Peer Support Specialist

Crestwood Behavioral Health•Fairfield, CA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Peer Support Specialists are people in a peer-designated role providing direct services with a personal experience of recovery from mental health, substance use, or trauma conditions who receive specialized training and supervision to guide and support others who are experiencing similar mental health, substance use, or trauma issues toward increased wellness. A Peer Support Specialist is an individual who has made a personal commitment to his or her own recovery, has maintained that recovery over a period of time, has taken the 80-hour Peer Support Learning training (or equivalent) to work in mutuality with others, and is willing to share what he or she has learned about recovery in an inspirational way. Crestwood's Adult Residential Programs serve adults in community-based residential settings. Persons served benefit from extensive life skills training; peer counseling; case management; behavioral self-management; community residential treatment systems; and Crestwood’s Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) program. Our homelike atmosphere is inclusive of the family, friends, and other supporters of our persons served. Our dynamic rehabilitative treatment program addresses the diverse cultural, spiritual, psychological, biological, and social needs of the people we serve. This provides the basis for developing a program that fosters growth, change, and independence.

Requirements

Minimum of a high school diploma/GED.
A mental health/SUD lived experience.
80-hour Peer Support Learning or equivalent – successfully completed within 90 days of hire or has taken the training within 2 years of hire.
Current techniques of behavioral intervention training within six (6) months of hire.

Responsibilities

Providing direct services with a personal experience of recovery from mental health, substance use, or trauma conditions.
Receiving specialized training and supervision to guide and support others who are experiencing similar mental health, substance use, or trauma issues toward increased wellness.
Sharing learned recovery experiences in an inspirational way.
Assisting persons served with life skills training, linkage, and community engagement.
Providing peer counseling, case management, and behavioral self-management support.
Supporting the Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) program.