Peer Support Specialist / BH Inpatient - FT OVernights

A unique overnight opportunity (7pm-7:30am) at the region’s only full-service pediatric healthcare center. Join a highly engaged, caring team in an environment of excellence and inclusion, where your passion and professional development are supported. Be part of our growth—including the cutting-edge Hubbard Center for Children—and help provide brighter, healthier tomorrows for the children we serve.

About the role

Provides peer support and recovery training to individuals receiving services. Acts as an advocate for patient needs and rights, offers empathic listening, engagement, and support, and ensures a recovery-oriented environment. Also handles indirect unit support related to supplies and equipment.

Responsibilities

• Provides peer support to engage individuals in a recovery partnership and assists in identifying participant’s hopes, dreams, and solutions.
• Teaches recovery and life skills using recovery tools.
• Models hope, personal responsibility, and self-advocacy to demonstrate how recovery goals can be respectfully met.
• Assists in developing natural supports and community living.
• Cultivates connectedness in the person’s life (self, others, environment, meaning, and purpose).
• Coordinates with the individual’s clinical team and other supports to arrange services or resources to help achieve goals.
• Completes clinical documentation as required.
• Understands and adheres to the organization’s compliance standards (Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest Policies).
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED (required).
• Lived experience with mental health and/or substance use challenges (required).
• Healthcare student or comparable work experience in a healthcare environment (preferred).
• Minimum of 18 years of age (required).

Skills and Abilities

• Excellent communication and behavioral management skills that promote safety.
• Basic computer skills.
• Ability to problem-solve and document per regulatory guidelines.
• Effective communication skills.

Licenses and Certifications

• Certification as a Peer Support Specialist within 180 days (required).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association upon hire (required).
• Safety-Care Specialist within 60 days (required).

Schedule

Overnights: 7:00 PM – 7:30 AM.