Mental Health Peer Specialist

For over 50 years, MHMR has provided community-based services for youth and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), mental health conditions, and substance use disorders, as well as babies and young children with developmental delays. MHMR employees use a person-centered approach to fulfill the mission:
We Change Lives! Using innovative approaches, MHMR partners with community organizations to provide services and a hopeful future.

The average rate for this position is… 18.00

Unwavering Commitment! WE are looking for you on our team.

As the Mental Health Peer Specialist you will provide recovery-focused services to individuals in MHMR programs, adhering to TAC requirements. You will offer recovery and wellness support, mentoring, and advocacy in both group and individual settings. Drawing from your personal recovery experience, you will teach the value of recovery, model effective coping techniques and self-help strategies, and foster positive relationships with support resources.

As the specialist you will develop and implement educational, support, and affiliation groups tailored to individual needs and preferences, while assisting clients in efficiently utilizing community resources and natural supports.

High School Diploma/GED

Completed peer specialist orientation and self-assessment, completed Peer Specialist Core Training, and passed the knowledge assessment

Must have at least one (1) year of cumulative experience as a recipient of community mental health services for a condition within Texas' target population, along with self-reported life experience in active recovery.

Within one (1) year of hire date obtain Mental Health Peer Specialist (MHPS) certification and maintain certification biannually by completing CEU’s provided in Tarrant County:
Valid Texas Driver’s License

Complete Peer Specialist Core Training and Mental Health Peer Specialist training within 6 months of hire date.

MHMR has proudly served Tarrant and adjacent county residents for over 50 years. As the second largest mental health community center in Texas, we are dedicated to serving adults and children living with mental illness, substance use disorder and intellectual and developmental disabilities and delays and empowering them to improve their lives through an accessible, integrated, comprehensive person-centered system of care.

MHMR is a mission-driven organization that fosters a culture of caring for employees and people we serve. Our mission statement is We Change Lives .

We CARE :

We Connect People in Our Community

We Link People to Resources

We Empower People

Our values are based on the following beliefs:

• Respect for people who are active in planning their services
• Recovery is a life-long process of better health
• Success as positive outcomes for each person
• Participation of people and their families in the process
• Inclusion in the community through services that promote growth and independence
• Safe, ethical, and cost-effective services
• Best practices in current research in medical, psychosocial and organizational fields
• Collaboration with other organizations for better services

MHMR offers an excellent benefits package that includes retirement plan with company matching, generous PTO accrual, ten paid holidays, employee assistance programs, wellness programs, and more. MHMR is a participant in the Student Loan Forgiveness Program. We work diligently to provide excellent benefits to employees and their eligible dependents.

This practice reduces potential for biases in compensation and assists hires and/or promotions on pay equity in their appropriate position(s) at MHMR.

MHMR is an Equal Opportunity Employer. MHMR prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, covered veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or any legally protected characteristic. This applies to all agency employment practices and decisions, including but not limited to, recruiting, interviewing, hiring, transferring, reassigning, promoting, demoting, compensation, benefits, terminating and other terms and conditions of employment.

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