Certified Peer Specialist - IRTS

Duties And Responsibilities

• Provide peer support to validate clients' experiences.
• Complete all paperwork, reports, and charting contemporaneously and in an organized manner.
• Have a strong dedication to recovery.
• Provide guidance and encouragement to clients to actively participate in their own recovery through individual and group experiences.
• Serve as a mentor to clients to promote hope and empowerment.
• Help IRTS team members to better understand and empathize with each client's unique experience and perception.
• Collaborate with the IRTS staff to promote a team culture in which client self-determination, client decision-making in treatment planning, and protection of client rights are supported.
• Promote personal growth and development with mental health and substance abuse issues.
• Assist, teach, and support clients with activities of daily living, vocational skills, accessing housing, maintaining financial supports, and utilizing buses and other transportation in the community.
• Participate actively in on-going professional growth and development; maintain appropriate professional behavior and participate in appropriate supervision.
• Organize and lead individual and group social and recreational activities and provide opportunities to practice social skills.
• Participate actively in on-going professional growth and development; maintain appropriate professional behavior and participate in appropriate supervision.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Must have a primary diagnosis of mental illness, be a current or former consumer of mental health services, must demonstrate leadership and advocacy skills and a strong dedication to recovery.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• DHS Certified Peer Specialist.

Benefits

• 4 weeks accrued PTO first year of employment.
• 12 paid holidays.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance.
• Health Saving Accounts (HSA) + employer contribution and Flexible Saving Accounts (FSA).
• Tuition reimbursement and Student Loan Repayment Assistance.
• Dependent Care Account (DCA) + employer contribution.
• Reimbursement for professional licensure fees.
• Routine supervision from a Mental Health Professional, with access to licensure supervision opportunities.
• 403b retirement plan with an employer percentage match.
• Employer paid short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Bereavement and paid parental leave.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Wellness program to support employee overall health and well-being.
• Variety of discounts through ADP LifeSmart Pet insurance.
• Mileage reimbursement.
• Casual dress code.