiding individuals with lived experience through it.
Assisting with access to home ownership, higher education, and career advancement within an anti-poverty framework.