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Job Description:

Certified Peer Specialist Full Time M-F 3p-11p

$500 Sign on Bonus

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Functions in accordance with Burrell Behavioral Health Operational Guidelines and within his/her professional code of ethics.

• Provides practical role modeling, utilizing his/her experience and ability to meet the needs of the client and the goals of treatment, and engages in any other activities that meet those needs and goals.

• Implements guidelines, procedures and program rules accurately and consistently Assists client’s participation and implementation in treatment planning with other team member and client.

• Promotes skills for coping with and managing addictions and mental health symptoms while encouraging the use of natural supports and enhancing community living.

• Share lived experiences of recovery, sharing and supporting the use of recovery tools and model successful recovery behaviors.

• Helps clients develop a network of information and support in the community.

• Assists clients with identifying their strengths and personal resources to aid in their recovery, make independent choices and take a pro-active role in their own treatment.

• Teach and model symptom management and problem-solving skills Observe, record and communicate clients’ behaviors, strengths, progress, areas of difficulty and needs in a timely manner, utilizing established mechanisms and program formats Complete any documentation in a timely manner.

• Provide transportation as clinically appropriate Assists in maintaining facility cleanliness by completing designated facility tasks.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Must be a Certified Missouri Peer Specialist with at least a high school diploma or GED.

• Missouri Certified Peer Specialist

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals

• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence

• Ability to communicate effectively before groups of clients, employees of the organization, family members and other contacts in the community

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals

• Ability to apply common-sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form

• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations

• Shall successfully complete all mandatory continuing education to maintain certificate and successfully complete CPR, First Aid, and CPI Training

• Shall be able to establish effective relationships via telephone and personal contacts.

• Shall be able to follow direction and accept supervision

• Shall have the ability to work with a variety of human problems and the competence to handle crisis intervention

• Shall be able to enter clinical documentation into a computerized record system

Other Qualifications:

• Burrell Behavioral Health requires drivers of licensed company vehicles and those using their own vehicles for business purposes have the appropriate driver’s license, insurance coverage, and meet the auto liability carrier’s driver’s criteria.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk and sometimes sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is also required to be able to walk and sometimes run up and down stairs.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The employee must be able to perform duties, both indoors and outdoors, under all weather conditions.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees may be required to follow other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties as requested, subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and standards.

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 expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, disability or veteran status, or to other non-work related factors.

Burrell 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