ACT Peer Support Specialist
Description
Join Our Team as a Full-Time Mental Health Professional and Enjoy Exceptional Benefits!
What You’ll Get…
At our organization, we prioritize the growth, well-being, and satisfaction of our team members. As a full-time mental health professional, you'll benefit from:
- Limitless Growth and Career Advancement Opportunities: Thrive with us through diverse career paths and internal development programs.
- Career Development: Access ongoing training and development through our dedicated Organizational Development & Learning Department.
- Generous PTO Program: Enjoy up to 3 weeks off in your first year, with continuous accruals and an additional PTO day for Employee Well-Being.
- Paid Holidays: Celebrate 9 paid holidays annually.
- Wellness Program: Benefit from our expert Health Coach services and wellness incentives to reduce costs.
- Tuition Reimbursement: Receive up to $3,000 for educational advancement.
- Affordable Health Care Plans: Choose from comprehensive Medical, Vision, and Dental plans.
- Flexible Spending Accounts: Utilize H.S.A., H.R.A, and F.S.A. options with select medical plans.
- Insurance Coverage: Enjoy free Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, and Life/AD&D Insurance up to $100,000.
- Retirement Savings: Benefit from 403(b) retirement plans with a company match.
- Employee Assistance: Access 6 free coaching and 6 free therapy sessions, plus a wealth of wellness content and services.
- Additional Insurance Options: Aetna Medical, Delta Dental, Eyemed vision, Pet Insurance, Additional Life/AD&D Insurance, and more!
Join us and be a part of a team that values your professional growth and personal well-being!
$2,000 Sign-On Bonus !
Starting pay: $20.15-$23
The ACT Peer Support Specialist provides direct treatment, rehabilitative and supportive services in a community setting to consumers. Works as a team member of a clinical team to assess consumer needs and wants, participates in the development of individual service plans, acts as a consumer advocate and liaisons with families and community agencies. Provides on-call crisis intervention services, as well as weekend and holiday coverage. Serves as the team’s lead consumer advocate and mentor. Is a self-disclosed mental health consumer and is willing to provide a consumer’s perspective of the team’s service provision.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- High School Diploma, or GED 1-4 years of behavioral health experience
- Must be 21 years or older
- Previous experience working as a Peer Support Specialist is highly preferred.
- Peer Certification required upon hire or within 30 days of starting.
- AZ approved Peer Employment training program and have recent certification as of 2013.
- Must have basic knowledge and understanding of mental illness.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Level One Fingerprint Clearance Card and any other required background checks.
- Ability to meet Copa’s driver authorized driving requirements, including AZ Driver’s license upon hire, 39-month MVR.
JOB SUMMARY (Including, but not limited to):
- Meets with the consumers in the community in accordance with established policies and procedures and clinical protocols to provide supportive counseling skill development and other support services as needed.
- Works with consumer’s Prescribing Clinician, Nurse, and other members of the clinical team to ensure the timely development and implementation of the individual’s service plan (including all necessary assessments) and their crisis plan.
- Coordinates with all parties involved in consumer’s treatment according to policy and procedure and clinical protocols, including but not limited to, attending inter and intra-agency staffing, communication by telephone and letter, service/support delivery etc., as indicated on the consumer’s service plan.
- Assists consumers and families in accessing additional needed services and obtaining entitlements, including identification of funding services.
- Responsible for transporting consumers to necessary services, as outlined in their service plan, as needed.
- Assumes “primary contact” responsibility for a percentage of team consumers to: assure maintenance of accurate, thorough, and current documentation in the medical record (in accordance with policies, procedures, and clinical protocols) for those specific individuals; keep weekly client schedule for those individuals updates, and act as first contact for those consumers and their families.
- To ensure compliance & adequate services, additional job duties may be required to meet the needs of the program and or department, consistent with Copa Health productivity levels
Sign on/ retention bonus is subject to change without given notice.
Copa Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer - All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.
Pre-Employment Criminal Background and Drug Testing Required. EOE