Certified Peer Counselor

Overview

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Sound Behavioral Health is growing, and we are hiring a certified peer counselor in Auburn, WA! Sound is one of King County’s most comprehensive providers of quality mental health and addiction treatment services, supporting our area’s most vulnerable populations. A central tenet of our work is Reaching Recovery, an evidence-based clinical care model.

 

Certified peers work alongside professional team members to provide a living example of hope that recovery is possible for others living with disorders. Peers' personal experiences can be a valuable asset to the clinical team. Their first-person knowledge and their stories of recovery enhance and extend services, as well as infuse clients with hope and self-determination. 

 

Certified peers provide flexible services that are customized to the needs of the client and that allow the peer to act as a role model of recovery. Certified peer assist professional team members in the delivery of conventional health services and a service model built on principles of mutuality, empowerment, and informality. 

 

Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:30 AM-5:00 PM.

Location: 4238 Auburn Way N Auburn, Washington 98002.

 

Accepting Applications until June 6. 

Responsibilities

GENERAL SUMMARY

Certified Peer work alongside professional team members to provide a living example of hope that recovery is possible for others living with disorders. Peers' personal experiences can be a valuable asset to the clinical team. Their first-person knowledge and their stories of recovery enhance and extend services, as well as infuse clients with hope and self-determination. Certified Peer provide flexible services that are customized to the needs of the client and that allow the peer to act as a role model of recovery. Certified Peer assist professional team members in the delivery of conventional health services and a service model built on principles of mutuality, empowerment, and informality. 

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES

• Assists in developing and implementing the recovery plan, including identifying life goals and the steps needed to achieve them. 
• Identifies services and activities that promote recovery and resilience.
• Supports clients and their families in making their own choices and taking responsibility for their own recovery.
• Assist clients with navigating the behavioral health and criminal justice systems.
• Assists clients in building self-advocacy skills and developing coping skills.
• Assists clients with navigating the mental health and other systems.  
• Assists clients in building and maintaining community living skills and accessing community resources. 
• Assists clients with finding and retaining employment, education, and volunteer work. 
• Assists clients with finding other meaningful activities that promote a sense of purpose, structure, and inclusion in the community.
• Assists clients to identify strengths, recognize successes, and build hope.
• Assists in reducing the sense of isolation and helplessness that clients and families often feel.
• Articulates their own recovery and resilience stories in ways that are relevant to the obstacles faced by clients of mental health services.
• Utilizes recovery tools and resources in the delivery of services.
• Facilitates classes and individual plan development.

KEY WORK RELATIONSHIPS

Establishes and maintains positive, ethical, and professional working relationships with clinical team members, clients, and outside organizations. Relates to a wide variety of people including members of ethnic and sexual minority populations and is respectful of individual and cultural differences. 

Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• High School Diploma, GED or in active pursuit of diploma or GED preferred but not required.

• Previous experience working in community behavioral health or lived experience is preferred. 

KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES, AND SKILLS

• Follows direction from supervisor and maintains professional boundaries with both clients and team members. 
• Uses personal experience to build empathy and rapport. 
• Validates and provides information, emotional support and encouragement.
• Understands dual relationships and role conflicts.
• Maintains confidentiality.
• Knows when to seek consultation and supervision within the scope of their training.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES & REGISTRATIONS

• Must be a Certified Peer Counselor, having completed the