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Recovery Support Peer Specialist
Are you passionate about making a meaningful impact? Join our team as Recovery Support Peer Specialist at MHMR, where your expertise will directly contribute to programs that make a lasting impact.
The Recovery Support Peer Specialist provides 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 their personal recovery experience, they 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 Requirements
Minimum Education: High School Diploma / GED
Preferences: Completed peer specialist orientation and self-assessment, completed Peer Specialist Core Training, and passed the knowledge assessment
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 Choose MHMR as Your Employer
MHMR offers an excellent and competitive benefits package designed to support the well being of our employees and their families. Our benefits include a retirement plan with company matching, day one PTO accrual, ten paid holidays plus a floating holiday, employee assistance programs, and comprehensive wellness programs that promote physical, mental, and financial health. MHMR is committed to your future; we're a qualifying employer for Student Loan Forgiveness Programs which offers long term financial relief opportunities for eligible team members.
We are committed to providing strong, meaningful benefits that make a real difference in the lives of employees and their eligible dependents. Our benefits philosophy emphasizes work-life balance, personal wellbeing, and access to resources that help employees thrive both professionally and personally.
We CARE:
We Connect People in Our Community
We Provide Access to Services
We Link People to Resources
We Empower People
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.
MHMR offers maximum compensation for each position of requirements based on candidates' education, experience, and internal equities 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.
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fort worth, TX, 76102, US
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