Peer Support Specialist / BH Inpatient

Children's Nebraska • Omaha, NE

3h

About The Position

The Peer Support Specialist provides support and recovery training to individuals receiving services in the behavioral health inpatient setting. The role helps maintain a safe, recovery-oriented environment and advocates for patients’ needs and rights through empathic active listening, engagement, and support. The position also provides case management and indirect unit support related to supplies and equipment. The schedule is Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 7:00 a.m.–7:30 p.m.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Lived experience with mental health and/or substance use challenges.
• Excellent communication and behavioral management skills that promote safety.
• Basic computer skills.
• Ability to problem solve.
• Ability to document according to regulatory guidelines.
• Effective communication skills.
• Certified Peer Support Specialist within 180 days.
• Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association upon hire.
• Safety-Care Specialist certification within 60 days.

Nice To Haves

• Healthcare student or comparable work experience in a healthcare environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide peer support that engages individuals in a recovery partnership and helps identify their hopes, dreams, and desired solutions.
• Teach recovery and life skills using recovery tools.
• Model hope, personal responsibility, and self-advocacy, demonstrating how recovery goals can be met respectfully and how belief in oneself can be maintained.
• Help develop natural supports and community living.
• Cultivate connectedness in the person’s life, including connection to self, others, the environment, and meaning and purpose.
• Coordinate with the individual’s clinical team and other supports to arrange services or resources that help the individual achieve their goals.
• Complete clinical documentation as required.
• Understand and follow the organization’s compliance standards in its Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest Policies.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.
• Provide indirect unit support related to supplies and equipment.
• Help maintain a safe, recovery-oriented environment and advocate for patients’ needs and rights.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED