Peer Support Specialist-Canyon Vista 625

Main Template•Redwood City, CA

52d•Onsite

About The Position

Telecare has over 300 Peer roles and is committed to growing its Peer Workforce, valuing lived experience. This role focuses on engaging, inspiring, and facilitating meaningful conversations with members served to assist them in exploring and achieving their recovery goals. The Peer Support Specialist will also provide consultation to the team to promote Telecare’s Recovery Culture, integrating member preferences into services. Additionally, they will respond to critical situations using de-escalation skills to maintain a least restrictive environment for individuals experiencing mental health or addiction-related emergencies. Canyon Vista is a 57-unit transitional and permanent supportive housing program serving adults with serious mental illness in San Mateo County, offering 24/7 onsite case management, housing stabilization, and rehabilitative services.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED
CalMHSA Certification (required by October 1, 2025, and must remain current)
Experience as a beneficiary of the Behavioral Health system of care
Valid and current driver’s license
Personal vehicle insurance with your name listed as a driver
Willingness to use the company vehicle to drive clients to appointments and groups, etc.

Nice To Haves

Peer Employment
Peer Workforce

Responsibilities

Engage, inspire, and facilitate meaningful conversations with members served to assist them in exploring and meeting their own recovery goals.
Provide consultation to the team to promote and reinforce Telecare’s Recovery Culture, ensuring member preferences are recognized, understood, respected, and integrated into services and self-help programming.
Respond to critical situations with high-level engagement and de-escalation skills to support a least restrictive environment for individuals experiencing a mental health/addiction emergency.