Child & Family Peer Support Specialist - CF

Child & Family Peer Support Specialist

Job Location:

Gresham Floor 1 - Gresham, OR 97030

Position Type:
Full Time

Salary Range: $21.58 - $29.24 per hour

Job Shift: Day (8:30am - 5:00pm Monday through Friday; occasional evenings and weekends required)

The Child & Family Peer Support Specialist is responsible for acting as a role model through sharing lived experiences and helping connect program participants to resources around physical and mental health, financial/legal assistance, and transportation.

• Must openly identify as a person with lived experience receiving mental health services.
• Act as a role model to inspire hope and share life experiences as appropriate to the recovery process.
• Provide expertise and consultation from a mental health client perspective to the entire team concerning each client’s unique and subjective experience and perceptions.
• Provide practical help and supports, mentoring, advocacy, coordination, side‑by‑side individualized support, problem‑solving, direct assistance, and supervision to help clients obtain the necessities of daily living including medical and dental health care; legal and advocacy services; financial support such as entitlements (SSI, SSDI, veterans’ benefits); housing subsidies; money‑management services (e.g. payee services); and transportation.
• Collaborate with the team to promote a culture in which each client’s point of view, experiences, and preferences are recognized, understood, and respected, and in which client self‑determination and decision‑making in treatment planning are maximized and supported.
• Collaborate with the team to ensure the protection of client’s rights to help clients improve their knowledge of client rights and grievance or complaint procedures.
• Increase awareness of and support client participation in consumer self‑help programs, culturally specific services, and consumer advocacy organizations that promote recovery.

• High School Diploma or General Educational Development (GED) certification required.
• Must hold a Peer Wellness Specialist or Peer Support Specialist certification and be registered with the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) Traditional Healthcare Worker Registry.
• Must have at least one year of relevant lived experience, knowledge of the child- and youth‑serving systems, and the ability to navigate the system.
• Experience working within the Native American/Alaska Native community preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal and active listening skills.
• Access to reliable transportation, current driver’s license with a clean driving record, and proof of auto insurance.
• Must pass a pre‑employment or for‑cause drug test.
• Must pass criminal background and DMV checks.

• 14 Paid Holidays:
  New Years Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Battle of Little Big Horn, Independence Day, Labor Day, Native American Day, Indigenous Peoples Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, day after Thanksgiving, and December 25th.
• Affordable Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance through Kaiser Permanente.
• 13 Paid Days of Sick Time.
• 13 Paid Days of PTO (Vacation accruals increase with years of service to a maximum of 26 days).
• $50,000 Life Insurance & AD&D.
• Short Term and Long Term Disability.
• Flexible Spending Account.
• Health Spending Account.
• 401(k) with 4% Match.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Inclement Weather Days (Snow Days).
• Public Student Loan Forgiveness.

Preference in hiring is given to qualified Native Americans in accordance with the Indian Preference Act (Title 25, US Code, Sections 472 and 473). NARA Northwest is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Within the scope of Indian Preference, all candidates will receive equal consideration.