Peer Support Specialist - Mitchell
Terros Health
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Job summary
Terros Health in Phoenix, AZ is seeking a dedicated Peer Support Specialist to join the Mitchell Recovery Health Center. You will engage, educate, and coordinate care with patients, families, and clinicians, supporting recovery goals in a home, clinic, or community setting.
This full-time role involves facilitating peer groups, coordinating transportation, and delivering exceptional service to patients and partners.
Qualifications
- Experience coordinating care and engaging patients in recovery goals.
- Ability to facilitate peer support groups and psychosocial activities.
- Strong communication with patients, families, and providers.
Responsibilities
- Work with the clinical team to engage, educate, and coordinate care with patients, families, and providers.
- Conduct face-to-face interactions in home, community, or clinic settings to assess and support functioning.
- Participate in Consumer Advisory Council and promote patient and family participation.
- Facilitate peer support and psychosocial groups to support individual recovery goals.
- Provide transportation for patients in a personal or Terros Health vehicle when needed.
- Deliver excellent customer service to patients, providers, and other stakeholders.
- Assist patients in finding resources to meet basic needs beyond covered services.
- Encourage patients to express their perspectives during assessment and service delivery.
Skills
Job description
Terros Health is pleased to share an exciting and challenging opportunity for a Peer Support Specialist at the Mitchell Health Center.
Terros Health is a healthcare organization of caring people, guided by our core values of integrity, compassion and empowerment. We engage people in whole person health through an integrated care delivery system, thus establishing a medical home for our patients. In caring for the whole person, we focus on overall wellness through physical health, mental health and substance use care. Terros Health and Lifewell have joined forces to provide extraordinary care by empowered people through exceptional outcomes.
- Work collaboratively with the clinical team to engage, educate, communicate, and coordinate care with patients, their families, behavioral health, medical and dental providers, community resources, and others in ensuring that all services prescribed in the individualized service plan are implemented.
- Conduct face-to-face interactions with patients, family, or other involved parties in the home, community, and recovery clinic for the purpose of assessing, maintaining, or enhancing a person’s functioning.
- Participate in Consumer Advisory Council at the respective site. Promote patient and family/natural support participation in Advisory Council meetings.
- Facilitate peer support and psychosocial groups, either in a clinic or community setting, and engage patients in group participation as related to their individual recovery goals.
- Provide transportation for the patients as appropriate and as medically necessary, and determined by the clinical team, in a personal vehicle or in Terros Health provided vehicle, when available. Coordinate alternative transportation for patients and identified natural supports, as medically necessary.
- Provide excellent customer service to patients, internal and external provider agencies, state entities, or other stakeholders (e.g., probation officers, advocates, family members, hospital staff, jail staff, vocational rehabilitation, etc.) as needed.
- Provide direct assistance in finding necessary resources other than covered services to meet basic needs for patients served.
- Encourage, assist, and support patients in expressing their perspective throughout the processes of assessment, service planning, and service delivery, while maintaining a focus on their recovery.
We invest in the health, well-being, and success of our employees and their families by offering comprehensive benefits, wellness resources, and opportunities to grow both personally and professionally
- Multiple medical plan options, including a no-premium plan for employees and their families
- Multiple dental plan options, including orthodontic coverage
- Vision insurance
- Group life and disability insurance
- Pet insurance
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Interest-free medical line of credit
- Financial education, planning, and support resources
- Monetary company contribution toward eligible benefits
- Bilingual pay differential
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) - 3 weeks off in the first year
- Paid Sick Time
- 10 paid holidays annually
- Comprehensive wellness program featuring wellness challenges, activities, and prizes
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) available to employees and their family members
- Ongoing professional growth and career development opportunities, including:
- Scholarships
- Clinical supervision
- Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
- Tuition discounts through Grand Canyon University, University of Phoenix, and Northern Arizona University (NAU)
- Trip Reduction Program
- Access to the Working Advantage Employee Discount Program, with savings on:
- Gym memberships
- Car rentals
- Flights, hotels, movie tickets, and more
Join a team that values your well-being, invests in your growth, and supports you every step of the way - at work and at home!
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