Peer Support Specialist - Peer Assisted Crisis Center

Yamhill County has one regular full-time position (36 hours/week, paid for 40 hours) for a Peer Support Specialist to serve individuals with serious mental illness and/or co-occurring mental health and addictions challenges. These are night shift positions; the work schedule is three 12-hour shifts. The Peer Support Specialist (PSS) will work with multi-disciplinary teams to assist individuals in accessing resources, addressing barriers related to their mental health, and developing skills that promote recovery and advocacy.

Responsibilities include using personal mental health experiences to provide support to individuals, assisting in utilizing recovery skills, providing linkage with local peer organizations, identifying strengths to achieve individual goals, and providing individual and group peer services.

Work Schedule:
Thursday 7:00 pm – Friday 7:00 am;
Friday 7:00 pm – Saturday 7:00 am;
Saturday 7:00 pm – Sunday 7:00 am.

Yamhill County offers generous employee benefits:

• 15 paid holidays per year.
• 19.5 days of Flexible Earned Time (FET) accrual in the first year (based on an 8-hr day).*
• PERS (Public Employee Retirement System) - 100% employer funded contributions.
• Full health benefit offerings with employee premiums starting as low as $70.18/month for PPA or $0/month for HMO during current plan year . *

Additional benefits for HHS employees:

• $750 and 40 hours of paid time annually for professional development/training.
• $200 annually toward required license and/or certification fees.
• HRSA/NHSC approved site with many loan repayment opportunities available.
• Qualifying employer public service student loan forgiveness.
• Most positions are eligible to accrue overtime.*

* Subject to the AFSCME Collective Bargaining Agreement (7/1/2023 – 6/30/2026).

• Bachelor’s degree in a human services related field (OR)
• A combination of at least one year’s work experience AND two years’ post-secondary education in a human services related field (OR)
• High School diploma AND three years’ work experience in a human services related field.

• A Peer Support Specialist certification from a state-approved program or the ability to obtain certification within two months of hire.
• An NPI number or the ability to obtain one upon employment.

As a Peer Support Specialist, you must be a self-identified current or former recipient of mental health or substance use services who embraces the philosophy of resilience and recovery, who is willing to be a role model for persons receiving mental health and/or substance use services. As a successful candidate, you will bring an array of knowledge, including

• General mental health, co-occurring disorders and other issues related to people with mental health and/or substance use conditions.
• Skill training interventions that support clients in achieving recovery goals.
• Mandatory reporting requirements and the appropriate levels of information to be shared.
• Confidentiality rules, especially those specific to program area.
• Community and partner agencies and resources relevant to program.

The successful candidate will have good written and verbal communication skills, general keyboarding, and computer skills including a working knowledge of Microsoft Office. We are looking for a candidate who is dependable, organized, self-directed, detail oriented, and possesses the ability to interact with co-workers, clients, and the public in a courteous, professional manner. The ability to prioritize a variety of competing responsibilities in a professional manner is critical, as is experience working with individuals with serious mental illness, trauma, and substance abuse.

Must have excellent personal boundaries, and demonstrated honesty, accuracy, and integrity.

Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of this classification with or without accommodation.

Must not be excluded from participation in federal health care programs (Medicaid, Medicare, and other federally funded programs that provide health benefits); and

Must not be excluded from participation in federal procurement (Federal…