Job Posting for Peer Recovery Support Specialist at HORIZON HEALTH AND WELLNESS INC
Job Details
Job Location: 210 E. Cottonwood Ln. - Casa Grande, AZ
Salary Range: Undisclosed
Description
Horizon Health and Wellness, Inc. has offered quality healthcare services to central and southern Arizona for over 40 years. Our mission is to enhance the quality of life of the individuals, families and communities we serve, and empower them to attain their optimum potential. Our most important organizational philosophy is Kindness Matters. It is how we do our business and an essential component in all of our interactions with our patients and with each other.
We offer:
Professional development and career advancement opportunities
Competitive compensation
Medical, dental, vision insurance
401k investment plan with company match
Generous paid time off and paid holidays
Tuition reimbursement
The opportunity to help us make a difference in the lives of the patients and communities we serve.
Qualifications
The Peer Recovery Support Specialist’s main purpose is to provide kind, empathetic, support, coaching, mentoring, and education for individual during their recovery process. This position has been identified as a safety sensitive position that includes tasks or duties (i.e., driving) that the employer in good faith believes could affect the safety, health or reputation of the Agency, participants, the employee performing the task or others. In all duties listed in the job description, the Peer Recovery Support Specialistis responsible for providing recovery peer support services to assigned caseload and documenting services provided. This position also creates a positive experience for individuals served where Kindness Matters
Qualifications Required
Recovery Peer Support Specialist Certificate (or ability to get it within 3 months of hire).
HS diploma or GED; has been a consumer and is willing to share those experiences in peer to peer interactions.
Must be 21 years of age or older.
Possess valid driver’s license with acceptable driving record and reliable transportation.
Certification in first aid, CPR, and Crisis De-Escalation training (ie CPI), if you do not possess active certification training will be provided.
Ability to lift 50 pounds.
Have availability of home telephone for easy access of Agency contact.
Ability to type and working knowledge/familiarity with computers and electronic clinical record keeping.
Must obtain and maintain a fingerprint clearance card and pass a background check.
Mentaland Emotional
Demonstrate good written and verbal communication skills.
Able to positively interact and develop rapport with mentally ill participants and their families, professional and support staff and various levels of staff from community agencies.
Able to maintain a calm, non-defensive, supportive attitude during crisis or potential crisis situations.
Physical
Long periods of sitting, ability to bend, lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
Able to operate phone, Fax, copier, and a computer.
Must be fully ambulatory and able to assist participants.
Must be able to operate an Agency vehicle.
Qualifications Preferred
Recovery Peer Support Specialist Certificate
Bilingual English/Spanish
Experience working in Integrated Healthcare, Behavioral Health or Residential.
Advanced knowledge of cultural diversity and sensitivity.
If your compensation planning software is too rigid to deploy winning incentive strategies, it’s time to find an adaptable solution.
Compensation Planning
Enhance your organization's compensation strategy with salary data sets that HR and team managers can use to pay your staff right.
Surveys & Data Sets
Sign up to receive alerts about other jobs that are on the Peer Recovery Support Specialist career path.
Click the checkbox next to the jobs that you are interested in.
Sign up to receive alerts about other jobs with skills like those required for the Peer Recovery Support Specialist.
Click the checkbox next to the jobs that you are interested in.