Fixed Site Peer Support Specialist
Catholic Charities Eastern Washington·Spokane, Washington
Catholic Charities Eastern Washington·Spokane, Washington
This position provides peer support services to formerly homeless individuals in permanent supportive housing, focusing on support, education, and community resource navigation to promote recovery and self-sufficiency. Responsibilities include teaching clients navigation skills, modeling responsibility, collaborating with the support team, and facilitating community activities.
FREE Employee Medical Insurance FREE Employee Dental Insurance FREE Employee Vision Insurance Sick leave (8 hours of paid sick leave per month) Vacation (Minimum of 2 weeks paid vacation) Discounted health memberships Retirement (Employer contribution - 3% contribution and an additional 3% employer match) FREE Long-Term Disability Insurance FREE Life Insurance 13 Paid Holidays
Mission of Catholic Charities Feed the hungry, heal the hurting, welcome the stranger.
CCEW is an equal opportunity employer. All employees and potential employees will be recruited, selected, trained, promoted, compensated and, if necessary, disciplined or terminated without regard to sex, gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, immigration status, religious affiliation, marital status, military veteran status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law.
Provide Peer Support services—per SAMSHA best practice guidelines--to assist persons living in CHV PSH units.
Teach clients how to navigate a variety of community-based services and organizations.
Empower clients to navigate personal challenges to find their own solutions.
Provide consistency and support to promote client progress and accountability.
Collaborate with the Onsite Supportive Housing Services team to ensure behavioral health and physical health needs of clients are being addressed.
Model personal responsibility, self-advocacy, and hopefulness.
Maintain professional boundaries.
Accurately account for time worked according to agency standards.
Work with the Onsite Supportive Housing Services team to ensure outcomes of grant agreements, contracts, MOU’s and other commitments of the program are met.
Organize, plan, and facilitate certain community activities, including regular community meals, if applicable.
Uses appropriate administrative, fiscal, physical, and technical safeguards to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and security of CCEW client protected health information (PHI), per regulations outlined in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
Regularly utilizes all forms of communication (email, text, phone, etc.) and database practices necessary for this position and as directed by supervisor.
As a mandated reporter, follows all procedures outlined in agency policies and procedures to report to the proper agency when there is suspicion and/or confirmation that a child or adult has been a victim of abuse or neglect.
Obtain Peer Certification from DBHR within 6 months of employment.
Adheres to the tenants of Catholic Social Teaching.
Performs related functions as assigned to support program success as well as the mission and core values of Catholic Charities.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to: Regularly sit, stand, climb, walk, talk, hear. Frequently lift up to 10 pounds, pull/push, carry, grasp, reach Occasionally crawl, stoop, kneel Clearly see 20+ feet, with or without corrective lenses, ability to focus
Adaptability: ability to adapt to changes, delays or unexpected events in the work environment; ability to manage competing demands and prioritize tasks; ability to change approach or method to best fit the situation.
Analytical
Ability: ability to maintain focus for extended periods of time; ability to complete research projects with resourcefulness and persistence; ability to synthesize complex or diverse information; ability to use intuition and experience to complement existing data.
ability to consistently arrive and be able to work as scheduled.
Computer/Technical
Ability: proficient in the use of: Word Processing software, Spreadsheet software, Internet software, database software.
ability to follow instructions, both in written and verbal format; ability to respond to management direction; ability to complete tasks on time or notify the appropriate person with an alternate plan when necessary.
Interpersonal
Skills: ability to maintain satisfactory relationships with others, excellent customer service skills and a strong overall understanding of appropriate human relations. Practices cultural humility in interacting with clients, program partners, and colleagues.
ability to make prudent and timely decisions; ability to exhibit sound and accurate judgment; ability to explain reasoning for decisions.
Language
Ability: ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals; ability to write routine reports and correspondence; ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
Mathematical
Ability: ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Motor
Coordination: the ability to coordinate eyes, hands, fingers, and feet accurately and handle precise movements.
Problem
Solving
Ability: ability to identify and/or prevent problems before they occur; ability to formulate alternative solutions to problems when necessary; ability to transfer learning from past experiences to new experiences of similar nature.
Quality
Management: ability to complete duties, on time and with absolute precision, at least 95% of the time; ability to edit the accuracy and thoroughness of one’s work as well as the work of others; ability to constructively apply feedback to improve performance, ability to generate ideas to improve and promote quality in work.
Reasoning
Ability: ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists; ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Supervisory
Skills: this job has no direct supervisory responsibilities.
Workplace Environmental Conditions While performing the essential duties/responsibilities of this job, the employee will be: Noise Conditions: exposed during a shift to constant or intermittent sounds at moderate to loud levels of sound dependent upon daily activities. Secondary Trauma: Employees of Catholic Charities Eastern Washington provide direct services to vulnerable community members including those who have behavioral health challenges and those who have experienced trauma.
Candidates must possess a high school diploma or GED along with one year of continuous successful work experience, and crucially, lived experience relevant to the client population. A valid driver's license, successful background check, and obtaining DBHR Peer Training certification within six months are mandatory requirements.
Market context
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