Peer Specialist I / II - Walk-in Crisis Center - Saturday and Sunday 10a-6 : 30p

Job Description

Job Description

WellPower provides you with the support you need to help you develop a career in helping others succeed. We innovate, adapt, and leverage the diverse perspectives of the people on our team and the people we serve in everything we do.

WellPower is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, transfer, or promotion opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Position Summary :

Peer Specialists help people served reach their personal goals and live healthy lives by supporting them in a variety of life activities. Support and supplement the work of clinicians as they provide treatment, counseling, therapy, and healthcare services to the people we serve. By sharing personal information and experiences about one's own mental illness, strategies, coping skills, and lessons learned in moving toward recovery & wellbeing, assist people we serve to move toward their own recovery & wellbeing. Peer Specialists follow the principles of Intentional Peer Support to facilitate autonomy, choice, and mutuality in the peer relationship. Peer Specialists may work in one of the following programs / teams (or similar programs) :

• Clinical Site / Residential / Rehabilitative Based Program
• Community-Based Program
• Social Impact Bond Team
• Rental Assistance Program

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Pay Range & Benefits :

WellPower is committed to fair and equitable hiring with salaries based on relevant factors, such as work experience, education, and certification / licensure (rather than wage history). Toward the principle of equal pay for equal work, we post and hire within defined hiring salary ranges. We ask all applicants to carefully review the hiring salary range for each posted job opportunity, as we will not hire outside the predetermined range.

All full-time, benefits eligible employees will be eligible for WellPower's benefits plan. For a full description of benefit offerings, please visit : https : / / wellpower.org / workplace -of-choice / .

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Typical Physical and Mental Demands :

Occasional lifting up to 40 lbs (to assist with a variety of daily life activities). May be required to attend meetings at a variety of locations. May be required to transport people we serve in personal vehicle as appropriate and available.

Why Work at WellPower ?

Join a workplace where purpose meets passion!

Tuberculosis (TB) screening, testing - TB screening and testing, is required and must be completed prior to hire ( i.e., preplacement), and maintained during employment