Description
Peer Support Specialist at Interlude
Are you passionate about supporting individuals through emotional distress or crisis using empathy, respect, and shared experience?
We welcome applicants with relevant lived experience and a deep commitment to peer support values.
Hours: 20 hours/week
Availability: Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays preferred
As a Peer Support Specialist at Interlude—a welcoming, non-clinical crisis support space—you will support adults experiencing emotional distress or life disruption. You’ll engage in supportive, person-centered dialogue, grounded in mutuality, lived experience, and trust. Support may include talking through challenges, participating in calming or creative activities, and co-developing plans for moving through difficult times.
Qualifications:
· Personal experience with emotional distress, mental health challenges, trauma, or other life-interrupting events — and a desire to support others through mutual connection.
· Ability to build authentic relationships across diverse backgrounds, grounded in curiosity, trust, and respect for others’ self-knowledge.
· Comfort holding space for a wide range of emotional experiences without judgment or the need to “fix.”
· Deep commitment to the values of self-defined recovery and healing.
· Willingness to engage in advocacy and contribute to shifting systems toward more person-centered, dignity-driven models of care.
· Valid driver’s license and access to a personal vehicle for local travel.
· Intentional Peer Support training is a plus but not required. We value lived experience and are committed to supporting new team members through training.
Structure:
- Part-time, Flexible Hours. Weekly Team Meetings on Wednesdays from 10am-12pm
- Benefits eligible for positions of 20 hours or more
- Starting wages: $23.57
Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)
The Counseling Service of Addison County (CSAC) is a local community mental health center located in Middlebury, Vermont. Since 1959, CSAC has been an integral part of the Addison County community.
The Counseling Service offers a wide range of professional mental health and developmental services designed to meet the needs of those seeking help. We are able to provide a multi-disciplinary approach that draws on the expertise of our staff, which includes persons trained in developmental services, substance abuse treatment, psychiatry, psychology, mental health counseling, social work, family therapy, and child therapy.
Our goal is to help people live more productive lives in their communities.
The following Mission Statement and Values were adopted by the CSAC Board of Directors at their October 9th, 1997 Board meeting. The Mission Statement and Values are the result of several staff and community meetings, where input was gathered.
Mission Statement
The Counseling Service of Addison County is committed to promoting stable and safe communities by helping people live emotionally healthy and satisfying lives. We strive to provide the best mental health, substance abuse, and developmental services to improve the quality of life for all community members. We work collaboratively with community organizations to help individuals and families achieve maximum wellness.
Values we commit to:
Treat consumers and employees with courtesy, respect, and dignity
Design services based on people's strengths and capabilities
Listen to and involve consumers, staff, and the community
Respond to the evolving needs of the community and individuals
Focus on problem prevention and early intervention
Provide services which use resources wisely
Create vital roles within our organization for consumers and family members
Offer employees opportunities to grow and advance
Value diversity
