Peer Support Specialist
Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest, Inc. (NARA)
Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Gresham, OR
Salary:
$20.55
-
$27.85
per hour
Contract type: Full time
Title: Peer Support Specialist
Location(s):
YRTC - 620 NE 2nd St Gresham, OR 97030
Residential Treatment - 17645 NW St. Helens Hwy, Portland OR 97231
Indian Health Clinic - 703 NE Hancock, Portland, OR 97212
Schedule: This is an in-person position, Monday through Friday
Wage Range: $20.55-$27.85, non-exempt
At NARA NW, you'll find a supportive and inclusive work environment where every member of our team is valued and respected. Whether you're passionate about healthcare, behavioral health, education, or social services, there's a place for you to make a positive impact.
Company Mission
The mission of NARA NW is to provide education, physical, mental health services, and substance abuse treatment that is culturally appropriate to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and anyone in need.
About The Company
At NARA NW, we provide essential services and support to Native American and Alaska Native people, empowering them to lead healthy, fulfilling lives. As an organization rooted in cultural heritage and community values, we offer a unique and rewarding opportunity to make a direct positive impact in the lives of others.
We have over 400 employees in a wide range of programs and services, including medical and dental care, addiction treatment, housing assistance, and cultural enrichment programs, there are endless opportunities to grow and thrive in your career while making a difference in the lives of others.
Position Overview
The Child and Family Peer Support Specialist is responsible for acting as a role model through sharing lived experiences and helping connect program participants to resources around physical and mental health, financial/legal assistance and transportation.
What You Will Do
Location(s):
YRTC - 620 NE 2nd St Gresham, OR 97030
Residential Treatment - 17645 NW St. Helens Hwy, Portland OR 97231
Indian Health Clinic - 703 NE Hancock, Portland, OR 97212
Schedule: This is an in-person position, Monday through Friday
Wage Range: $20.55-$27.85, non-exempt
- Sign-on bonus: $500
At NARA NW, you'll find a supportive and inclusive work environment where every member of our team is valued and respected. Whether you're passionate about healthcare, behavioral health, education, or social services, there's a place for you to make a positive impact.
Company Mission
The mission of NARA NW is to provide education, physical, mental health services, and substance abuse treatment that is culturally appropriate to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and anyone in need.
About The Company
At NARA NW, we provide essential services and support to Native American and Alaska Native people, empowering them to lead healthy, fulfilling lives. As an organization rooted in cultural heritage and community values, we offer a unique and rewarding opportunity to make a direct positive impact in the lives of others.
We have over 400 employees in a wide range of programs and services, including medical and dental care, addiction treatment, housing assistance, and cultural enrichment programs, there are endless opportunities to grow and thrive in your career while making a difference in the lives of others.
Position Overview
The Child and Family Peer Support Specialist is responsible for acting as a role model through sharing lived experiences and helping connect program participants to resources around physical and mental health, financial/legal assistance and transportation.
What You Will Do
- Must openly identify as a person who has lived experience receiving mental health services.
- Provide expertise and consultation from a mental health consumer perspective to the entire team concerning each client’s unique and subjective experience and perceptions.
- Provide skills training, such as finance management, medication management, disease/illness management, self-advocacy, applying for housing, applying for jobs, use of public transportation, nutrition, hygiene, etc.
- Assist clients with SUD in finding AA/NA meetings and other recovery supports, in close collaboration with Recovery Support Services and Outreach Team.
- Increase awareness of and support client participation in consumer self-help programs, culturally specific services and consumer advocacy organizations that promote recovery.
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