Catholic Charities Eastern Washington
Location
Pasco, Washington
Salary
$19 - $20 / HOUR
The Peer Support Specialist provides support, education, and community resource navigation to residents in permanent supportive housing. They collaborate with the onsite team to address behavioral and physical health needs while modeling personal responsibility and self-advocacy.
Candidates must have a high school diploma or GED and one year of successful work experience. Additionally, applicants must possess lived experience relevant to the client population and obtain DBHR Peer Certification within six months of hire.
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.
Job Summary This position is responsible for providing peer support services for households living in Catholic Housing Ventures (CHV) permanent supportive housing (PSH) projects. The clients residing in these properties are formerly homeless persons who may have behavioral health challenges as well as barriers to employment and recovery. As a member of the Onsite Supportive Housing Services team, the peer support specialist provides clients with support, education, and community resource navigation to promote client recovery and self-sufficiency. Catholic Charities is committed to providing a competitive wage and benefits package.
Job Duties/Responsibilities To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each of the essential duties/responsibilities listed below. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties/responsibilities of this job.
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.
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
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.
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