Peer Support Specialist

{
  "content_hash": "d12efa2af3b5afd18ce65db4e757afd45bfc8cfb3fc5de09ddec31e436e887cf",
  "source_hash": "9f9d8a180073cbd31ef33c690e6873edd430ff52e2c8231b2331bbad9fc31f48",
  "last_changed_at": "2026-06-01T14:12:08.012Z",
  "active_status": "active"
}

{
  "language": "en",
  "location": {
    "raw": "Scotts Valley, CA, US",
    "city": "Scotts Valley",
    "region": "CA",
    "country": "United States",
    "is_remote": false,
    "confidence": 0.8
  },
  "salary_max": 26,
  "salary_min": 24,
  "inferred_at": "2026-06-06T08:37:34.603Z",
  "launch_scope": {
    "reason": "english_us_canada",
    "included": true,
    "language": "en",
    "location": {
      "raw": "Scotts Valley, CA, US",
      "city": "Scotts Valley",
      "region": "CA",
      "country": "United States",
      "is_remote": false,
      "confidence": 0.8
    },
    "countries": [
      "United States"
    ]
  },
  "remote_policy": null,
  "salary_period": "hour",
  "workplace_type": null,
  "salary_currency": "USD"
}

{}

{
  "json_ld": {
    "url": "https://facilityjobs-acadiahealthcare.icims.com/jobs/97683/peer-support-specialist/job",
    "@type": "JobPosting",
    "title": "Peer Support Specialist",
    "@context": "http://schema.org",
    "datePosted": "2026-05-19T04:00:00.000Z",
    "description": "<h2>Overview</h2>\n<p>We are hiring a compassionate and experienced Peer Support Specialist to work with our clients at The Camp Recovery Center in Scotts Valley! This is a key role whose primary goal is to provide a safe, nurturing environment for our adult clients who have co-occurring disorders (substance use disorder and mental health disorders). The Camp is a 74-bed treatment center providing services to adults on both an inpatient and outpatient basis. This is a 32 hour position - 4 days a week</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><strong>PURPOSE STATEMENT:</strong>Provide group and individual counseling sessions using personal experiences in mental health & substance use recovery as inspiration and motivation. while also allowing for expression of persons’ experiences in recovery.</p>\n<h2>Responsibilities</h2>\n<p><strong>ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:</strong>• Provide a wide range of activities to assist patients in exercising control over their own lives and theirrecovery or resilience-building process.• Provide peer mentoring or coaching, including personalized and tailored services and supports to meetthe preferences and unique needs of the person/family and support recovery goals/planning throughassisting and supporting goal setting and use of decision-making strategies.• Provide recovery resources• Facilitate and lead recovery, educational and support groups. Educational activities include, asapplicable, self-advocacy, wellness, life skills, goal setting, parenting skills and decision-making skills.• Advocate with and for the person and their family.• Complete documentation of group and/or individual interventions in an accurate manner and filewithin 24 hours of service.• Complete documentation of assessments in a timely and accurate manner.• Participate in weekly meetings and supervisions to enhance communication and efficacy of treatment.• Actively contributes to PI/QI efforts participating in problem-solving, root cause analysis and/orassisting in collection of data.• Demonstrate a positive, empathetic and professional attitude towards customers always. Whenpatient needs are not met, acknowledge and work to resolve complaints. Recognize that patient safetyis a top priority.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><strong>OTHER FUNCTIONS:</strong>• Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<h2>Qualifications</h2>\n<p><strong>EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:</strong>• High school diploma or equivalent is required.• Three or more years' experience working in a behavioral health setting is required.• Two or more years’ experience in an acute inpatient behavioral health setting preferred.• Training on personal advocacy, engagement, recovery and resiliency principles, communitysupports/resources, effective use of sharing life experiences and parenting skills, as applicable.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><strong>LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:</strong>• Certification as a Peer Specialist• CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered byfacility).• First aid may be required based on state or facility.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>We are committed to providing equal  employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual’s characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><strong>COMPENSATION:</strong></p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>Compensation for roles at <strong>THE CAMP RECOVERY CENTER</strong> varies depending on a wide array of factors including but not limited to the specific location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, <strong>THE</strong> <strong>CAMP RECOVERY CENTER</strong> provides a reasonable hourly range of compensation for roles that may be hired in California as set forth below.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><strong>Role Location : CALIFORNIA</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Calculated Hourly Range for role Peer Support Specialist</strong></p>\n<p><strong>State – California:</strong> $24.00 - $26.00</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><strong>BENEFITS: </strong></p>\n<p><strong>The Camp Recovery Center </strong>provides a comprehensive package of benefits for our <strong>Full Time Employees</strong>                     Current benefits include:</p>\n<ul>\n <li>Competitive hourly rate</li>\n <li>Shift differential for overnight shifts</li>\n <li>Medical, dental, and vision insurance</li>\n <li>Acadia Healthcare 401(k) plan</li>\n <li>Excellent training program</li>\n <li>Complimentary AOD Education to certify as a Substance Use Disorder Counselor</li>\n <li>Professional growth opportunity that is second to none in the industry.</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>AVAILABLE SHIFTS AND HOURS:</strong></p>\n<p>This is a Part-Time with Benefits position.  32 hours - 4 days a week.Shifts are 8 – hours, and are overtime eligible</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p> </p>",
    "directApply": true,
    "jobLocation": [
      {
        "@type": "Place",
        "address": {
          "@type": "PostalAddress",
          "postalCode": "95066",
          "addressRegion": "CA",
          "streetAddress": "3192 Glen Canyon Rd",
          "addressCountry": "US",
          "addressLocality": "Scotts Valley",
          "postOfficeBoxNumber": "UNAVAILABLE"
        }
      }
    ],
    "validThrough": "2027-05-19T04:00:00.000Z",
    "employmentType": "PART_TIME",
    "hiringOrganization": {
      "name": "The Camp Recovery Center",
      "@type": "Organization",
      "sameAs": "UNAVAILABLE"
    },
    "occupationalCategory": "Direct Patient Care"
  },
  "detail_meta": {
    "url": "https://facilityjobs-acadiahealthcare.icims.com/jobs/97683/peer-support-specialist/job?in_iframe=1",
    "http_status": 200,
    "content_type": "text/html;charset=UTF-8",
    "response_bytes": 44337,
    "compact_response_bytes": 6124,
    "original_response_bytes": 44337
  },
  "sitemap_job": {
    "id": "97683",
    "url": "https://facilityjobs-acadiahealthcare.icims.com/jobs/97683/peer-support-specialist/job",
    "slug": "peer-support-specialist",
    "lastmod": "2026-05-19T11:04:06-04:00"
  },
  "detail_errors": []
}