Job Description:

Job Title: Certified Peer Specialist
Location: Piedmont, Missouri
Department: Recovery Services
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary:
Join our compassionate and collaborative team as a Certified Peer Specialist, where you can make a profound impact on the lives of individuals on their recovery journey. We are looking for a dedicated individual who brings personal experience, empathy, and a commitment to empowering others. As a Certified Peer Specialist, you will be instrumental in helping clients develop essential recovery skills, access community resources, and achieve sustainable, meaningful recovery.

In this role, you will utilize your unique perspective as someone with lived experience in mental health or substance use recovery to provide support, mentorship, and guidance. Working closely with individuals and their families, you will foster resilience, hope, and recovery through one-on-one interactions, group sessions, and advocacy.

Life in Piedmont, Missouri, offers a close-knit community, natural beauty, and a peaceful environment—an ideal backdrop to provide recovery services while enjoying a fulfilling lifestyle.

The Certified Peer Specialist position offers…

All-Inclusive Employee Benefits Package - A robust full-time employee benefits package encompassing health, dental, vision, retirement, disability, life insurance, wellness program, generous paid time off, and more.

Telemedicine – 24/7 phone, web, or mobile app medical, behavioral health, & dermatology visits.

Employee Assistance Program – 24/7 counseling services, legal assistance, & financial consultation for you and your household at no cost.

Career Advancement & Wage Growth - Grow in your career with great opportunities for upward mobility and added income.

Comprehensive Training - Learn and develop skills with our robust on-the-job training.

Workplace Culture - An environment cultivating employee wellbeing, valuing each individual's humanity, and actively promoting healthy, joyful workforce engagement.

Key Responsibilities:

Collaborate with individuals to develop personalized treatment plans that address their specific needs and recovery goals.

Provide one-on-one mentoring, advocacy, and coaching to encourage recovery and resilience.

Support individuals in accessing recovery tools, medical services, and community-based resources.

Foster connections between individuals, their community, and recovery supports within their community.

Facilitate group education sessions and offer crisis intervention as needed.

Help individuals identify strengths and set achievable recovery goals.

Maintain clear and concise documentation of services provided in compliance with state and CARF standards.

Represent the agency professionally while accompanying clients to appointments or services.

Adhere to ethical and confidentiality standards while serving as a source of hope and encouragement.

Actively participate in professional development and training opportunities.

Education, Experience, and/or Credential Qualifications:

Must self-identify as a person in recovery from mental health and/or substance use disorders and demonstrate one year of recovery.

High school diploma or equivalent required.

Willingness to complete a state-approved Certified Peer Support training program within six months of employment.

Exceptions to qualifications may be made by the appropriate Leadership.

Additional Qualifications:

Must be 21 years of age or older.

Valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record and current auto insurance.

Commitment to completing training on various aspects of recovery and client support within the first year of employment.

Knowledge of community resources and the challenges faced by individuals in recovery.

Physical Requirements:

Light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently.

Requires walking or standing to a significant degree, or sitting for extended periods with occasional pushing or pulling of materials.

Brightli is on a Mission:
At Brightli, we are driven by a mission to change and save lives by providing compassionate, person-centered care to individuals on their recovery journey. Join us in creating a brighter future for our clients and our community. Apply today to become part of our dedicated team.

Keywords: Certified Peer Specialist, Recovery Services, Mental Health Support, Substance Use Recovery, Peer Support, Advocacy, Community Resources, Coaching, Full-time Position, Piedmont Missouri.

Position Perks & Benefits:

Paid time off: full-time employees receive an attractive time off package to balance your work and personal life

Employee benefits package: full-time employees receive health, dental, vision, retirement, life, & more

Top-notch training: initial, ongoing, comprehensive, and supportive

Career mobility: advancement opportunities/promoting from within

Welcoming, warm, supportive: a work culture & environment that promotes your well-being, values you as human being, and encourages your health and happiness

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 user care in our communities, and a mission to evolve the behavioral health industry to better meet the needs of our clients.

As a behavioral and community mental health provider, we value diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workforce and encourage applications from individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences. If you are passionate about empowering your local communities and promoting health equity, we invite you to join our mission-driven organization that is committed to building a diverse, equitable, inclusive and authentic workplace.

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

Southeast Missouri Behavioral Health is a Smoke and Tobacco Free Workplace.