Peer Specialist - Adult Inpatient Hospital

MultiCare Health System; Al Khabisi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to providing a healing home for individuals facing mental health challenges. This role as a Peer Specialist offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact by supporting clients in their recovery journey. You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to foster a culture of respect and understanding, helping patients develop essential skills for a healthier lifestyle. With a focus on empowerment and self-advocacy, you will guide individuals in navigating their mental health journeys, making this position both rewarding and impactful.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Competitive salary

Paid time off

Medical and dental benefits

Retirement benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health services for severe and persistent mental illness.
• Ability to obtain Agency Affiliated Counselor registration within 90 days.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients in regaining control and success in their lives.
• Provide peer counseling and support to validate patients' experiences.
• Serve as a mentor to promote hope and empowerment.

Skills

Peer Counseling

Empathy

Self-Advocacy

Supportive Relationships

Education

High School Diploma

Peer Counselor Certification

Job description

About Navos

Navos, a partner within MultiCare's Behavioral Health Network, offers a healing home for people of all ages to recover and reclaim their lives. Our teams are composed of hardworking and caring providers committed to helping people address mental illness and substance abuse by providing a broad continuum of care. For a deeply meaningful career, join this leading organization known for its innovation, expertise, and employee care.

FTE: 1.0, Shift: Day, Schedule: M-F, 8am-4:30pm

Position Summary

The Peer Specialist is a key multidisciplinary team position at MultiCare. Providing peer viewpoints about the recovery process, symptom management, and the persistence required by patients with severe and persistent mental illnesses to maintain a healthy lifestyle, you will collaborate to promote a team culture of respect, empathy and understanding.

Responsibilities

• You will assist clients in a wide range of services to regain control and success in their own lives, such as developing supportive relationships, self-advocacy, stable housing, education, and employment.
• You will provide peer counseling and support, drawing on common experiences as a peer, to validate patients' experiences and to provide guidance and encouragement to patients to take responsibility and actively participate in their own healthcare and wellness
• You will serve as a mentor to patients to promote hope and empowerment
• You will provide consultation from a mental health consumer perspective to the entire team concerning patients' experiences on symptoms of mental illness, responses to and opinions of treatment, and experiences of recovery
• You will assist in the provision of direct clinical services to patients on an individual, group, and family basis in the office and in community settings to teach symptom/behavior-management techniques, support skill-building, and to strengthen skills to cope with internal and external stresses
• You will encourage consumer self-help programs and consumer advocacy organizations that promote recovery

Requirements

• High school diploma preferred OR two years paid or volunteer work experience with individuals with severe and persistent mental illnesses
• Successful completion of assigned training
• Ability to obtain Agency Affiliated Counselor registration within 90 days of hire
• Peer Counselor certification, or the ability to acquire that certification within one year of date of hire
• Current BLS Certification
• Current Washington state driver's license
• Experience as a recipient of mental health services for severe and persistent mental health illness
• Depending on assigned area, proof of a safe driving record (which meets established MultiCare Standards) obtained by a motor vehicle report from the appropriate state may be required

Pay and Benefit Expectations

We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental and retirement benefits and paid time off. As required by various pay transparency laws, we share a competitive range of compensation for candidates hired into each position. The pay scale is $22.97 - $33.05 USD. However, pay is influenced by factors specific to applicants, including but not limited to: skill set, level of experience, and certification(s) and/or education. If this position is associated with a union contract, pay will be reflective of the appropriate step on the pay scale to which the applicant's years of experience align.

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