Peer Specialist - Competency/STS
Peer Specialist - Competency/STS
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$ 21 - 25
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Job Description
- Salary Range: $21.50 - $25.80per hour based on relevant years of experience
- Location: Fort Collins Colorado
- Status: Full time 40 hours per week
- Hours: Monday Friday 8PM- 5PM
Role Overview:
As a Peer Specialist we will use your life experience from your personal journey of recovery of addiction and/or mental health challenges to engage advocate and link SummitStone Health Partners clients to formal or informal treatment activities services and/or supports. A Peer Specialist cultivates mutual supportive relationships with clients as they navigate through systems. This looks like highlighting strengths sitting in discomfort and walking side-by-side with clients as they move toward goals of their choosing.
Note: Competency Support Services is an innovative approach to working with individuals involved in the competency process. Specialized Treatment Services (STS) works with clients with serious and persistent mental illness who typically have co-occurring diagnoses and are often involved in the criminal justice system.
Essential Duties:
- Utilizing your life experience from your personal journey of recovery of addiction and/or mental health challenges will perform direct client care for clients needing peer support services.
- Providing direct client care through individual and group sessions face to face phone or telehealth contact.
- Services will be community based and centered around clients recovery goals.
- Ability to maintain accurate and timely documentation in medical health records and have knowledge of MS Windows and MS Office applications.
- Knowledge of diversity and inclusion with the relevant ability to engage communicate interact and work effectively and cooperatively with people of different backgrounds identities and culturally diverse communities.
Required:
- High school diploma completion of G.E.D.
- Lived experience with mental health and/or substance use with 2 years of sustained recovery required.
- Candidates must have completed at least 2 years post-parole probation or problem-solving court supervision to be considered eligible for this position.
Licenses and Certifications:
- Valid Colorado drivers license or ability to obtain within 30 days of hire and a clean driving record required.
- CPR and First Aid certification required at certain locations.
- Must complete training in SAHMSA Peer Core Competencies and COPA code of ethics prior to meeting with clients. (Training is included during the onboarding process).
- Must obtain Colorado Peer Certification (CPFS) through COPA (Colorado Practitioners Association) within 1 year of employment. All trainings experience hours and payment for this certification are provided in-house.
Highly Desired:
- Bilingual/bi-cultural preferred.
At SummitStone Health Partners we strive to foster trust empower recovery and inspire hope to strengthen and enrich our Northern Colorado community.
We need your help to make this vision a reality.
We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can be their authentic self. We actively seek team members with a variety of backgrounds identities and experiences and we honor the whole selfembracing differences in race ethnicity ability age gender sexual orientation spiritual beliefs socioeconomic status language and the many intersections of identity. We invite everyone to be part of our journey and proudly serve as an equal opportunity employer.
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Total Rewards
At SummitStone Health Partnerswe are proud to offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support the well-being of our team members. Eligibility and pro-rated benefit levels are based on FTE (full-time equivalent) status.
Below are some of the benefits we offer:
- Medical dental and vision coverage including options for eligible dependents
- Mental health and wellness resources
- Short-term and long-term disability insurances
- Paid time off (PTO): Accrued vacation and personal leave based on FTE status and length of service
- Paid Sick Leave: Provided in accordance with the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA)
- A range of voluntary benefits available to all employees
- 403(b) retirement plan with employer matching contributions
Reach Out
SummitStone will provide persons with disabilities with reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or selection process please let your recruiter know.
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This position will be open for a minimum of three days and/or until a top candidate is identified.
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Required Experience:
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Employment Type
Full-Time
