Peer Specialist - Acute

**Peer Specialist - Acute** - **Salary Range:** $19.23 to $30.10 per hour, based on relevant years of experience - **Location:** Larimer county, Colorado at our Longview campus - **Status:** Full time 40 hours per week - **Hours:** Sunday – Tuesday 9:00AM -9:00PM and every other Wednesday 1:00PM – 9:00PM **Employees working at locations operating 24/7 earn a differential. Shift differentials are also available for evenings, nights, weekends and holidays.** **** The salary range for this position is SummitStone’s good faith belief and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation for this position at the time of the posting. SummitStone may ultimately offer more or less than the posted range. The compensation offered to the successful applicant may vary based on factors including the applicant’s education, training, skills, experiences, and other job-related information and how relevant those are to SummitStone’s needs, aspirations, organizational priorities, and the evolving needs and delivery of services to the community that it serves. **Role Overview:** As a Peer Specialist you will use your life experience from your personal journey of recovery of addiction and/or mental health challenges to engage, advocate, and link clients with SummitStone Health resources. **Essential Duties:** - Utilizing your life experience from your personal journey of recovery of addiction and/or mental health challenges will perform direct client care for clients needing peer support services. - Provide direct client care through individual and group sessions face to face, phone or telehealth contact. - Connects clients to formal or informal treatment activities, services, and/or support. - Services may be community based and centered around client's recovery goals. - Peer Specialist cultivates mutual, supportive relationships with clients as they navigate through systems. This looks like highlighting strengths, sitting in discomfort, and walking side-by-side with clients as they move toward goals of their choosing. **Minimum Qualifications:** - Lived experience with mental health and/or substance use issues (either personally or as a family member) with 2+ years of sustained recovery required. - No new charges or convictions in the last 2 years. **Licenses and Certifications:** - High school diploma or completion of G.E.D. required. - Valid Colorado driver’s license or ability to obtain within 30 days of hire and a clean driving record required. - Must complete training in SAHMSA Peer Core Competencies and COPA code of ethics prior to meeting with clients. (Training is included during the onboarding process.) - Must obtain Colorado Peer Certification (CPFS) through COPA (Colorado Practitioners Association) within 6 months of employment. All trainings, experience hours, and payment for this certification are provided in-house. - CPR and First Aid certification required at certain locations. **** **Preferred Qualifications:** - Bilingual/bi-cultural preferred SummitStone will take into consideration a combination of an applicant’s education, training, skills, experiences, and other job-related information and how relevant those are to SummitStone’s needs, aspirations, organizational priorities, and the evolving needs and delivery of services to the community that it serves. The position posting describes the minimum and preferred qualifications for position and, beyond those, the candidate is responsible for making a compelling case in support of their application. Longview Campus is the new Acute Care Behavioral Health facility which serves Larimer County residents in need of urgent help with mental health and/or substance use disorders. SummitStone has the privilege of partnering closely with Larimer County on this venture. For more information click [HERE](https://www.larimer.gov/behavioralhealth/longview). At SummitStone Health Partners, we strive to foster trust, empower recovery, and inspire hope to strengthen and enrich our Nor…