FACT Peer Support Specialist

Hiring Range

Hiring Range: $22.07 - $26.58 Per Hour (includes FACT Differential)

Benefits

• Comprehensive Health & Wellness Coverage: Extensive health, dental, and vision benefits.
• Generous Paid Time Off: Up to 19 days of paid time off, including 2 mental health days and 10 paid holidays.
• Company-Paid Life & Disability Insurance: Short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance.
• Student Loan Assistance & Professional Development: Student loan repayment assistance and career development opportunities.
• 403(b) Retirement Plan: Investment options and company contributions.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Confidential support for personal and professional challenges.
• Pets Best Pet Insurance: Comprehensive pet insurance.
• 2MorrowHealth Behavioral Change App: Support for healthy behavior changes and wellness goals.
• Home Support Services: Resources for home buying, selling, or refinancing.

Company Culture

A dynamic, collaborative team environment where every voice is heard and every idea valued.

About the Role

Kitsap Mental Health Services (KMHS) is hiring a Peer Support Specialist to join our Flexible Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) team.

Responsibilities

• Use personal lived experience to validate and encourage clients, promoting hope, empowerment, and independence.
• Coach and support clients with daily living skills, including personal hygiene, transportation, employment, social skills, and household management.
• Assist clients in transitions from hospital to community and provide companionship, money management, and medication support.
• Provide expertise to the team from a client perspective, including feedback on treatment, medications, recovery experiences, and symptom management.
• Assist clients with navigating housing, finances, healthcare, legal requirements, and community resources.
• Support clients in symptom management using Motivational Interviewing and recovery-based approaches, including resources such as the Pat Deegan Resource Library.
• Advocate for client rights, including grievance and complaint procedures, and support clients in resolving concerns.
• Engage clients in meaningful social and leisure activities, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Participate in daily team meetings, offering peer insights to enhance client care.
• Serve as a primary clinician for up to 25 clients, providing case management, treatment planning, and documentation.
• Provide psychoeducation to clients and families about recovery and mental health diagnoses, particularly psychotic disorders.
• Maintain professional boundaries and seek supervision as needed when balancing peer and employee roles.

Requirements

• Education: High School Diploma or GED.
• Experience/Skills: Entry level (no prior related work experience).
• Licenses/Credentials: Agency Affiliated Counselor Registration. Certification as a Peer Support Specialist in the state of Washington is required and must be obtained within six months or less from date of employment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, social services, or behavioral health field.
• Experience: Experienced (minimum 2 years of job-related experience) working with clients with diagnosed mental health disorders in a community mental health setting, client Clubhouse, or in vocational, social service, or educational settings.