Certified Peer Specialist

Certified Peer Specialist

Jamestown Salish Seasons - Sequim, WA 98382

Salary Range $23.21 - $30.17 Hourly Position Type Full Time

Jamestown Salish Seasons (JSS) is seeking a compassionate Certified Peer Specialist to join our interdisciplinary behavioral health team. This position provides non-clinical, recovery-oriented support to individuals receiving care in our 16-bed Evaluation & Treatment (E&T) Facility.

Using your lived experience in behavioral health recovery—whether personal or through direct family support—you will inspire hope, promote resiliency, and encourage meaningful engagement in recovery. As a trusted peer, you'll help create a safe, respectful, and culturally responsive healing environment that honors the traditions and values of the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe.

If you are passionate about supporting others through recovery and want to make a lasting impact, we'd love to hear from you.

Schedule (Full-Time):
We are hiring for two schedule options:

• Monday – Thursday | 12:00 PM – 10:00 PM
• Thursday – Sunday | 12:00 PM – 10:00 PM

• Provide peer-based emotional support, encouragement, and advocacy to individuals receiving treatment.
• Share lived recovery experience appropriately to promote hope, connection, and engagement.
• Support individuals in identifying strengths, recovery goals, and next steps in their recovery journey.
• Assist with engagement in daily programming, groups, and unit-based activities.
• Model effective coping strategies and recovery-oriented behaviors.
• Provide support using non-clinical, peer-based approaches grounded in recovery principles.
• Support individuals experiencing emotional distress using non-clinical approaches and promptly notify clinical staff of safety concerns, behavioral changes, or escalating needs.
• Promote a safe, respectful, and recovery-focused therapeutic environment.
• Assist with discharge planning by connecting individuals to community resources and services.
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary treatment team and communicate relevant observations regarding engagement, behavior, and recovery progress.
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation in accordance with program, state, and federal requirements.
• Maintain professional boundaries consistent with peer support standards.
• Participate in team meetings, reflective supervision, and required training.
• Support culturally respectful practices that honor tribal traditions, values, and approaches to healing.
• Maintain role clarity by practicing within the non-clinical scope of peer support and avoiding clinical assessment or therapeutic interventions.
• Contribute to an inclusive environment that recognizes the impact of historical trauma, community context, and lived experience.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education & Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Demonstrated lived recovery experience of at least one year related to a mental health condition or substance use disorder, or as the parent/legal guardian of a child with such lived experience, consistent with Certified Peer Specialist standards.
• Active Washington State Department of Health (DOH) Certified Peer Specialist credential.
• Holds, or is eligible to obtain, a Washington State Agency Affiliated Counselor (AAC) registration.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of recovery principles and peer support practices.
• Understanding of trauma-informed care and the effects of historical and intergenerational trauma.
• Understanding of the peer support role as a non-clinical discipline distinct from licensed behavioral health services.
• Ability to recognize personal triggers and effectively utilize supervision to maintain wellness and role effectiveness.
• Ability to engage individuals respectfully and without judgment.
• Ability to support individuals in distress using non-clinical approaches.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality in accordance with HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2.
• Ability to document services clearly and accurately.
• Ability to support culturally respectful practices and environments.
• Demonstrated professionalism, reliability, ethical conduct, and sound judgment.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
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