Peer Support Specialist

Crestwood Behavioral Health•San Diego, CA

7d•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. Our services at Crestwood San Diego support each client in recovering with an enhanced sense of resilience, accessing a wide range of wellness tools and staff support. The mission of this program is to restore a sense of hope, empowerment, community/natural support inclusion, realized potential in each client, and psychiatric stabilization. At Crestwood San Diego, you can gain experience and training at one of California’s leading behavioral health providers. Our dynamic and person-centered programs offer a multi-modal approach to treatment and recovery.

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.
Making a personal commitment to one's own recovery and maintaining that recovery over a period of time.
Sharing learned recovery experiences in an inspirational way.
Supporting each client in recovering with an enhanced sense of resilience.
Assisting clients in accessing a wide range of wellness tools and staff support.
Restoring a sense of hope, empowerment, community/natural support inclusion, realized potential in each client, and psychiatric stabilization.