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Vinfen
1,001 – 5,000 Employees
HealthcareNon-profitSocial Impact
Vinfen is a nonprofit health and human services organization that has supported people and communities since 1977. Its community-based programs serve people living with mental health conditions, intellectual and developmental disabilities, brain injuries, autism, and other behavioral health challenges. Across more than 500 locations in Massachusetts and Connecticut, Vinfen delivers recovery and habilitation services, supported living, education and employment support, clinical and peer services, and crisis response. The organization serves approximately 14,000 people each year and brings together healthcare, social impact, and human services teams focused on advocacy, resilience, and self-determination. Its broader community work includes partnerships, volunteering, events, and fundraising.
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Peer Specialist, Mental Health Services – Somerville, MA (Hybrid)

Provide peer support for mental health recovery, housing, employment, and community integration. Support individuals through Vinfen’s Massachusetts health and human services programs.

USUnited StatesMAMassachusetts
$23 / hour
HybridFull-timeSeniorLeadEnglish RequiredGeneral

Description

  • Deliver peer-support interventions outlined in treatment plans for people receiving services.
  • Use personal recovery experience to provide support, education, and advocacy during service and life transitions.
  • Develop empowering, non-directive, and supportive relationships.
  • Connect people receiving services with community programs, recovery resources, support networks, and mutual-help groups.
  • Lead Peer Support and Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) groups.
  • Educate individuals on recovery and self-management strategies.
  • Encourage engagement, access to healthcare and employment, safe housing, community stability, self-sufficiency, and successful service completion.
  • Promote self-determination, treatment participation, care coordination, informed decision-making, and self-advocacy.
  • Offer problem-solving, skills training, side-by-side assistance, coping strategies, and daily living support.
  • Coach ACCS staff on recovery principles, person-centered language, and recovery-focused practices.
  • Use recovery-oriented, person-centered, motivational interviewing, harm-reduction, Housing First, Stages of Change, WRAP, trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and strengths-based methods.
  • Make regular Peer Support visits to all GLE and SIE settings.
  • Take part in the Peer Specialist Community of Practice Workgroup.
  • Document services according to Certified Peer Specialist training standards and applicable ethical codes.
  • Complete other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent required.
  • Bachelor’s degree preferred.
  • Obtain a Certified Peer Specialist credential within 12 months of hire.
  • Earn CPR certification within the first two weeks of employment.
  • Complete First Aid certification within two weeks of employment.
  • Hold a valid U.S. driver’s license when employment begins.
  • Be at least 21 years old.
  • Have maintained a valid U.S. driver’s license for at least six months.
  • Maintain adequate insurance and a safe driving record when using a personal vehicle.
  • Pass a driver screening and background check.
  • Be willing to use and share practical personal experience with recovery and wellness management.
  • Understand Peer Support practices, ethical standards, person-centered and recovery-focused methods, engagement and advocacy techniques, community resources, and legal, civil, and human rights.
  • Build and maintain supportive relationships with people receiving services.
  • Protect confidential information.
  • Work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
  • Perform physically active duties such as standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, climbing, and assisting with daily living activities.
  • Lift at least 25 pounds using proper techniques or a two-person lift.
  • Use computers and standard office equipment.
  • Communicate effectively with people receiving services, staff, and outside representatives.
  • Have close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth vision, along with the ability to adjust focus.

Benefits

  • Fully funded employer-sponsored 401(a) retirement plan with no employee contribution required.
  • Employee-funded 403(b) retirement plan.
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees scheduled for at least 30 hours per week.
  • Employer contribution toward medical insurance costs.
  • Employer-paid life, accidental death and dismemberment, and long-term disability insurance.
  • Employer-paid short-term disability insurance for eligible employees.
  • Flexible spending reimbursement accounts for healthcare and dependent care.
  • Optional term life, whole life, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance.
  • Generous paid time off for employees scheduled for at least 20 hours per week.

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