Job Description

A Certified Peer Support Specialist is someone who has personally experienced struggles with mental health and psychological trauma and has received services through a Community Mental Health Program. They act as a consultant to other team members, helping them understand the persons’ served perspectives and subjective experience This position has a high degree of personal integrity, generates positive energy, and makes a difference every day. 

  Why a Peer Support Specialist at Hope…

  Make a difference in people's lives, including your own.

Here are just some of the ways Hope Network invests in you for all that you do:

• Starting Pay: $16.00 - $17.00
• Bi-weekly monitory Pay for Performance incentive program
• Health insurance begins on day one.
• Career pathing and growth opportunities
• Educational Reimbursement
• Student Loan Forgiveness eligible employer
• Paid Training
• Paid Holidays
• Generous paid time off
• Retirement savings plan with employer match
• Employee Assistance Program

How you will change lives…

• Participate in the Family/Guardian/Friends Liaison Program activities, building a friendly and open communication network with the natural supports of persons-served.
• Engage persons-served in problem solving, skill training, side-by-side activities, and monitor their well-being.
• Document on the progress, or lack of progress, towards goals of persons-served at the close of each shift.
• Provide supreme customer services, always being courteous, responsive, professional, and helpful to the organization’s internal and external customers.
• Adhere to high level of health and safety practices in physical facilities and with corporate vehicles.
• Function as a team member and actively participate in team staff meetings.

About you…

• You are passionate about serving others.

• Have ability to see the individual value of persons-served and staff peers rather than viewing them only through their organizational role.
• Possess firsthand knowledge of characteristics and conditions experienced by consumer population.
• You enjoy working independently and as part of a team.
• You act as a positive role model and coach for others.

  We are Hopeful you have…

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Certification Required
• Personable, positive, and enthusiastic attitude, with capability to deal effectively with people (internal and external).
• Basic knowledge and skill in simple arithmetic, operating household procedures, basic nutrition, cooking, cleaning, performing routine household tasks and maintenance.
• Two years of related experience.
• Certified Peer Support Specialist preferred.
• Maintain a valid motor vehicle operator license.
• Knowledge of, or ability to learn, the use of technological advances that include, but is not limited to: Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Internet, NP Network, fax/copy machines, cell phones, etc.

Education

• High School Diploma Equivalency or better

Licenses & Certifications

• Cert Peer Support Spec
• - Driver's License

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