About the Role
Step into a meaningful, community-based role where your lived experience becomes a source of hope, strength, and connection for others. As Peer Support with the Access Hub, you’ll be part of a compassionate team providing immediate emotional and social support to individuals seeking help with mental health, substance use, or other life challenges. You’ll welcome guests into a safe, supportive space, help identify their immediate needs, and connect them with the resources and relationships that can make a lasting difference in their recovery journey.
Responsibilities
- Greet Access Hub guests with warmth and empathy, ensuring they feel welcome, respected, and supported.
- Use active listening and your lived experience to build trust and offer meaningful, peer-based support.
- Identify guests’ immediate needs and connect them with available supports such as case management, therapy, nursing, psychiatry, and community resources like the Sunrise Wellness Center Food Shelf.
- Collaborate with internal programs and external partners to coordinate wraparound services that promote stability and wellness.
- Provide ongoing, supportive follow-up to help guests stay engaged with services and community resources.
- Offer phone-based support and information to individuals seeking help or referrals.
- Participate in daily rounds, team discussions, and supervision as part of a collaborative care model.
Requirements
- Must identify as someone with lived experience of mental health and/or substance use recovery, and be comfortable sharing that experience to support others.
- Valid driver’s license, clean driving record, and reliable transportation.
- Ability to lift and carry up to 50 lbs.
- May need to transport guests in a personal vehicle.
- Frequent movement within the office and community settings; participation in occasional outdoor or wellness activities.
- Periods of sitting, standing, and engaging in face-to-face or phone-based support.
Skills
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to connect authentically and nonjudgmentally.
- Understanding of trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, and person-centered approaches to care.
Location
- Berlin, VT 05602
Work Type
- Any
Education Level
- High School Diploma or equivalent required.
Salary/Compensations
- $21.44 - $22.31 Hourly
Benefits
- Health, dental, vision
- Generous retirement contribution match
- 12.5 flexible holidays per year
- 12 vacation days earned in your first year of employment
- 12 sick days earned in your first year of employment
About the Company
- For more than 50 years, Washington County Mental Health Services (WCMHS) has served the Washington County community and the Orange County towns of Orange, Washington, and Williamstown.
- WCMHS provides education, support, and treatment to individuals and families living with mental health challenges, substance use issues, and developmental and intellectual disabilities.
- Providing accessible, high-quality services in the community, schools, and health care settings, we work toward positive outcomes for wellness with collaborative, inclusive, and compassionate care.
- Washington County Mental Health Services is “Where Hope and Support Come Together.”
