💼 Full-Time Position

Peer Specialist - Respite - Relief

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Riverside Community Care
📍 Norwood, MA, United States
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Location
Norwood, United States
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Posted
June 24, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

We make a difference - in your community and in your career.

Seeking a Relief Peer Specialist for our Respite Program



Peer Specialists help to make Respite welcoming, comfortable, supportive, and responsive to individuals who utilize them and their families.

Using their personal experience and knowledge of navigating the greater system of care, Peer Specialists provide consumers with support, information, and assistance in connecting with and obtaining community-based resources and services.



In this vital role, the Peer Specialist will:


+ convey hope and provide psychoeducation, including information about recovery, rehabilitation, and crisis self-management

+ assist in arranging the services to which the individual is being referred after the MCI intervention, and they shall work with the person and family to support them during the transition to those follow-up services

+ provide simil...