Peer Support Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Open position

Peer Support Specialist

Wages start at $16.25 an hour

Start a new career in the behavioral health field as a Peer Support Specialist. Provide recovery support services in various settings to people from within the community. You will support, educate and provide services to advance recovery and wellness. NAZCARE provides the training to equip you to do this position.

This is a forty hour a week position M-F, can be shifts covering 8:00AM to 4:00PM or 9:00AM to 5:00PM or 10:00AM to 6:00PM, with 14 paid holidays a year and a one-week vacation after the first year. Your medical, dental and life insurance is paid, plus there is a matching 401k, vision and telehealth programs. This is an opportunity to be part of the great team this Apache Junction location.

As a peer support you will assist peer members using recognized evidence-based practice peer support services to articulate their goals for recovery, while they learn and practice new skills, aiding them to monitor their progress, that supports them in their treatment; while modeling effective coping techniques and self-help strategies based on the peer support specialist's own recovery experience.

Give support to the Peer member, helping them advocate for themselves to obtain effective services, and to develop and implement their personal recovery plans.

Peer Support Specialist is a role model to peer member's; exhibiting competency in personal recovery with the use of coping skills; serves as a peer advocate and supporter, providing peer members information and peer support in both outpatient and inpatient settings.

· Support adult peers in regaining independence within the community and mastery over their own recovery process.

· Understand how the support services provided impact a peer’s recovery and contributes to their progression in the self-management of their recovery.

· Document the value of the services provided as evidence of outcomes in recovery.

· Perform in a wide range of settings such as in the wellness center, during transport, the peer or family home, in community based outpatient settings including community agencies, in-patient psychiatric hospitals, or retail stores, food banks, etc.

· Demonstrate varying levels of recovery and mental health symptoms.

Minimum Qualifications / Experience:

· Clear a background check and be free of major criminal offenses.

· A current and valid Arizona driver's license with an acceptable 60 month MVR.

· If in recovery, must be stable for over one year.

· Pass a drug test.

Education / Certifications:

· HS diploma or GED

Our mission is to provide quality wellness services to individuals and families with mental, co-occurring and substance use disorders in order to promote recovery.
Our vision is to assist and empower all people in discovering and embracing recovery and wellness.
Wellness is a conscious, self-directed and evolving process of achieving full potential. It is multi-dimensional and holistic, encompassing mental, physical, emotional, social, and spiritual wellbeing, as well as lifestyle.
Wellness is positive and affirming.
The message of mental health recovery is not remission or a miracle cure, but the process of living a fulfilling life despite illness and loss.
Our Wellness Centers are community-based service providers located statewide. It is about healthier Communities!
We also do training for the community and internally for staff. There are many trainings available at our centers across the state of Arizona.
We offer Peer Support Certification, CPR and First Aid, Mental Health First Aid, Peer Whole Health, Anger Management, Community Health Specialist Certification, and Many More.
We have supportive housing which offers a variety of quality housing and wrap-around recovery and wellness and is responsive to our tenant needs, preferences and lifestyle.

Company Description

Our mission is to provide quality wellness services to individuals and families with mental, co-occurring and substance use disorders in order to promote recovery.\r\n Our vision is to assist and empower all people in discovering and embracing recovery and wellness.\r\n Wellness is a conscious, self-directed and evolving process of achieving full potential. It is multi-dimensional and holistic, encompassing mental, physical, emotional, social, and spiritual wellbeing, as well as lifestyle. \r\n Wellness is positive and affirming.\r\n The message of mental health recovery is not remission or a miracle cure, but the process of living a fulfilling life despite illness and loss.\r\n Our Wellness Centers are community-based service providers located statewide. It is about healthier Communities!\r\n We also do training for the community and internally for staff. There are many trainings available at our centers across the state of Arizona. \r\n We offer Peer Support Certification, CPR and First Aid, Mental Health First Aid, Peer Whole Health, Anger Management, Community Health Specialist Certification, and Many More.\r\n We have supportive housing which offers a variety of quality housing and wrap-around recovery and wellness and is responsive to our tenant needs, preferences and lifestyle.