RUHS -Behavioral Health is recruiting for a Senior Mental Health Peer Specialist that will be responsible for providing peer-to-peer support, one-on-one or in a group setting, outreach and engagement and educating community members that experience daily life and living challenges stemming from substance use and/or criminal justice involvement or mental health challenges.

Candidates must upload their CALMHSA Certified Peer Support Certification.

.Under direction, to provide the highest level of information, support and assistance and advocacy for consumers and/or caregivers/family members of consumers of mental health services and to provide feedback and perspective to the mental health system relative to the impact and effectiveness of the services provided; provide specialized training and work direction to other peer specialists and to do other work as required.

Incumbents in this advanced level class perform the highest level of assignments in the Mental Health Peer Specialist series and report directly to either a regional manager or Peer Policy and Planning Specialist; team with mental health professionals in the provision of consumer treatment, directly assist consumers and families/caregivers in the utilization of appropriate community resources, provide education and information to consumers and the community; provide a unique consumer perspective to the mental health team; and may act in a lead capacity.

Incumbents in this class provide a full range of information, training, support, encouragement, advocacy, service effectiveness assessment and related services in order to assist the consumer and family/caregiver in coping with immediate situations. The consumer and family/caregiver perspective is provided in the development of programs and services and in formulation of treatment strategies. Incumbents of this class do not attempt to modify or change the consumer's personality structure. Classes in this series differ from those in the Clinical Therapist series in that the latter, due to advanced education and experience, use independent judgment in making diagnoses, developing treatment plans, and providing a wide range and variety of mental health services including psychotherapy. This series differs from the Behavioral Health Specialist series in that the latter does not require the unique experience of having been the recipient or having been closely associated with the direct recipient of mental health services.

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