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title: Residential Peer Specialist
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| **Company** | Centennial Mental Health Center |
| **Location** | Sterling, CO |
| **Salary** | $19.38/hr - $23.22/hr |
| **Type** | Full Time |
| **Posted** | Oct 08, 2026 |

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## Description

**POSITION SUMMARY**

Peer Specialists serve as part of the treatment team and provide peer support services to clients on an individual basis and in peer led groups. Residential Peer Specialists provide services primarily in residential settings with office and community settings as well.

**CORE RESPONSIBILITIES**

- Works with the treatment team to enhance support for clients by functioning as a peer role model
- Exhibits competency in their personal recovery and use of coping skills
- Works with client to draft wellness and recovery plans
- Co-facilitates psycho-educational groups, and facilitates wellness groups, skill building sessions, and other activities that support and strengthen client’s recovery
- Coordinates client’s access to community resources
- Supports and teaches clients to advocate for services
- Assists by arranging transportation to community resources, and transports clients when directed by supervisor
- Supports mobile crisis teams and attends virtual or in-person response when peer support is requested
- Participates in meeting and in-services
- Participates in supervision sessions
- Performs other job duties as assigned

**REQUIREMENTS**

- At least one year of personal recovery (two years preferred), with mental illness and/or substance use disorder with lived recovery experience that reflects stability and effective use of coping strategies
- Certified Peer and Family Support Specialist Certification in Colorado through COPA
- Availability: This role is subject to variable shift work including days, nights, and weekends

**SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND ABILITIES**

- Ability to interact sensitively and effectively with people of different cultures, backgrounds and with people with degraded levels of functioning
- Basic computer literacy skills
- Ability to obtain and retain a Driver’s License
- Ability to work as a team member
- Ability to work flexible hours
- Ability to travel to and work in different Centennial MHC locations, PRN
- Has an established WRAP Plan, APPR, or equivalent recovery plan
## Skills

- Family Support Services
- Supervision
- Peer Support
- Basic Computer Skills
- Substance Use Disorder Treatment
- Human Resources
- Community Resource Navigation
- Counseling
- Shift Work
## Benefits

- Flexible Work Schedules

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