Navos
Peer Specialist – Adult Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital
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Peer Specialist - Adult Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital
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Navos
Navos, a partner within MultiCare’s Behavioral Health Network, offers a healing home for people of all ages to recover and reclaim their lives. Our teams are composed of hardworking and caring providers committed to helping people address mental illness and substance abuse by providing a broad continuum of care.
FTE: 1.0 | Shift: Day | Schedule: Monday – Friday 8:00am – 4:30pm
Position Summary The Peer Specialist is a key multidisciplinary team position at MultiCare. Providing peer viewpoints about the recovery process, symptom management, and the persistence required by patients with severe and persistent mental illnesses to maintain a healthy lifestyle, you will collaborate to promote a team culture of respect, empathy and understanding.
Responsibilities
You will assist clients in a wide range of services to regain control and success in their own lives, such as developing supportive relationships, self-advocacy, stable housing, education, and employment.
You will provide peer counseling and support, drawing on common experiences as a peer, to validate patients’ experiences and to provide guidance and encouragement to patients to take responsibility and actively participate in their own healthcare and wellness.
You will serve as a mentor to patients to promote hope and empowerment.
You will provide consultation from a mental health consumer perspective to the entire team concerning patients’ experiences on symptoms of mental illness, responses to and opinions of treatment, and experiences of recovery.
You will assist in the provision of direct clinical services to patients on an individual, group, and family basis in the office and in community settings to teach symptom/behavior-management techniques, support skill-building, and to strengthen skills to cope with internal and external stresses.
You will encourage consumer self‑help programs and consumer advocacy organizations that promote recovery.
Requirements
High school diploma preferred OR two years paid or volunteer work experience with individuals with severe and persistent mental illnesses.
Successful completion of assigned training.
Ability to obtain Agency Affiliated Counselor registration within 90 days of hire.
Washington state Peer Counselor certification, or the ability to acquire that certification within one year of date of hire.
Valid WA driver’s license or a valid out‑of‑state license with the ability to transfer to a WA driver license within 6 months of hire.
Experience as a recipient of mental health services for severe and persistent mental health illness.
Proof of a safe driving record (which meets established MultiCare Standards) obtained by a motor vehicle.
Pay and Benefit Expectations We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental and retirement benefits and paid time off. The pay scale is $24.58 – $35.36 USD.
Seniority level Entry level
Employment type Full‑time
Job function Health Care Provider
Industries Research Services, Biotechnology Research, and Hospitals and Health Care
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Peer Specialist - Adult Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital
role at
Navos
Navos, a partner within MultiCare’s Behavioral Health Network, offers a healing home for people of all ages to recover and reclaim their lives. Our teams are composed of hardworking and caring providers committed to helping people address mental illness and substance abuse by providing a broad continuum of care.
FTE: 1.0 | Shift: Day | Schedule: Monday – Friday 8:00am – 4:30pm
Position Summary The Peer Specialist is a key multidisciplinary team position at MultiCare. Providing peer viewpoints about the recovery process, symptom management, and the persistence required by patients with severe and persistent mental illnesses to maintain a healthy lifestyle, you will collaborate to promote a team culture of respect, empathy and understanding.
Responsibilities
You will assist clients in a wide range of services to regain control and success in their own lives, such as developing supportive relationships, self-advocacy, stable housing, education, and employment.
You will provide peer counseling and support, drawing on common experiences as a peer, to validate patients’ experiences and to provide guidance and encouragement to patients to take responsibility and actively participate in their own healthcare and wellness.
You will serve as a mentor to patients to promote hope and empowerment.
You will provide consultation from a mental health consumer perspective to the entire team concerning patients’ experiences on symptoms of mental illness, responses to and opinions of treatment, and experiences of recovery.
You will assist in the provision of direct clinical services to patients on an individual, group, and family basis in the office and in community settings to teach symptom/behavior-management techniques, support skill-building, and to strengthen skills to cope with internal and external stresses.
You will encourage consumer self‑help programs and consumer advocacy organizations that promote recovery.
Requirements
High school diploma preferred OR two years paid or volunteer work experience with individuals with severe and persistent mental illnesses.
Successful completion of assigned training.
Ability to obtain Agency Affiliated Counselor registration within 90 days of hire.
Washington state Peer Counselor certification, or the ability to acquire that certification within one year of date of hire.
Valid WA driver’s license or a valid out‑of‑state license with the ability to transfer to a WA driver license within 6 months of hire.
Experience as a recipient of mental health services for severe and persistent mental health illness.
Proof of a safe driving record (which meets established MultiCare Standards) obtained by a motor vehicle.
Pay and Benefit Expectations We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental and retirement benefits and paid time off. The pay scale is $24.58 – $35.36 USD.
Seniority level Entry level
Employment type Full‑time
Job function Health Care Provider
Industries Research Services, Biotechnology Research, and Hospitals and Health Care
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