Certified Peer Support Specialist

Job overview

The Certified Peer Support Specialist role is onsite in Santa Rosa, CA. Compensation is $26–$28 per hour. Center Point DAAC provides recovery and rehabilitation services to individuals and families in Sonoma County; this role reports to the MAT Services Director. The specialist provides recovery-oriented peer support within the defined scope of practice, helping clients engage in treatment, identify goals, and build on progress. The role uses lived recovery experience appropriately, coordinates with the multidisciplinary team, supports transitions in care, and completes timely, compliant documentation; it does not include psychotherapy, diagnosis, clinical assessment, or clinical counseling.

What you'll do

• Provide individual and group peer support consistent with treatment plans
• build recovery-oriented relationships
• share lived recovery experience appropriately while maintaining boundaries
• reinforce coping, emotional regulation, communication, recovery planning, relapse prevention, and other treatment-team concepts
• help clients identify goals and recognize progress
• support admissions, discharges, transfers, and care transitions
• encourage treatment and community recovery-resource participation
• collaborate with the multidisciplinary team
• complete timely and accurate electronic health record documentation
• comply with applicable Medi-Cal, DHCS, privacy, organizational, and ethical requirements
• participate in supervision, meetings, training, and continuing education
• travel between program sites and community locations.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

certified peer support specialist

santa rosa ca

center point daac

peer support

recovery services

substance use recovery

mental health recovery

calmhsa certification

medi-cal documentation

multidisciplinary team

community-based services

$26–$28 per hour

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Requires current CalMHSA Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist certification or certification within 90 days of hire, lived experience related to recovery from substance use disorder or a mental health condition, and a high school diploma or equivalent. The posting states that peer support does not include psychotherapy, diagnosis, clinical assessment, or clinical counseling.

About the employer

Center Point - DAAC is hiring for this role. Industry: Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities. Sector: 62.