Job Description
Compensation: 13.12
POSITION PURPOSE
Peer Specialists ignite the spark of hope that recovery is possible while promoting skills for coping with and managing symptoms and encouraging the use of natural supports and enhancement of community living skills.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS - JOB SPECIFIC
Sharing lived experiences of recovery, sharing and supporting the use of recovery tools and modeling successful recovery behaviors
Helping individuals recognize their capacity for resilience
Helping individuals to connect with other consumers and with their community at large
Helping individuals who have mental illnesses and substance use disorders develop a network for information and support
Assisting individuals to make independent choices and to take a proactive role in their treatment
Assisting individuals with identifying strengths and personal resources to aid in their recovery and helping individuals set and achieve recovery goals
Participates as a member of the treatment team, giving input on client Wellness Plans and treatment team decisions
Assist client with transportation as clinically indicated; Driving is an essential function of this position
Other duties as assigned
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/CORE COMPETENCIES - COMPANY WIDE
Regularly attends work except for approved absences
Attends all training as required
Maintain professional, champion behavior
Provides quality customer service
Provides services with a commitment to service excellence
Works in a way that exhibits a commitment to personal excellence
Team oriented and values diversity
WORKING CONDITIONS & EXPOSURE RISK
Operating vehicles or machinery
Job Requirements
QUALIFICATION(S): EDUCATION
High School/GED required
QUALIFICATION(S): WORK EXPERIENCE/TRAINING/ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Must self-identify as a current or former consumer of behavioral health, substance use, or co-occurring
disorder services
Must be able to pass a background check or request an exception to the findings
Must complete a state-approved training program, pass a standardized examination, complete certification
process within 60 days of hire date, and must maintain ongoing certification as a Certified Peer Specialist
through the MCB (MO).
A valid driver's license and agency established minimum automobile coverage required
QUALIFICATION(S): LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION
Certified Peer Specialist
Compass Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and an E-Verify participant.
Clinton, MO
Compass Health Network is a nonprofit health care organization that provides a full continuum of behavioral health services and supports as well as primary and dental health services throughout Missouri. Our roots trace back to 1974 when we first began strategizing ways to increase access to behavioral health care in Missouri. Since then, two leaders in the mental health field in Missouri, Jerry Osborne, founder of Pathways Community Health, and Karl Wilson, founder of Crider Health Center, worked tirelessly to build a complete continuum of behavioral health, substance use disorder, primary care, and dental services for those most in need. As those organizations merged in 2014 to include Royal Oaks Hospital, a state-of-the-art inpatient behavioral health facility, today’s Compass Health Network is poised to help its customers achieve full, productive, healthy lives.
Compass Health Network takes a person-centered, integrated approach to caring for our customers. This health care model focuses on treating the whole person and is a collaboration of care involving the individual customer, personal providers and, when appropriate, family members. Our efficient, effective services are enhanced by data and technology to ensure customers receive evidence-based care delivered in the right way, at the right time, and in the right place.
Serving 43 counties in Missouri.
Through our network of more than 30 locations, Compass Health Network serves in excess of 180,000 people every year.