Youth Partner - Peer Support Specialist

Yamhill County • McMinnville, OR

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Yamhill County has one regular full-time position for a Peer Support Specialist to serve youth with mental health/substance use challenges. In this role you will work with multi-disciplinary teams to assist individuals in accessing resources, addressing barriers related to their mental health, and help develop skills that promote recovery and advocacy. Utilizing your life experiences to provide support to youth, your responsibilities will include assisting in utilizing recovery skills, providing linkage with local peer organizations, identifying strengths to achieve individual goals, and providing individual and group peer services. You may also be needed to provide coordination of peer wrap around supports including community outreach to recruit volunteers, facilitating training, documentation tracking, and team facilitation.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in a human services related field.
• OR At least one year’s work experience AND two years’ post-secondary education in a human service related field.
• OR A high school diploma AND three years’ work experience in a human service related field.
• Must be a self-identified current or former recipient of mental health services.
• PSS certification from a state-approved program or ability to obtain certification within 2 months of hire.
• Certified Recovery Mentor certification.
• NPI number or the ability to obtain one upon employment.
• Excellence in organization, paperwork management, and communication – both verbally and in writing.
• Typing and computer proficiency.
• Dependability, self-direction, and detail-orientation.
• Ability to interact with coworkers, clients, and the public in a courteous, professional manner.
• Ability to understand the behavior of people under stress.
• Ability to develop cooperative relationships with clients, their families, and the community.
• Ability to maintain relationships with physicians, law enforcement agencies, the courts, public and private administrators, and the community in general.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this classification with or without accommodation.
• Must not be excluded from participation in federal health care programs (Medicaid, Medicare, and other federally funded programs that provide health benefits).
• Must not be excluded from participation in federal procurement (Federal Acquisition Regulation) and non-procurement activities (Executive Order No. 12549).

Nice To Haves

• Fluency in Spanish and English.

Responsibilities

• Assist in utilizing recovery skills.
• Provide linkage with local peer organizations.
• Identify strengths to achieve individual goals.
• Provide individual and group peer services.
• Provide coordination of peer wrap around supports including community outreach to recruit volunteers.
• Facilitate training.
• Documentation tracking.
• Team facilitation.

Benefits

• 15 paid holidays per year.
• 19.5 days of Flexible Earned Time (FET) accrual in the first year (based on an 8-hr day).
• PERS (Public Employee Retirement System) - 100% employer funded contributions.
• Full health benefit offerings with employee premiums starting as low as $89.02/month for PPO or $0/month for HMO during current plan year 2025-2026.
• $750 and 40 hours of paid time annually for professional development/training.
• $200 annually toward required license and/or certification fees.
• HRSA/NHSC approved site with many loan repayment opportunities available.
• Qualifying employer for public service student loan forgiveness.
• Most positions are eligible to accrue overtime.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level