Child & Family Peer Support Specialist (PSS) - CF042

At NARA Northwest, you’ll find a supportive work environment where every team member is valued and respected. Whether you’re passionate about healthcare, behavioral health, education, or social services, there’s a place for you to make a meaningful difference.

About The Company

NARA NW delivers services and support to Native American and Alaska Native communities, helping individuals lead healthier, more fulfilling lives. With over 450 employees across a variety of programs—including medical and dental care, addiction treatment, housing assistance, and enrichment initiatives—NARA NW offers numerous opportunities for growth and advancement.

Company Mission

The mission of NARA NW is to provide education, physical, and mental health services, and substance abuse treatment that is culturally appropriate to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and anyone in need.

About the role

The Child & Family Peer Support Specialist acts as a role model through sharing lived experiences and helps connect program participants to resources around physical and mental health, financial/legal assistance, and transportation.

Responsibilities

• Openly identify as a person who has lived experience receiving mental health services.
• Act as a role model to inspire hope and share life experiences as appropriate to the recovery process.
• Provide expertise and consultation from a mental health client perspective to the entire team concerning each client’s unique and subjective experience and perceptions.
• Provide practical help and supports, mentoring, advocacy, coordination, side-by-side individualized support, problem-solving, direct assistance, and supervision to help clients obtain the necessities of daily living including:
  • Medical and dental health care
  • Legal and advocacy services
  • Financial support such as entitlements (SSI, SSDI, veterans’ benefits)
  • Housing subsidies
  • Money-management services (e.g., payee services)
  • Transportation
• Collaborate with the team to promote a team culture in which each client’s point of view, experiences, and preferences are recognized, understood, and respected, and in which client self-determination and decision-making in treatment planning are maximized and supported.
• Collaborate with the team to ensure the protection of client’s rights to help clients improve their knowledge of client rights and grievance or complaint procedures.
• Increase awareness of and support client participation in consumer self-help programs, culturally specific services, and consumer advocacy organizations that promote recovery.

Schedule

This is an in-person position, Monday through Friday, 9:00am - 5:30pm. Occasional evenings and weekends required.

Pay

$21.58 – $29.24 hourly, Non-Exempt