Crisis Peer Counselor-Skagit

Crisis Peer Counselor

Location: Mt.Vernon, WA
Program: 505-45550
Schedule: Full-Time (40 hours/week, Wed-Sat, 8am - 6pm)
Wage: $21.89–$36.11/hr DOE

Share Your Lived Experience. Support Recovery. Strengthen Community.

Compass Health is seeking a Crisis Peer Counselor to join our Mobile Crisis Outreach Team (MCOT) in Mt. Vernon. In this vital role, you’ll draw on your personal journey with behavioral health to offer hope, understanding, and practical support to individuals experiencing crisis.

This is your opportunity to make a meaningful difference while working as part of a dynamic, multidisciplinary team serving Island County communities.

The Mobile Crisis Outreach Team responds directly to homes, schools, shelters, and other community locations to support adults, adolescents, and children facing behavioral health crises. We deliver strength-based, culturally responsive, trauma-informed interventions aimed at stabilization and prevention.

• Offer peer support grounded in your lived experience with behavioral health or substance use challenges.
• Promote recovery, self‑advocacy, and connection to community and natural supports.
• Collaborate with clients and care teams to develop and support person‑centered recovery goals.
• Support clients in accessing mental health and chemical dependency treatment, peer groups, housing, and other resources.
• Advocate for client voice and ensure respect and validation of their experience.
• Assist with monitoring, documentation, and treatment goal setting in partnership with the team.

• Lived experience with a behavioral health or substance use diagnosis (required).
• Current WA Peer Counselor Certification (preferred) or willingness to complete certification training upon hire.
• Experience as a peer support professional strongly preferred.
• Must obtain Agency Affiliated Counselor status upon hire if not currently licensed.
• Valid WA State driver’s license, vehicle, and insurance (if applicable).

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance – at no cost to full‑time employees.
• 16 days of paid vacation in your first year.
• 12 sick days annually
  , including a dedicated wellness day
  .
• 13 paid holidays – 11 standard + 2 personal choice.
• $500 in professional development funds
  .
• Up to 5 days of paid education leave.
• 403(b) retirement plan match (up to 2% after one year).
• And much more!

Compass Health is Northwest Washington’s largest private, non‑profit provider of community behavioral health services. For over 110 years, we’ve supported individuals across Island, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, and Whatcom counties. We serve all ages through a continuum of outpatient, residential, and inpatient care. Learn more pass health.org.

Compass Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating a workforce that reflects the diversity of our communities and supports inclusivity in all aspects of employment.

Preferred:

• Agency Affiliated Counselor Registration
• Certified Peer Counselor

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