Job Description:

Job Title: Certified Peer Specialist

Location: Piedmont, Missouri

Department: Recovery Services

Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary:

Join our team and make a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals on their recovery journey! We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Certified Peer Specialist to provide peer support services. With your personal experience and resilience, you will inspire hope and empower others to overcome challenges. Your unique perspective and ability to connect with individuals will be invaluable in helping them develop essential skills, access resources, and achieve long-lasting recovery.

As a Certified Peer Specialist, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and directly impact the well-being of those we serve. You will play a vital role in creating personalized treatment plans, fostering connections, and supporting individuals in making independent choices throughout their recovery process.

Piedmont, Missouri, offers a warm and welcoming community, providing an ideal environment for you to make a positive impact on the lives of others. Join us in our mission of promoting recovery and empowering individuals to live healthy, productive, and fulfilling lives.

The Certified Peer Specialist position offers…

• All-Inclusive Employee Benefits Package

• Telemedicine

• Employee Assistance Program

• Paid Time Off

• Workplace Culture - An environment cultivating employee wellbeing, valuing each individual's humanity, and actively promoting healthy, joyful workforce engagement

• Retirement Options

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with individuals to develop personalized treatment plans addressing their specific needs.

• Maintain communication with referral sources and guardians on progress, transition planning, and clinical matters.

• Participate in meetings to ensure continuity of care for individuals.

• Assist in researching and referring individuals to outside resources when necessary.

• Schedule appointments and provide transportation to Recovery Support Services and community-based services.

• Accompany and represent the agency professionally at client appointments.

• Support clients in accessing medical services and document services per state and CARF standards.

• Offer crisis intervention and facilitate group education sessions.

• Pursue professional development through required training.

• Utilize peer support to foster recovery and resilience in individuals with mental health and substance use disorders.

• Help individuals build connections with others, their community, and Recovery Supports within their community.

• Assist individuals in accessing information and support for mental health and substance use disorders.

• Support individuals in making independent choices and taking an active role in their treatment.

• Identify individuals' strengths and resources for recovery.

• Assist individuals in setting and achieving recovery goals through mentoring, advocacy, and coaching.

• Provide emotional, informational, and instructional support to help clients feel connected and develop recovery skills.

• Encourage clients to live a healthy, productive, and sober lifestyle.

• Aid participants in creating personal treatment plans to actively engage in their recovery.

• Adhere to ethical and confidentiality standards.

• Show interest in the company's long-term and short-term goals.

Education and/or Experience Qualifications: There are several ways in which you may qualify for this position including: Education, certification, or experience. Please scroll down carefully for more information: Bachelor's degree in one of the following fields of study:

• Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, Education, Criminal Justice, Family Studies, Counseling, Recreational Therapy, Human Services, Human Development, Child Development, Gerontology, Behavioral Science, Rehabilitation Counseling OR...

• Associate of Applied Science in Behavioral Health Support degree from an approved institution OR....

• Work experience in a related human services field may substitute for educational requirements. *Related fields may include direct support such as case management, residential support, developmentally disabled support, vocational rehabilitation, and more. Four years of qualifying experience minimum or a combination of education and experience equaling four years required. OR....

• Qualified Addictions Professional (QAP) - CADC, CRADC, CRAADC, CCJP, RADC-P, RADC, CCDP, CCDP-D

Required License/Certification (one of the following):

• Complete a state-approved Certified Peer Support training program and other required trainings within six months of employment.

Additional Qualifications:

• Must be 21 years of age or older

• Minimum one (1) year of recovery

• Successful completion of background check including criminal record, driving record, abuse/neglect and fingerprint check.

• Current driver's license, acceptable driving record and current auto insurance.

• Within the first year of employment, receive training on various topics such as signs and symptoms of disability-related illnesses, working with families, client rights and responsibilities, self-help skills, treatment plans, assessment principles, special needs and characteristics, community support approach, suicide awareness/precaution, quality assurance, infection control, philosophy and values of CPRC, behavioral management/crisis intervention, and issues/involuntary hold.

Keywords: Peer Support, Recovery, Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Counseling, Case Management, Community Services, Rehabilitation, Behavioral Health, Human Services

Position Perks & Benefits:

Paid time off: full-time employees receive an attractive time off package to balance your work and personal life

Employee benefits package: full-time employees receive health, dental, vision, retirement, life, & more

Top-notch training: initial, ongoing, comprehensive, and supportive

Career mobility: advancement opportunities/promoting from within

Welcoming, warm, supportive: a work culture & environment that promotes your well-being, values you as human being, and encourages your health and happiness

Brightli is on a Mission:

A mission to improve client care, reduce the financial burden of community mental health centers by sharing resources, a mission to have a larger voice in advocacy to increase access to mental health and substance user care in our communities, and a mission to evolve the behavioral health industry to better meet the needs of our clients.

As a behavioral and community mental health provider, we value diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workforce and encourage applications from individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences. If you are passionate about empowering your local communities and promoting health equity, we invite you to join our mission-driven organization that is committed to building a diverse, equitable, inclusive and authentic workplace.

We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, gender expressions, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, disability or veteran status, or to other non-work related factors.

Southeast Missouri Behavioral Health is a Smoke and Tobacco Free Workplace.

About Brightli

Brightli is on a mission: A mission to improve client care, reduce the financial burden of community mental health centers by sharing resources, a mission to have a larger voice in advocacy to increase access to mental health and substance use care in our communities, and a mission to evolve the behavioral health industry to better meet the needs of our clients. We are doing this by forming a new behavioral health organization under new model. Under one parent company, multiple organizations are able to collaborate, share resources and system supports, increase recruiting and retention efforts, increase access to specialized care, and meet the growing demand for behavioral and addiction recovery care.

Brightli’s top-line subsidiaries include Burrell Behavioral Health (Burrell), Preferred Family Healthcare (PFH), and Southeast Missouri Behavioral Health (SEMO). While these organizations operate independently and are governed by separate board of directors, their operations and services benefit from this model. Alone, organizations may be able to navigate the current tumultuous healthcare environment, but we believe that together we can do so much more than survive. Our communities need us now more than ever, and by working together we are ready to answer their call for years to come.

Brightli Snapshot

• 200 locations

• 4 states

• 19 subsidiaries and/or affiliates

• 5k+ employees