Peer Support Specialist

Ozarks Medical Center; West Plains (MO); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Ozarks Health Care Behavioral Healthcare in West Plains, MO, seeks a full-time Peer Support Specialist operating during daytime hours (8-5). The role centers on helping individuals with substance-use recovery, guided by lived experience and a recovery-first approach.

Responsibilities include promoting coping skills, resilience, and helping clients access community resources. Hiring is contingent on Missouri CMP training and exam completion.

Qualifications

• Must have lived experience in recovery and support individuals in recovery from substance-use disorders.
• Peer support services are person-centered with a recovery focus.
• Assistance includes coping skills, resilience, and community living supports.

Responsibilities

• Provide peer support services to individuals in recovery.
• Promote coping skills and recovery strategies.
• Facilitate use of natural supports and community resources.

Skills

Lived experience

Peer support

Education

High School Diploma / GED

Missouri Certified Peer Specialist

Tools

Driver's License

Job description

Ozarks Health Care Behavioral Healthcare

West Plains , MO

Full Time , Days , 8-5

An individual with livedexperience in long-term recovery from addiction. The purpose of peer support services is to assist individuals served in their recovery from substance-use disorder. Peer support services are person-centered with a recovery focus. Peer support services promote skills for coping with and managing symptoms while facilitating the utilization of natural support and the preservation and enhancement of community living skills. Certified Missouri Peer Specialists are trained to assist their peers in the process of recovery and the power of resilience and provide hope that recovery is possible.

• Hiring is contingent on the successful completion of the Missouri Certified Peer Support training and exam.

High School Diploma, GED or higher
Certified Missouri Peer Specialists (Obtained through the training and certification test set by theMissouri Department of Mental Health)
Current Missouri Class E Driver's License