Peer & Family Support Specialist - Tempe Arizona
- Terros Health
- Tempe, AZ, USA
- Jan 15, 2026
Job Description
Peer and Family Support Specialist (6161)
Overview
Description
Terros Health is a healthcare organization of caring people, guided by our core values of integrity, compassion and empowerment. We engage people in whole person health through an integrated care delivery system, thus establishing a medical home for our patients. In caring for the whole person, we focus on overall wellness through physical health, mental health and substance use care. Terros Health and Lifewell have joined forces to provide extraordinary care by empowered people through exceptional outcomes.
Recently awarded among Arizona’s Most Admired Companies in 2023 by AZ Big Media
Seeking a Peer and Family Support Specialist to join our interdisciplinary clinical team working with individuals diagnosed with a Serious Mental Illness (SMI) or General Mental Health diagnosis under Court Ordered Treatment at our Priest Dr. Recovery Center.
Full-Time Employed: 40 hours/week
Location: Priest Dr., Tempe, AZ
(Additional Language Differential Pay Available)
Full Benefits Package, including 401K
Generous PTO/Sick Time (4+ weeks in year 1)
Pay starting at $16.05/hour DOE
Responsibilities:
As Terros Health's Peer and Family Support Specialist you will provide supportive services to our members in a community setting and facilitate recovery-based services by sharing your own past or present personal experiences. You will provide living skills training, personal assistance and peer and family support. You will help members with care coordination and help them access additional community supports.
Other duties include promoting community integration, independence and self-sufficiency, as well as maintaining accurate and thorough documentation of member engagements.
If you are dependable, caring and compassionate and find motivation in helping our members live better lives by sharing your own experiences, apply now!
Benefits:
- Multiple medical plans - including a no premium plan for employees and their families
- Multiple dental plans - including orthodontia
- Financial well-being - 401(k) with a company match, interest free medical line of credit, financial education, planning, and support
- 4 Weeks of paid time off in the first year
- Wellness program
- Child Care Support Program
- Pet Insurance
- Group life and disability insurance
- Employee Assistance Program for the Whole Family
- Personal and family mental and physical health access
- Professional growth & development - including scholarships, clinical supervision, and CEUs
- Employee perks and discounts
- Gym memberships
- Tuition at GCU and University of Phoenix
- Car rentals
- Additional language pay differential available
Qualifications
Qualifications
- Must have a High School Diploma/GED and at least 6 weeks of behavioral health employment experience
- Professional experience in nutrition, fitness and/or physical health preferred
- Peer Employment Training and Arizona State Peer Certification
- Self-Identify as a Behavioral Health recipient in recovery for at least 1 – 3 years and/or first-hand experience with family members with serious mental illness and/or chronic disease
- Valid AZ Driver License. Must have valid Arizona driver’s license, be 21 years of age with minimum 4 years driving experience, and meet requirements of Terros Health’s driving policy
- Must have a valid Arizona Level 1 Fingerprint Fingerprint Clearance card or be able to apply for one within 7 working days of starting employment
- Must understand and utilize a recovery approach and philosophy
- Exemplify great customer service and motivational skills
- Good interpersonal and communication skills, evidenced by a non-judgmental approach, effective listening and positive interactions
- Must be able to work on a computer and tablet in Microsoft Office, with electronic medical records and in NextGen
Physical demands of this position are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Terros Health is a health care company focused on the whole person, providing primary care, and specializing in mental health and substance use treatment for over 50 years. We help people live their lives in recovery and we save lives every day, treating over 55,000 individuals, children, and families annually.
Terros Health opened in 1969 as a community resource for those struggling with addiction, and subsequently evolved into a comprehensive medical and behavioral health services provider. Today, as a community based, non-profit 503c organization, Terros Health provides integrated primary medical care, behavioral health, and substance use disorder services within our four Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) sites throughout Maricopa County, provide family services statewide, and crisis response services in Northern and Central Arizona. We have significant expertise and an exceptional reputation in serving children, families, and individuals. We are a team, working together and living out our core values of integrity, compassion and empowerment--with diversity woven throughout, to help our patients achieve health and well-being within a continuum of care that spans primary medical, mental health, substance use treatment, crisis services, residential treatment and HIV/STI services. Telehealth is available in addition to direct in-person care.
Employee Benefits & Perks
We are an innovative health care organization dedicated to providing each team member with the resources to do their job. We provide employee development programs that focus on improving our employees’ personal and professional lives because we believe we can only provide exceptional care if we continue to learn and grow.