--- title: Peer Support Specialist at STARS in San Bernardino, CA description: STARS is hiring for the Peer Support Specialist role in San Bernardino, CA. Pays $18–$22 per hour. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/peer-support-specialist-at-stars-01a1284b-2580-772f-8a12-f9692511d841 date: 2026-10-11T00:15:28Z og_description: Join STARS as Peer Support Specialist in San Bernardino, CA. Pays $18–$22 per hour. Full-time role. See the full description and apply. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/cqqpir.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | STARS | | **Location** | San Bernardino, CA | | **Salary** | $18/hr - $22/hr | | **Type** | Full Time | | **Posted** | Oct 10, 2026 | ## Description # **Partner with us in making a positive change!** Join a team where your work truly matters. We're proud to have been certified as a Great Place to Work for 8 years by our own employees. We invite you to partner with us in our mission to improve mental healthcare. **Job Title:** Peer Support Specialist **Division/Program:** San Bernardino: TAY Crisis Residential Treatment **Starting Compensation:** 18.00 - 22.00 USD Per Hour **Working Location:** San Bernardino, CA **Working Hours/Shift:** 8 Hour PM Shift 2:00PM - 10:30PM **Why Join Our Team?**  - **Competitive Compensation**: Offering a salary that matches your skills and experience. - **Generous Time Off**: Enjoy ample vacation and holiday pay. **Comprehensive Benefits Package**: - Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage. - Additional voluntary benefits to support your lifestyle. **Professional Growth Opportunities**: - On-the-job training with access to paid CEU opportunities. - Career development programs designed to help you grow. - Supervision for BBS hours for AMFT, ACSW, and APCC professionals (where applicable). **Employee Recognition & Rewards**: A culture that celebrates and rewards your hard work and dedication **What You Bring to SBHG (Qualifications):** **Education:** - **Certification:** Active California Peer Support Specialist Certification. - **Lived Experience:** Personal, lived experience as a consumer within the child welfare, probation, or mental health systems. - **Education:** High School Diploma or equivalent (GED, HiSET, etc.). - Must be 18 years of age or older. - Meet agency driver eligibility criteria **Experience & Skills:** - One (1) year of full-time experience performing non-professional, consumer-directed services. - Experience working within a mental health, healthcare, or social services agency serving individuals with disabilities is preferred. **Compliance & Safety:** - Valid California Driver’s License with an eligible driving record per company policy. - First Aid certification from persons qualified by agencies including but not limited to the American Red Cross. **How you will make a difference**: The position has primary responsibility for using their lived experience and knowledge of the system to provide outreach and engagement, support, advocacy, and direct services to program clients of all age ranges. Peer Support Specialists are people who have lived experience in the mental health, judicial, and/or social service systems in some capacity. They serve as role models, companions, educators and advocates to our clients. The Peer Support Specialist will support clients in moving toward recovery, creating a meaningful role in their life, which is separate from their illness. **Division/Program Overview**: **Program:** The TAY Crisis Residential Treatment (CRT) facility is a short-term voluntary residential facility. Designed to help Transitional Age Youth (TAY), ages 18-25, who experience a psychiatric crisis to safely stabilize, recover, and transition back to community. **Population Served:** Transitional Age Youth (TAY), ages 18-25, who experience a psychiatric crisis **Facility & Setting:** short-term voluntary residential facility | 24/7 Program **Clinical Services:** Therapeutic and mental health services, Rehabilitation/recovery services, including substance use rehabilitation services, Medication evaluation and support services, Crisis intervention **Length of Stay:** short-term **Skills & Transition:** Pre-vocational or vocational counseling, transition back to community **Skills & Services:** Daily exercise and health/wellness education **Learn more about SBHG at**: **For Additional Information:** mlawrence@starsinc.com ## Skills - Outreach - First Aid Certification - Peer Support - Child Welfare - Human Resources - Driving - American Red Cross Lifeguard Certification ## Benefits - Vision Insurance - Professional Development - Employee Programs - Dental Insurance - Health Insurance ## Related - [Social Services & Nonprofits jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/social-services-and-nonprofits?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Substance Abuse Services jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/social-services-and-nonprofits/substance-abuse-services?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Peer Recovery Coach / Specialist jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/social-services-and-nonprofits/substance-abuse-services/peer-recovery-coach-specialist?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Related pages - [California](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 276936 jobs - [Ambulance Services](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/healthcare/ambulance-services?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 2559 jobs ## Browse - [Companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by country](https://www.foundrole.com/locations?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs in the United States by state and city](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B sponsors by location](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-sponsors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B salaries](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-salaries?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Sectors and industries](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by career field](https://www.foundrole.com/careers?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Latest jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/latest?utm_source=ai_markdown)