Certified Peer Specialist (Part-time) - IRTS

$54,267 - $54,267/Yr

Radius Health - Bloomington, MN

Part-time - Entry Level

Bloomington, MN

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About the position

The Certified Peer Specialist (CPS) position at RADIAS Health is a part-time role focused on providing peer support within the Carlson Drake House Intensive Residential Treatment Service (IRTS) in Bloomington, MN. The CPS will work as part of a treatment team to assist clients in their recovery journey, promoting socialization, self-advocacy, and skill development. This role involves mentoring clients, advocating for their rights, and facilitating their participation in recovery activities.

Responsibilities

• Provide peer support to validate clients' experiences.
• Complete all paperwork, reports, and charting contemporaneously and in an organized manner.
• Have a strong dedication to recovery.
• Provide guidance and encouragement to clients to actively participate in their own recovery through individual and group experiences.
• Serve as a mentor to clients to promote hope and empowerment.
• Help IRTS team members to better understand and empathize with each client's unique experience and perception.
• Collaborate with the IRTS staff to promote a team culture in which client self-determination, client decision-making in treatment planning, and protection of client rights are supported.
• Promote personal growth and development with mental health and substance abuse issues.
• Assist, teach, and support clients with activities of daily living, vocational skills, accessing housing, maintaining financial supports, and utilizing buses and other transportation in the community.
• Provide side-by-side support, coaching and encouragement to help clients socialize and carry out leisure time activities on evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Organize and lead individual and group social and recreational activities and provide opportunities to practice social skills.
• Participate actively in on-going professional growth and development; maintain appropriate professional behavior and participate in appropriate supervision.
• Must be able to transport clients in the community.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Must have a primary diagnosis of mental illness, be a current or former consumer of mental health services, must demonstrate leadership and advocacy skills and a strong dedication to recovery.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• DHS Certified Peer Specialist.

Nice-to-haves

• Hold a bachelor's degree in the behavioral sciences.
• Have 2000 hours of experience working with adults with serious persistent mental illness.

Benefits

• 403(b) retirement plan with an employer percentage match
• 403(b) matching
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Loan repayment program
• 4 weeks accrued PTO first year of employment
• Casual dress code
• 12 holidays
• Tuition reimbursement
• Reimbursement for professional licensure fees
• Routine supervision from a Mental Health Professional, with access to licensure supervision opportunities
• Employer paid short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Bereavement and paid parental leave
• Wellness program to support employee overall health and well-being
• Mileage reimbursement