Certified Peer Support Specialist Part Time | ACT

About the role

The Certified Peer Support Specialist will use their lived experience in recovery to provide hope, encouragement, and peer-based support to individuals living with severe mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders. This role will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to empower clients through community outreach, recovery-focused services, and compassionate support.

Responsibilities

• Assists with maintaining a safe and hazard-free environment by observing and documenting client behavior, reporting unsafe conditions, and applying appropriate emotional and physical support
• Assists with providing a therapeutic milieu for clients by encouraging participation in recreational activities and group therapies
• Assists with supportive therapy for select clients by leading activity and conversation groups
• Affords assistance in the development of client behavioral expectations
• Assists with the unit's training and quality assurance programs
• Functions as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team
• Assists with initiating and contributing to client treatment planning, teaching, and discharge planning

Requirements

• DHHS Peer Support Specialist certification required prior to starting

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Certified Peer Support Specialist certification through DHHS required prior to starting

Skills

• Lived experience in recovery
• Therapeutic milieu facilitation
• Supportive therapy delivery
• Client behavioral expectation development
• Interdisciplinary treatment team function
• Treatment planning, teaching, and discharge planning

Benefits

• On-Demand Pay
• Tuition reimbursement, new licensure reimbursement, and career training and development
• Discounts and perks program
• 401(k) retirement program with company match
• Employee Assistance Programs for mental health needs

Pay

Range starts at $18.00/hour (pay is calculated based on years of certified experience)

Schedule

Part Time | 20hrs/wk | Monday & Thursday - 9am-5pm, Wednesday 12pm-5pm

Benefits Highlights

• On-Demand Pay
• Tuition reimbursement, new licensure reimbursement, and career training and development
• Discounts and perks program
• 401(k) retirement program with company match
• Employee Assistance Programs for mental health needs

Why Valley?

Since 1984, Valley Behavioral Health has helped thousands of adults, children, and families access high-quality behavioral health care. As the largest non-profit community behavioral health provider in the Intermountain Region, Valley offers a comprehensive range of services to ensure each individual receives the personalized care they need to heal and grow.

Essential Functions

• Maintains a safe and hazard-free environment by observing and documenting client behavior, reporting unsafe conditions, and applying appropriate emotional and physical support
• Encourages participation in recreational activities and group therapies
• Leads activity and conversation groups for supportive therapy
• Develops client behavioral expectations
• Participates in training and quality assurance programs
• Works as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team
• Contributes to client treatment planning, teaching, and discharge planning

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Experience

• Certified Peer Support Specialist certification through DHHS required prior to starting

Licenses/Certifications

• Certified Peer Support Specialist certification
• CPR certification
• Valley de-escalation certification