Peer Support Specialist

Crestwood Behavioral Health•Selma, CA

About The Position

The Peer Support Specialist provides direct services in a peer-designated role, drawing on personal recovery experience related to mental health, substance use, or trauma. The role supports people facing similar challenges as they work toward increased wellness. The specialist has made a personal commitment to recovery, maintained recovery over time, completed specialized peer-support training, and is willing to share recovery experiences in an inspirational and mutually supportive way. The position is with Crestwood’s 40-bed Selma Mental Health Rehabilitation Center (MHRC). The campus’s Healing Center offers an alternative to traditional psychiatric care through collaboration, empowerment, a healing environment, peer providers, family partners, and a recovery-oriented milieu. Its structure and support promote stabilization and recovery, with the goal of restoring hope, self-empowerment, and clients’ sense of their recovery potential.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Lived experience with mental health or substance use.
Completion of 80-hour Peer Support Learning training or equivalent within 90 days of hire, or completion of the training within two years of hire.
Current behavioral intervention techniques training within six months of hire.

Responsibilities

Provide direct services to people experiencing mental health, substance use, or trauma-related issues.
Use personal recovery experience to guide and support others toward increased wellness.
Share learned recovery approaches in an inspirational, mutually supportive way.