Peer Support Specialist

Partner with us in making a positive change! Join a team where your work truly matters. We're proud to have been certified as a Great Place to Work for 8 years by our own employees. We invite you to partner with us in our mission to improve mental healthcare. Job Title Peer Support Specialist Division/Program San Bernardino: Casa Paseo Crisis Residential Treatment Starting Compensation 18.00 - 22.00 USD Per Hour Working Location San Bernardino, CA Working Hours/Shift 8 Hour PM Shift (2:00 PM - 10:30 PM) Why Join Our Team? Competitive Compensation: Offering a salary that matches your skills and experience. Generous Time Off: Enjoy ample vacation and holiday pay. Comprehensive Benefits Package Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage. Additional voluntary benefits to support your lifestyle. Professional Growth Opportunities On-the-job training with access to paid CEU opportunities. Career development programs designed to help you grow. Supervision for BBS hours for AMFT, ACSW, and APCC professionals (where applicable). Employee Recognition & Rewards A culture that celebrates and rewards your hard work and dedication What You Bring to SBHG (Qualifications) Certification: Active California Peer Support Specialist Certification. Lived Experience: Personal, lived experience as a consumer within the child welfare, probation, or mental health systems. Education: High School Diploma or equivalent (GED, HiSET, etc.). Must be 18 years of age or older. Meet agency driver eligibility criteria Experience & Skills One (1) year of full-time experience performing non-professional, consumer-directed services. Experience working within a mental health, healthcare, or social services agency serving individuals with disabilities is preferred. Compliance & Safety Valid California Driver's License with an eligible driving record per company policy. First Aid certification from persons qualified by agencies including but not limited to the American Red Cross. How You Will Make a Difference The position has primary responsibility for using their lived experience and knowledge of the system to provide outreach and engagement, support, advocacy, and direct services to program clients of all age ranges. Peer Support Specialists are people who have lived experience in the mental health, judicial, and/or social service systems in some capacity. They serve as role models, companions, educators and advocates to our clients. The Peer Support Specialist will support clients in moving toward recovery, creating a meaningful role in their life, which is separate from their illness. Division/Program Overview Program: The Crisis Residential Treatment (CRT) is a short-term voluntary residential facility. Population Served: Designed to help adult residents, ages 18-59, who experience a psychiatric crisis to safely stabilize, recover, and transition back to community. Facility & Setting: Short-term voluntary residential facility, 24/7 Program Clinical Services: Therapeutic and mental health services, Medication evaluation and support services, Crisis intervention Length of Stay: Short-term Skills & Transition: Pre-vocational or vocational counseling, transition back to community Skills & Services: Rehabilitation/recovery services, including substance use rehabilitation services, Daily exercise and health/wellness education Learn more about SBHG at For Additional Information View email address on click.appcast.io #J-18808-Ljbffr