Certified Peer Specialist

4 weeks ago

Springfield, United States BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NETWORK, INC. Full time

**Join our team of competent and compassionate professionals as a Certified Peer Specialist at Behavioral Health Network**

The **Certified Peer Specialist **shares their own lived experience of mental health challenges with the purpose and intent to inspire hope and motivation in young adults (ages 18-30) who are diagnosed with **Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)**. The Certified Peer Specialist brings their own personal knowledge of what it is like to live and thrive with autism to inspire hope, optimism, and the courage to enact change in others.

**Your experience, knowledge and great skills will support the Peer program with the following**:

- Using lived experience with the purpose and intent to support a young adult’s vision and goals by working with the young adult and their care team.
- Ensuring that the young adult’s visions guide decisions and focuses on aspirational life goals, such as education, employment, healthy relationships, and independence.
- Supporting the young adult in building the skills and structure that they desire and prepares them for a purposeful transition to greater independence.
- Engaging young adults in activities that are designed to address one or more goals on the care plan.
- Teaching young adults how to navigate community systems.
- Linking young adults to support and self-help groups.
- Teaching young adults how to identify formal and community-based resources.

**What are we looking for in a Certified Peer Specialist?**
- High School Diploma or GED **(required)**.
- Lived experience of a mental health diagnosis. Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis **preferred but not required**.
- 1 year recovery preferred.
- Driver's license (**required**).
- Access to reliable transportation (with access to your own vehicle preferred) during all working hours (**required**).
- Bilingual/bicultural in English and American Sign Language or Spanish a big plus but not required.
- Peer Certification received or willing to obtain within 12 months of hire (**required**).
- Ability to act as an advocate and empower individuals to take leadership in their own recovery.
- Ability and willingness to share own recovery story in an open and skillful manner.
- Safe and approachable demeanor, including when under pressure.
- Respectful of and compassionate toward other individuals’ thoughts, behaviors, ideas, and needs.
- Self-aware and able to take responsibility for own mistakes, successes, weaknesses, and strengths, as well as being able and willing to seek support when needed.
- Optimistic and confident in approach and outlook.

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