Peer Support Specialist - Part Time | ACT at Valley Mental Health Incorporated – Salt Lake City, Utah

Program: ACT

Pay: Range starts at $18.00/hour (pay is calculated based on years of certified experience)

Schedule: Part Time - 20hours/wk

• Monday and Thursday - 9am-5pm, Wednesday 12pm-5pm

Benefits Highlights

• On-Demand Pay allows access to a portion of earned wages before the usual payday
• We help our team members with tuition reimbursement, new licensure reimbursement, and career training and development. Valley also participates in Utah and federal student loan forgiveness programs.
• Our discounts and perks program provides more than $4500 in savings on everything from pizza to the zoo to movie tickets and oil changes!
• 401(k) retirement program allows for both pre-tax and post-tax contributions and includes a company match up to 6% of your annual salary.
• Employee Assistance Programs for mental health needs

Why Valley?

Since 1984, Valley Behavioral Health has helped thousands of adults, children, and families access high-quality behavioral health care. As the largest non-profit community behavioral health provider in the Intermountain Region, Valley offers a comprehensive range of services to ensure each individual receives the personalized care they need to heal and grow.
You will belong in a community where you can be yourself, grow your career, and embrace new opportunities. Valley is committed to being an organization that promotes authenticity and encourages opportunities for success.

Job Summary & Deliverables

A Certified Peer Support Specialist is an individual who uses their lived experience in recovery from mental illness and/or substance use disorder, in addition to skills learned in formal training, to deliver services promoting recovery and resiliency. Certified peer specialists offer support and empower callers to resolve problems by fostering a sense of hope, dignity, and self-respect.

Essential Functions

• Assists with maintaining a safe and hazard-free environment by observing and documenting client behavior, reporting unsafe conditions and applying appropriate emotional and physical support
• Assists with providing a therapeutic milieu for clients by encouraging clients to participate in recreational activities and group therapies
• Assists with supportive therapy for select clients by leading activity and conversation groups
• Assists in the development of client behavioral expectations
• Assists with the unit's training and quality assurance programs
• Functions as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team
• Assists with initiating and contributing to client treatment planning, teaching and discharge planning.

Education

• High School diploma or equivalent

Experience

• Certified Peer Support Specialist certification through DHHS required prior to starting
• see Preferred Qualifications

Licenses/Certifications

• Certified Peer Support Specialist certification
• CPR certification
• Valley de-escalation certification

Preferred Qualifications

• Former client of Valley Behavioral Health