Certified Peer Support Specialist; BHT
Listed on 2026-10-11
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Healthcare
Mental Health
Why? At our core, we are a resiliency-building company.
Our purpose is tounleash the power of our employees and participants to create a resilient world, one person at a time.
As an innovative learning and collaborative organization, every position contributes to this purpose and our employees are the heart of who we are. We support healthy work/life balance forour employees and invest in their potential through opportunities for continual learning and growth.
If this resonates withyou, then read on!
The Peer Support Specialist uses lived experience and recovery-focused practices to support participants in achieving their individual wellness and recovery goals. This role provides mentorship, advocacy, skill-building, and connection to community resources while promoting participant choice, independence, and self-determination as part of a multidisciplinary treatment team.
What a Peer Support Specialist Doesat Resilient Health:- Provides individual, family, and group peer support services in accordance with participant needs, individualized treatment plans, and program requirements to our SMI patient population
- Facilitates or co-facilitates peer-led groups, educational sessions, and recovery-oriented activities
- Uses lived experience appropriately and professionally to provide hope, mentorship, encouragement, and recovery-focused support while maintaining appropriate boundaries
- Supports participants in identifying strengths, establishing recovery and wellness goals, and developing practical steps toward achieving those goals
- Promotes participant self-advocacy, self-determination, informed decision-making, independence, and active participation in treatment and recovery
- Models and supports the development of coping skills, healthy communication, problem-solving, independent living skills, and other recovery-oriented behaviors
- Assists participants in navigating behavioral health, healthcare, social service, and community systems and connects them with appropriate resources and natural supports
- Supports participant engagement in treatment, recovery activities, employment, education, community involvement, and other activities consistent with their identified goals
- Conducts outreach, engagement, and re-engagement activities for participants experiencing barriers to participation in services
- Engages families and other natural supports to support recovery goals
- Collaborates with multidisciplinary treatment team members and contributes the peer perspective to treatment planning, care coordination, and service delivery
- Advocates for participant preferences, needs, choices, and goals and promotes recovery-oriented, person-centered services
- Maintains accurate, timely, and complete documentation of services and activities in accordance with organizational, payer, regulatory, and accreditation requirements
- Maintains participant confidentiality, professional and ethical boundaries, and compliance with HIPAA and applicable organizational policies and requirements
- Participates in supervision, training, team meetings, and professional development activities
- Models effective coping techniques and self-help strategies
- Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) required (must be 21 years old):
- High School Diploma or equivalent and six months of full-time behavioral health work experience or internship or Peer Support Certification, or
- Associates Degree and three months of full-time behavioral health experience or internship or Peer Support Certification, or
- A BHT Certificate from an accredited college/university, or
- Bachelor's Degree, or
- Master's Degree
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- Minimum of six months full-time experience working in abehavioral health setting
- Understanding of recovery-oriented, person-centered, and strengths-based principles
- Ability to complete required clinical documentation timely utilizing the organization's electronic health record and other organizational systems
- Valid driver's license
- Valid CPR/First Aid certifications or ability to obtain within 30 days of hire.
- Valid Fingerprint Clearance Cardor ability to obtain within 90 days of hire.
- Three-year Motor Vehicle Record thatmeets our auto insurance carrier's coverage requirements.
1415 N. 1st Street, Phx, AZ85004 & 2255 W. Northern Ave., Phx, AZ85021
What This Position Pays:$20.39 - $22.62, depending on education and experience
- Exceptionally generous PTO (3.5weeks off yourfirst yearand rising in subsequent…
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