Peer Specialist - Acute

Salary Range

Salary Range: $19.23 to $30.10 per hour, based on relevant years of experience

Location

Location: Larimer county, Colorado at our Longview campus

Status

Status: Full time 40 hours per week

Hours

Hours: Sunday – Tuesday 9:00AM -9:00PM and every other Wednesday 1:00PM – 9:00PM

Shift Differentials

Employees working at locations operating 24/7 earn a differential. Shift differentials are also available for evenings, nights, weekends and holidays.

Role Overview

As a Peer Specialist you will use your life experience from your personal journey of recovery of addiction and/or mental health challenges to engage, advocate, and link clients with SummitStone Health resources. You will utilize your life experience to provide direct client care for clients needing peer support services. This includes performing direct client care through individual and group sessions face to face, phone or telehealth contact. You will connect clients to formal or informal treatment activities, services, and/or support. This may involve services being community based and centered around client's recovery goals. You will cultivate mutual, supportive relationships with clients as they navigate through systems. This looks like highlighting strengths, sitting in discomfort, and walking side-by-side with clients as they move toward goals of their choosing.

Essential Duties

• Utilize your life experience from your personal journey of recovery of addiction and/or mental health challenges to engage, advocate, and link clients with SummitStone Health resources.
• Provide direct client care through individual and group sessions face to face, phone or telehealth contact.
• Connect clients to formal or informal treatment activities, services, and/or support.
• Cultivate mutual, supportive relationships with clients as they navigate through systems.

Minimum Qualifications

• Lived experience with mental health and/or substance use issues (either personally or as a family member) with 2+ years of sustained recovery required.
• No new charges or convictions in the last 2 years.
• High school diploma or completion of G.E.D. required.
• Valid Colorado driver’s license or ability to obtain within 30 days of hire and a clean driving record required.
• Must complete training in SAHMSA Peer Core Competencies and COPA code of ethics prior to meeting with clients. (Training is included during the onboarding process.)
• Must obtain Colorado Peer Certification (CPFS) through COPA (Colorado Practitioners Association) within 6 months of employment. All trainings, experience hours, and payment for this certification are provided in-house.
• CPR and First Aid certification required at certain locations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bilingual/bi-cultural preferred.

Longview Campus Information

The Longview Campus is the new Acute Care Behavioral Health facility which serves Larimer County residents in need of urgent help with mental health and/or substance use disorders. SummitStone has the privilege of partnering closely with Larimer County on this venture.

Total Rewards

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage — including options for eligible dependents
• Mental health and wellness resources
• Short-term and long-term disability insurances
• Paid time off (PTO): Accrued vacation and personal leave based on FTE status and length of service
• Paid Sick Leave: Provided in accordance with the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA)
• A range of voluntary benefits available to all employees
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer matching contributions

Health & Safety Requirement

All employees are required to receive an annual flu vaccination or have an approved exemption in place and wear a mask during flu season.

Contact Information

To learn more about SummitStone Health Partners, visit summitstone.org. To reach out, email hiring@summitstonehealth.org.