Maternal Health Peer Specialist

Phoenix

Arizona

1277 live openings

• Knowledge & experience requirements
• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Lived experience with recovery from substance use and/or maternal behavioral health challenges.
• Certified Peer Specialist, Certified Recovery Support Specialist, or ability to obtain certification within the required timeframe. Within 60 days of hire.
• A driver’s license is required. MO residents require a Class E, personal vehicle, and auto insurance. The ability to transport participants may be required. Ability to sit, stand, and travel within the community.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of sustained recovery preferred.
• Experience supporting pregnant or parenting individuals in recovery.
• Pregnant and Parenting Family or Doula certification.
• Knowledge of perinatal substance use, neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), and maternal mental health.
• Experience working with child welfare, healthcare systems, or community resource coordination.
• Experience facilitating support groups

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES REQUIRED • Trauma-Informed & Person-Centered Practice

• Applies trauma‑informed principles in daily interactions, resulting in improved client engagement and a reduction in behavioral escalations.
• Empathy &
• Recovery-Oriented
• Support: Demonstrates empathetic, strength-based engagement that increases client participation in recovery plans and improves follow‑through on treatment goals.
• Interpersonal &
• Communication
• Skills: Communicates clearly and professionally with clients, families, and providers; consistently achieves positive feedback scores and contributes to efficient care coordination.
• Cultural
• Humility &
• Family
• System
• Awareness: Effectively supports individuals from diverse cultural and family backgrounds; integrates cultural considerations into service plans to enhance client trust and retention.
• Professional
• Boundaries &
• Use of
• Lived
• Experience: Maintains appropriate boundaries while leveraging personal lived experience to build rapport, resulting in stronger client connections and higher satisfaction.
• Multidisciplinary
• Team
• Collaboration: Actively contributes to interdisciplinary team meetings and case reviews, ensuring timely information sharing and coordinated care.
• Crisis
• Identification &
• Referral: Accurately recognizes early signs of crisis and initiates proper intervention or referrals, contributing to reduced emergency incidents and improved client safety.

• Queen of Peace Center does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped status in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its federally assisted programs and activities.
• Queen of Peace Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, or disability.
• Pre-Employment Screening All candidates receiving an employment offer must submit a pre-employment screening.
• The screenings will include criminal background check and other background checks (as needed), Family Care Safety Registration, drug screen, an employment and education or licensure/certification verification, and Covid-19 and Influenza vaccination.
• Various positions will require physical examination, Tuberculosis screening and Hepatitis A.
• All offers are contingent upon successful completion of required screening.