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The Rapid Response Peer – SPRINT Program provides immediate, relationship-based support to individuals following overdose or substance-related crisis. Working alongside community partners, this role uses lived experience to build trust, connect people quickly to treatment and recovery services, and ensure they are supported beyond the initial emergency encounter.

Our Ideal Co-Worker

Our ideal co-worker is compassionate, team-oriented, and committed to the people we serve. You communicate openly, support your colleagues, and bring curiosity, accountability, and respect to your work. You value collaboration over competition and believe recovery is possible for everyone.

What Sets Us Apart

As one of Washington’s longest-running providers, we offer a true continuum of care—from treatment and outpatient services to recovery housing and long-term support. Our integrated, wrap-around model allows staff to gain diverse experience while helping clients build stable, sustainable lives in

recovery.

Why Our Staff Love Working Here

Staff find deep fulfillment in witnessing real transformations: people regaining confidence, reconnecting with family, and rediscovering hope. Whether through lived experience or professional passion, our team shares a purpose-driven commitment to making a meaningful difference every day.

Benefits That Support You

We invest in our team with medical, dental, and vision coverage, a supportive and values-driven culture, paid time off that starts accruing on day one, and much more—because caring for yourself is essential to caring for others.

"Ensuring Safety Excellence: In compliance with Washington State's ESSB 5123, we prioritize safety in our workforce by conducting controlled substance testing, including marijuana, for this position, which is deemed safety-sensitive.”

The posted wage range reflects the full range for this role. Placement within the range is based on job-related factors, and new hires typically start below the midpoint.

Position Summary:

The Rapid Response Peer – SPRINT Program (Strengthening Pathways for Rapid Integration to Treatment) is a peer support role focused on immediate engagement and follow-up with individuals who have experienced overdose, substance-related crisis, or other high-risk events. This position plays a central role in the SPRINT program by providing rapid, relationship-based peer support designed to interrupt cycles of crisis, reduce repeat overdose, and accelerate connection to treatment and recovery services.

Operating primarily in the field, the Rapid Response Peer engages individuals in coordination with EMS, hospitals, shelters, and outreach partners, meeting people where they are shortly after a crisis event. Using lived experience and trauma-informed, person-centered practices, the peer builds trust during moments of vulnerability and supports timely access to medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD), withdrawal management, residential or outpatient treatment, and recovery supports.

This role emphasizes rapid outreach, warm handoffs, and sustained follow-up to ensure individuals are not lost after emergency encounters and are supported through stabilization and early recovery.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Collaborates with Others

Collaborating cohesively and in a helpful manner to accomplish shared objectives alongside peers.

Recognizes and honors the contributions and hard work of others.Offers valuable and actionable feedback to peers in a constructive and professional manner.

Acting with Empathy and Compassion

Genuinely understand and respect others' perspectives and emotions. Strive to foster a culture of compassion, empathy, and support that extends beyond our walls.

Maintains open and effective communication channels with team members.Stays open, curious, and flexible to suspend judgments and evaluations when considering what others offer.

RESPONSIBLITIES

SPRINT Rapid Response & Crisis Engagement

Respond to referrals from EMS, hospitals, and community partners following overdose or substance-related crisis events.Provide immediate peer support and engagement following high-risk encounters, offering education, reassurance, and recovery-oriented support.Support rapid linkage to MOUD, withdrawal management, residential treatment, outpatient services, or community recovery supports.Coordinate warm handoffs between emergency responders, clinical teams, treatment providers, and community partners.

Field Outreach & Relationship Building

Conduct follow-up outreach in the community, shelters, or other settings to maintain engagement after crisis events.Build trusting, nonjudgmental relationships through consistent presence, authenticity, and peer connection.Provide harm reduction education, safety planning, and overdose prevention information aligned with individual readiness.Document all outreach encounters, referrals, and outcomes in CareLogic and required program or grant reporting systems.Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings, supervision, and required trainings.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

Education:

High School Diploma or GED

Experience:

Lived experience in substance use and/or mental health with self, spouse or child. OutreachStrong interpersonal and communication skillsAbility to maintain confidentiality and professional boundariesCommitment to promoting recovery and wellnessBilingual preferred

Licenses/Certificates/Registration:

Certified Peer Counselor certification through the State of Washington (WAC 182-528D-0200).Agency Affiliated Counselor Credential through Department of HealthValid drivers license, vehicle insurance The posted wage range reflects the full range for this role. Placement within the range is based on job-related factors, and new hires typically start below the midpoint.

Benefits:

We offer a comprehensive benefits package (full time employees) including:

Medical, dental, vision, life, and supplemental insuranceHealth savings, flex spending, and dependent care accounts401K with employer matchingGenerous PTO and holiday pay

For additional information on benefits:

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WORKING CONDITIONS

Comprehension

Ability to understand, remember, and apply oral and written instructions or other information.Reasoning and Decision MakingAbility to plan, organize, and carry out assignments from management staff with minimal direction.Ability to analyze situations and make decisions that moderately impact the immediate work unit.OrganizationAbility to organize and prioritize job duties effectively and timely, set priorities, and meet critical deadlines.CommunicationAbility to understand and follow basic instructions and guidelines, complete routine forms, and communicate orally.Physical requirements for this position include hearing, seeing, smelling, speaking, feeling, reaching, pinching, and repetitive motions.This position requires standing, walking, and bending for long periods; including outdoors in all types of weather This position may require exerting up to 40 pounds of force to lift, carry, pull, or move objects.

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Triumph Treatment Services complies with federal and state laws and applicable discrimination regulations based on any protected class as defined by law. Triumph Treatment Services specifically does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, non-job related sensory, mental or physical disability, or the use of a trained guide dog or service animal by a person with a disability. This holds for all employment opportunities at Triumph Treatment Services.

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