Job Description:

Job Title: Peer Specialist

Location: Poplar Bluff, Missouri

Department: Recovery ServicesEmployment Type: Full-time

Job Summary: Embark on a rewarding journey by joining our team as a Peer Specialist! In this vital role, you will have the opportunity to make a profound impact on individuals navigating their recovery journey. Drawing from your personal experiences and resilience, you will inspire hope and empower others to overcome challenges and acquire essential recovery skills. Your unique ability to build therapeutic relationships and provide compassionate support will be invaluable in helping clients develop the tools they need to achieve and maintain long-term recovery.

As a Peer Specialist, you will collaborate with a dedicated team to create personalized treatment plans, foster connections within the community, and advocate for the rights and choices of those we serve. Your role will be instrumental in promoting recovery, resilience, and overall well-being for individuals with mental health and substance use disorders.

Poplar Bluff, Missouri, offers a welcoming community where you can thrive both professionally and personally. Join us in our mission of empowering individuals on their recovery journey and making a lasting difference in their lives.

The Peer Specialist position offers…

• All-Inclusive Employee Benefits Package

• Telemedicine

• Employee Assistance Program

• Paid Time Off

• Workplace Culture - An environment cultivating employee wellbeing, valuing each individual's humanity, and actively promoting healthy, joyful workforce engagement

• Retirement options

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with individuals to develop personalized treatment plans addressing their specific needs.

• Maintain communication with referral sources and guardians on progress, transition planning, and clinical matters.

• Participate in meetings to ensure continuity of care for individuals.

• Assist in researching and referring individuals to outside resources when necessary.

• Schedule appointments and provide transportation to Recovery Support Services and community-based services.

• Accompany and represent the agency professionally at client appointments.

• Support clients in accessing medical services and document services per state and CARF standards.

• Offer crisis intervention and facilitate group education sessions.

• Pursue professional development through required training.

• Utilize peer support to foster recovery and resilience in individuals with mental health and substance use disorders.

• Help individuals build connections with others, their community, and Recovery Supports within their community.

• Assist individuals in accessing information and support for mental health and substance use disorders.

• Support individuals in making independent choices and taking an active role in their treatment.

• Identify individuals' strengths and resources for recovery.

• Assist individuals in setting and achieving recovery goals through mentoring, advocacy, and coaching.

• Provide emotional, informational, and instructional support to help clients feel connected and develop recovery skills.

• Encourage clients to live a healthy, productive, and sober lifestyle.

• Aid participants in creating personal treatment plans to actively engage in their recovery.

• Adhere to ethical and confidentiality standards.

• Show interest in the company's long-term and short-term goals.

Education and/or Experience Qualifications:

• Must be willing to self-identify as a present or former client of mental health and/or substance use services OR self identifies as a person in recovery from mental health and/or substance use disorder. If asked, present evidence of a sponsor and participation in a 12-step program.

• Requires one year of direct and personal experience with the mental health system as a primary consumer of services.

• Able to complete a state-approved Certified Peer Support training program and other required trainings within six months of employment.

• Exceptions to the qualifications listed may be made by the appropriate Leadership.

Required License/Certification (one of the following):

• Complete a state-approved Certified Peer Support training program and other required trainings within six months of employment.

Additional Qualifications:

• Must be 21 years of age or older

• Minimum one (1) year of recovery

• Successful completion of background check including criminal record, driving record, abuse/neglect and fingerprint check.

• Current driver's license, acceptable driving record and current auto insurance.

• Within the first year of employment, receive training on various topics such as signs and symptoms of disability-related illnesses, working with families, client rights and responsibilities, self-help skills, treatment plans, assessment principles, special needs and characteristics, community support approach, suicide awareness/precaution, quality assurance, infection control, philosophy and values of CPRC, behavioral management/crisis intervention, and issues/involuntary hold.

Keywords: Peer Support, Recovery, Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Counseling, Case Management, Community Services, Rehabilitation, Behavioral Health, Human Services

Position Perks & Benefits:

Paid time off: full-time employees receive an attractive time off package to balance your work and personal life

Employee benefits package: full-time employees receive health, dental, vision, retirement, life, & more

Top-notch training: initial, ongoing, comprehensive, and supportive

Career mobility: advancement opportunities/promoting from within

Welcoming, warm, supportive: a work culture & environment that promotes your well-being, values you as human being, and encourages your health and happiness

Brightli is on a Mission:

A mission to improve client care, reduce the financial burden of community mental health centers by sharing resources, a mission to have a larger voice in advocacy to increase access to mental health and substance user care in our communities, and a mission to evolve the behavioral health industry to better meet the needs of our clients.

As a behavioral and community mental health provider, we value diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workforce and encourage applications from individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences. If you are passionate about empowering your local communities and promoting health equity, we invite you to join our mission-driven organization that is committed to building a diverse, equitable, inclusive and authentic workplace.

We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, gender expressions, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, disability or veteran status, or to other non-work related factors.

Southeast Missouri Behavioral Health is a Smoke and Tobacco Free Workplace.

About Brightli

Brightli is on a mission: A mission to improve client care, reduce the financial burden of community mental health centers by sharing resources, a mission to have a larger voice in advocacy to increase access to mental health and substance use care in our communities, and a mission to evolve the behavioral health industry to better meet the needs of our clients. We are doing this by forming a new behavioral health organization under new model. Under one parent company, multiple organizations are able to collaborate, share resources and system supports, increase recruiting and retention efforts, increase access to specialized care, and meet the growing demand for behavioral and addiction recovery care.

Brightli’s top-line subsidiaries include Burrell Behavioral Health (Burrell), Preferred Family Healthcare (PFH), and Southeast Missouri Behavioral Health (SEMO). While these organizations operate independently and are governed by separate board of directors, their operations and services benefit from this model. Alone, organizations may be able to navigate the current tumultuous healthcare environment, but we believe that together we can do so much more than survive. Our communities need us now more than ever, and by working together we are ready to answer their call for years to come.

Brightli Snapshot

• 200 locations

• 4 states

• 19 subsidiaries and/or affiliates

• 5k+ employees