Peer Support Specialist- Crisis Intervention Center
Company: Communicare
Location: Oxford
Posted on: April 7, 2026
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Job Description:
Responsibilities: * Attend all meetings/trainings required by
Communicare and the Department of Mental Health * Maintain
certification as a Peer Support Specialist * Work collaboratively
with other mental health staff * Provide peer support services for
assigned individuals receiving services as determined by individual
need * Assist in the orientation process for new individuals
receiving services * Support individuals receiving services in
transition to increase access to and utilization of supports and
resources * Improve communication between individuals receiving
services and service providers * Improve the team's understanding
of lived experience, recovery, and resilience through modeling
personal responsibility, self-advocacy, and hopefulness * Maintain
current documentation of services in the individual's files *
Provides crisis supports by listening to the individual and
collaborating with the treatment team * Support individuals
receiving services in taking an active self-directing role in their
recovery * Provide group peer support services daily on all CSU
units * Coordinate discharge planning for individuals preparing to
leave the CSU * Adhere to other duties as assigned by the immediate
supervisor and/or associated Program Coordinator/Director
Qualifications: * High School Diploma or GED; or, if ages 16-20,
must be actively enrolled in school or GED program * Have
transportation, hold a valid driver's license, have automobile
insurance, and have a safe driving record. * Identifies self as a
current or former mental health consumer with a sustained period of
self-directed recovery or be a first-degree family member of a
former or current consumer. * Ability to successfully complete DMH
and Center trainings PIb2163fb87054-29400-38779449
Keywords: Communicare, New England , Peer Support Specialist- Crisis Intervention Center, Healthcare , Oxford, Northeast
