Recovery Support Peer Specialist
Are you passionate about making a meaningful impact? Join us where your expertise will directly contribute to programs that make a lasting impact.
As the Recovery Support Peer Specialist, you will provide recovery-focused services to individuals in MHMR programs, adhering to TAC requirements. They offer recovery and wellness support, mentoring, and advocacy in both group and individual settings. Drawing from your own personal recovery experience, you will teach the value of recovery, model effective coping techniques and self-help strategies, and foster positive relationships with support resources. The specialist develops and implements educational, support, and affiliation groups tailored to individual needs and preferences, while assisting clients in efficiently utilizing community resources and natural support.
Minimum qualifications:
Minimum Education: High School Diploma/GED
Defined Education: None
Preferences: Completed peer specialist orientation and self-assessment, completed Peer Specialist Core Training, and passed the knowledge assessment
Substitutions: None
Years’ Experience: One (1) year
Defined Experience: Must have at least one (1) year of cumulative experience as a recipient of community mental health services for a condition within Texas' target population, along with self-reported life experience in active substance abuse and mental health recovery.
License/Certifications: Within one (1) year of hire date obtain Recovery Support Peer Specialist (RSPS) certification and maintain certification biannually by completing CEU’s provided in Tarrant County: Valid Texas Driver’s License
Special Courses: Complete Peer Specialist Core Training and Recovery Support Peer Specialist training within 6 months of hire date.
Why join us:MHMR has proudly served Tarrant and adjacent county residents for over 50 years. As the second largest mental health community center in Texas, we are dedicated to serving adults and children living with mental illness, substance use disorder and intellectual and developmental disabilities and delays and empowering them to improve their lives through an accessible, integrated, comprehensive person-centered system of care.MHMR is a mission-driven organization that fosters a culture of caring for employees and people we serve. Our mission statement isWe Change Lives.
WeCARE:
WeConnectPeople in Our Community
We ProvideAccessto Services
We Link People toResources
WeEmpowerPeople
Our values are based on the following beliefs:
Respect for people who are active in planning their services
Recovery is a life-long process of better health
Success as positive outcomes for each person
Participation of people and their families in the process
Inclusion in the community through services that promote growth and independence
Safe, ethical, and cost-effective services
Best practices in current research in medical, psychosocial and organizational fields
Collaboration with other organizations for better services
Compassion, trauma-informed care, and safety practices including suicide safe care.
Benefits: MHMR offers an excellent benefits package that includes a retirement plan with company matching, generous PTO accrual, ten paid holidays, employee assistance programs, wellness programs, and more. MHMR is a participant in the Student Loan Forgiveness Program. We workdiligently to provide excellent benefits to employees and their eligible dependents.
MHMR offers maximum compensation for each position of requirements based on candidates’ education, experience, and internal equity of the agency. This practice reduces potential for biases in compensation and assists hires and/or promotions on pay equity in their appropriate position(s) at MHMR.
For a complete Job Description, detailed qualifications and to apply please contact [email protected]