Certified Peer Support Specialist

Job Title: Certified Peer Support Specialist
Department: Healthy Opportunity for Mothering Experiences (H.O.M.E.) Outpatient
Location: Lakeport, CA
Status: One (1) Full-Time, Non-Exempt
Hours: 40 hours per week
Salary: $20.77 per hour before certification/$24.57 per hour after certification / Additional Differentials Must Qualify
Open Date: September 18, 2026
Close Date: Open until filled

Pay Differentials Offered (must qualify through testing or verification):

• Language Translation - Bi-cultural Spanish: $1.00 per hour
• Bimodal Bilingualism - ASL Sign Language: $1.00 per hour
• Bimodal Multilingualism - ASL Sign Language: $2.00 per hour

A Cover letter is required, please provide "lived life experience" in your Cover Letter. Because this information is so vital, applicants that do not submit a Cover Letter will not be considered.

Overview:
Certified Peer Support Specialists work with clients to provide recovery-oriented, culturally appropriate services that promote engagement, socialization, self-sufficiency, self-advocacy, natural supports and are trauma aware. Certified Peer Support Specialists serve as an advocate for individuals diagnosed with a serious mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, or substance use disorders providing information and support, and assisting individuals through the recovery process. Services are provided in individual and group settings and are focused on the identified client or significant support person for the identified client. Certified Peer Support Specialists are integrated into various direct service programs within the organization and work with general and specialist populations. Preference given to those with lived experience in Substance Use Recovery within families.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide individualized, ongoing guidance, coaching and support in accordance with goals that have been developed in the clinical assessment process. Assist individuals in giving voice to self id personal goals.
• Assists individuals in determining the steps needed to achieve recovery goals
• Advises and connects individuals to community resources, including housing, employment, education, transportation, recreation, health, religious/spiritual, and other resources to meet their individual recovery goals
• Provides an environment of mutual respect, empowerment, and opportunity to promote self-sufficiency within the community
• Provides individuals with support and guidance on recognizing the early signs of crisis, developing crisis plans, and implementing identified coping strategies
• Assists individuals with recognizing their strengths
• Plans and facilitates activities aimed at increasing client’s engagement in services
• Shares personal recovery stories and describes personal experiences to inspire and support individuals throughout the recovery process
• Supports individuals with problem solving related to their mental health or substance use needs
• Assists individuals with developing and maintaining positive personal and social support networks
• Assists individuals with developing their self-help skills and cultivates their ability to make informed, independent choices
• Plans and facilitates practical activities for individuals to increase their self-worth and improve their self-concepts, learn coping mechanisms and problem-solving skills to help the client’s achieve desired outcomes
• Facilitate groups for individuals and their families to promote skill building for the beneficiaries in the areas of socialization, recovery, self-sufficiency, self-advocacy, development of natural supports, and maintenance of skills learned in other support services.