Certified Peer Support Specialist

Join The Centerstone Team

Centerstone is among the nation's leading nonprofit behavioral health systems with thousands of employees dedicated to delivering care that changes people's lives. A dynamic, well-established organization, we offer rewarding opportunities to serve all ages in a variety of settings.

Job Description

Summary of Position:

Works with enrolled parents to assist them in creating and building connections in order to assist them to become self-sufficient. Provides case management and outreach services. Assesses clients to identify their family strengths, challenges, and needs. Collaborates with community partners to build connections. Assists and facilitates parent led support groups and parent leadership meetings. Helps to engage parents in Community Action Network meetings.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate cultural awareness and sensitivity in working with families from diverse backgrounds.
• Create and build connections with persons served to assist them in meeting their needs in order to become self-sufficient.
• Provide specialized case management and outreach services to individuals with perinatal mental health issues and substance use disorders.
• Assume responsibility for assessing persons served and family strengths, challenges, and needs. Collaborate and build connections with community partner.
• Assist and facilitate parent led support groups as well as parent leadership meeting.
• Help to engage parents through lived experience and support them in contributing to the CAN.
• Attend meetings promptly and actively participates in: trainings, staff meetings, clinical supervision.
• Complete documentation in a timely and accurate manner. Complete all other tasks assigned by Program Manager within given timeframes.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Stay familiar with and make use of the community and resources, both formal and informal within the community and accessing them first before looking to formal resources.
• Effectively communicate via written, verbal, in person and virtual methods.
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Must have time-management and multitasking skills necessary to perform a variety of duties concurrently.
• Speaking with and collecting information from clients and referral sources requires strong interpersonal skills, and attention to detail.
• Individuals should have knowledge of using various systems including: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and manage electronic health record systems.

Qualifications:

Education Level: High school diploma or GED required. Bilingual preferred.

Years of Experience: N/A

Certification/Licensure: CPRS Certification is required.

Physical Requirements:

Standing – 10%

Sitting – 90%

Squatting – Occasional

Kneeling – Occasional

Bending – Occasional

Driving – Occasional

Lifting (up to 15 lbs) – Occasional

Disclaimer: The duties and responsibilities described in this document are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time, or the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands.

Time Type: Full time

Pay Range: $16.50--$23.10

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision health coverage
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
• 403b retirement plan with company match
• Paid time off and ten paid holidays
• AD&D Insurance, Life Insurance, and Long Term Disability (company paid)
• Employee Resource Groups
• Continuing education opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program

Centerstone is an equal opportunity employer. Employment at Centerstone is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. We treat all clients and colleagues with dignity and respect.

Our approach to culture is to create an environment that encourages, supports and celebrates the voices and experiences of our employees. We are committed to a culture of empowerment, respect, integrity and expertise that powers our innovation and connects us to each other, our clients and the communities we serve.

Centerstone is also committed to a strong culture of quality and safety, celebrating role-models who champion best practices for quality, clinical risk, and patient safety.