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Certified Peer Specialist

Child & Family Services, Inc.
New Bedford, MA
Summary

The CBHC Certified Peer Specialist uses their lived, personal experience with mental health and/or substance abuse to advocate, share resources, mentor, and set goals with clients. The purpose of this role is to assist with improving the overall functioning of the individual and/or family by addressing their emotional and behavioral needs. This individual provides access to same-day or next-day services. The CBHC Certified Peer Specialist provides consistent, high-quality care and support through an array of evidence-based, culturally competent, person and family-centered treatment.

SCHEDULE: FULL-TIME / MONDAY-FRIDAY / 10AM-6PM

Child and Family Services recognizes the power in Diversity and believes that Equity is a Human Right.

$1 per hour Language Differential! (eligible languages include: Cape Verdean Creole, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Spanish or ASL)

 Child & Family Services carefully considers a wide range of factors when determining compensation including, but not limited to, prior experience, education, certification(s), license(s), skills and expertise, location, internal equity and other factors that are job related and consistent with business need. Our goal is to support, reward and compensate the entire individual. Depending on role eligibility, your offer may include a bonus or other incentives. Therefore, final offer amounts may vary from the amount stated.

Job Responsibilities & Essential Functions

  • Provide a safe, welcoming, and clean environment for our clients and families
  • Provide trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, person-centered care based on the unique needs of clients
  • Participate in our Triage, Screening & Intake process with clients to ensure fidelity of same day access to services, including the completion of necessary documentation
  • Assist clients and families with exploring and identifying areas of need, including housing, insurance, food assistance, educational, career, and other case management related needs
  • Assist with the facilitation of our CBHC’s family and peer support services by sharing lived experience, strengths, and hope through individual, family, or group services as appropriate
  • Provide clients and families with advocacy, coaching, training, support, and psychoeducation
  • Complete internal and external referrals with clients based on their individualized needs, including links to peer/parent support and self-help groups, community resources, and pro-social activities
  • Assist our clients and families with navigating systems within schools & community as appropriate
  • Complete internal and external referrals with clients based on their individualized needs
  • Support transitions of care and engage in effective coordination of care across health and behavioral health services to facilitate wellness and recovery of the whole person, including outreach and engagement, and after-care planning
  • Utilize evidence-based interventions, including motivational interviewing skills to empower clients and develop person-centered service plans as appropriate
  • Provide crisis intervention and coordinate with Emergency Services as appropriate
  • Serve as a community educator by providing psychoeducation to relevant community providers
  • Maintain record-keeping as required by CFS, funding sources, and accreditation authorities
  • Participate in all supervision and training activities as required by CFS, funding sources, and accreditation authorities
  • Keep Evolv Calendar up to date to support implementation of Centralized Scheduling

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Travel Required

Must have a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation that meets CFS Driver Policy. Travel is required to provide services in different settings and to attend agency meetings, events, and trainings
Posted 2025-10-31

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