Peer Support Specialist

Peer Support Specialist

Baltimore, Maryland

$18.00-$21.00 Hourly

Full-Time and Part-Time | Shifts: 11:00PM-7:00AM | Monday- Friday and Weekends

Being the Leader Communities Need in Moments of Crisis.

About Us

Baltimore Crisis Response, Inc. (BCRI) is a nationally recognized nonprofit and Baltimore's only comprehensive crisis response system. Since 1992, we've been at the forefront of behavioral health crisis care — providing timely, community-based services for individuals and families experiencing mental health and substance use challenges.

The Opportunity

We are seeking Peer Support Specialist to work alongside Emergency Medical Services in Baltimore City, providing brief crisis intervention for individuals experiencing substance use issues or overdoses. In this role, you'll connect people to recovery programs, coordinate care, and offer support for mental health, addiction, and homelessness challenges.

This position is more than crisis response — it's an opportunity to make a meaningful, life-changing impact, strengthen community connections, and help individuals move toward recovery and wellness.

What You'll Do

• Work collaboratively with members of EMS and other members of BCRI's team to provide support and resources to individuals experience substance use issues or homelessness.
• Work with individual in a substance use crisis to develop a crisis plan, provide linkage to care and introduce other crisis planning tools to the individual as needed.
• Respond alongside EMS to overdoses in Baltimore city to provide linkage and connection to services.
• Work with individuals in crisis to assist with continuity of care by giving them mental health, addiction, peer recovery support and other needed resources.
• Build relationships with addiction, mental health and homeless outreach providers, peer recovery support and other community resources
• Performs timely and accurate documentation of all clinical and client-related information
• Maintains professional open, effective, and appropriate communication with clients, BCRI staff, management, outside agencies and the public
• Empower participants to become self-advocates for their own recovery/wellness
• Maintains professional boundaries with clients, staff and other outside agencies
• Works with all clients from a strengths-based perspective, providing support and encouragement as they move forward in their recovery
• Other duties as required

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.

Additional

• Valid driver's license

Physical Demands

• Moderate walking, standing, climbing stairs, and sitting required. Light lifting may be required. Transportation of clients and their belongings in agency vehicles. Minimal support and assistance with client care needs.

Working Conditions:

• Works as part of a Mobile Team, which provides services in the community. Visit clients in various community settings and on the streets. When in the office, work generally in well-lighted and ventilated office environment.

Hazards:

• Potential exposure to highly charged, stressful and emotional situations, potential exposure to aggressive encounters.

Why Join BCRI

Lead a mission-driven mobile crisis response team.

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance.

403(b) Retirement Plan.

Generous PTO – Vacation, Sick, Personal, and Holidays.

Tuition Reimbursement & Professional Development Support.

Be part of an innovative, impact-driven team shaping the future of crisis care.

Make a Difference. Lead with Compassion.

This is more than a leadership role — it's a chance to help individuals and families find stability in their most vulnerable moments.

Apply today and become a guiding force for change.