Peer Support Provider
About The Position
The Peer Support Provider performs a wide range of tasks in emergency, outpatient, or inpatient settings to assist clients in recovery and community living. The provider draws on personal experience with mental illness, co-occurring substance use, and recovery to help clients develop their own goals, strategies for self-empowerment, and steps toward fulfilling, self-determined lives. The role promotes recovery and hope through direct interaction with clients and collaboration with agency staff. It includes helping clients identify warning signs and prevent relapse, connecting them with support systems and peer groups, representing the client's perspective in care meetings, documenting services, and transporting clients when needed. This is a full-time, non-exempt position in Cape Girardeau, Missouri (Cape County), scheduled Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Some evenings may be required depending on agency and client needs. Pay is $16.42–$18.82 per hour, depending on experience, plus shift differentials.
Requirements
- High school diploma, GED, or HSE.
- Self-identify as a former or current consumer of mental health, behavioral health, substance-use, or co-occurring-disorder services.
- Hold a valid Certified Peer Specialist Credential from the Missouri Credentialing Board, or be eligible to obtain one within 75 days of starting.
- Hold a valid driver's license (Class E for Missouri residents or Class D for Illinois residents); the license may be obtained on the start date.
- Maintain current continuous auto insurance.
Responsibilities
- Share personal experience with mental illness or co-occurring substance use and personal recovery experience.
- Promote recovery and serve as a role model.
- Interact directly with clients individually and in groups.
- Help clients identify individual warning signs, develop relapse-prevention strategies, avoid hospitalizations, develop insight into their illness, and understand their experiences.
- Help develop support systems and connect clients with peer-support and self-help groups.
- Assist staff in understanding recovery, the importance of recovery-based services, and the value of lived experience.
- Transport clients in an agency or personal vehicle when necessary and appropriate to meet program requirements.
- Provide the client's point of view at team meetings, treatment-planning meetings, and psychiatric visits.
- Document services according to clinical policies and procedures, DMH, CARF, other applicable federal or state programs, and agency standards.
Benefits
- 24 paid days off in the first year, plus a day off for the employee's birthday.
- Seven paid holidays.
- Health, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance.
- Company-paid life and LTD insurance.
- Retirement auto-enrollment.
- Employee referral program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
