Flex and Follow-Up Crisis Outreach Peer Specialist

Job overview

The Flex and Follow-Up Crisis Outreach Peer Specialist role is onsite in Seattle, WA, with a flex shift of 8:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m. and Saturday, Sunday, and Monday off. Compensation is $39.08–$43.15 per hour. DESC’s Mobile Rapid Response Crisis Team provides mobile crisis response and follow-up to community members in crisis. The peer specialist uses lived experience and recovery-oriented support to help adults experiencing mental health or substance-use crises identify goals, access services, and connect with ongoing resources. The role contributes to crisis follow-up, client choice, and prevention of future crisis events through outreach and coordinated support.

What you'll do

• Conduct outreach and help identify service needs
• build rapport and provide case-management support
• offer peer recovery support
• help clients identify recovery goals and access shelter, basic needs, providers, and social services
• advocate for client access and rights
• support psychosocial assessment and stabilization as part of a multidisciplinary team
• provide follow-up and service linkage
• document work
• participate in de-escalation and crisis intervention.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

crisis outreach peer specialist

peer support

follow-up care

mobile crisis response

recovery support

seattle wa

desc

mrrct

flex shift

$39.08–$43.15 per hour

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Dental, life, long-term disability, and medical coverage with no employee premiums or payroll deductions
• Employee Assistance Program
• FSA
• ORCA card subsidy
• 34 days of paid time off per year
• retirement plan.

Why this role

Requires a current Washington Certified Peer Support Specialist or trainee credential, lived experience or qualifying family experience, and completion of specified crisis-awareness training or ability to complete it within 90 days.

About the employer

DESC is hiring for this role. Industry: Other Individual and Family Services. Sector: 62.