Job Summary
The Peer Support Specialist offers individualized, recovery-oriented support to people facing a crisis or living with mental illness or substance use disorders. The role helps individuals build solutions to challenges and reconnect with their communities through respectful, evidence-based approaches, including harm reduction and assertive engagement.
Responsibilities
- Provide one-on-one peer support to individuals experiencing crisis, mental health challenges, or substance use disorders.
- Encourage community reintegration and assist individuals with problem-solving.
- Use evidence-based practices, including harm reduction and assertive engagement, in providing support.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED.
- At least six months of personal recovery experience.
- Valid Arizona driver’s license and a clean motor vehicle record.
- Certified Peer Support Specialist (CPSS) certification, or the ability to obtain it.
Community Bridges, INC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
