Peer Counselor

Providence•Anchorage, AK

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This role will be supporting a new Walk-In Behavioral Health Clinic in Anchorage. The Peer Support Specialist provides flexible, community/program-based peer support services that are designed to promote the recovery, empowerment, and community integration of individuals who have severe behavioral health and/or substance use disorder challenges by facilitating opportunities for individuals receiving service to direct their own recovery and advocacy process, by teaching and supporting the development and utilization of skills needed to facilitate the individual's recovery, promoting the knowledge of available service options and choices and the utilization of natural resources in the community, and helping facilitate the development of a sense of wellness and self-worth. Providence caregivers are not simply valued – they’re invaluable. Join our team at Providence Physician Service Organization and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect. Your voice matters here, because we Providence know that to inspire and retain the best people, we must empower them.

Requirements

Certified Peer Specialist (upon hire)
Minimum of 2 years in recovery

Responsibilities

Provides flexible, community/program-based peer support services designed to promote recovery, empowerment, and community integration for individuals with severe behavioral health and/or substance use disorder challenges.
Facilitates opportunities for individuals to direct their own recovery and advocacy process.
Teaches and supports the development and utilization of skills needed to facilitate individual recovery.
Promotes knowledge of available service options and choices, and the utilization of natural resources in the community.
Helps facilitate the development of a sense of wellness and self-worth.