Child & Family Peer Support Specialist - CF042

Title: Child & Family Peer Support Specialist Location: Child & Family - 620 NE 2nd St., Gresham, OR 97030 Schedule: In‑person, Monday through Friday, 8:30am‑5:00pm. Occasional evenings and weekends required. Wage Range: $21.58 – $29.24 hourly, Non‑Exempt If you are a motivated and dedicated Peer Support Specialist looking for an opportunity to contribute to an organization making a positive impact, we want to hear from you! Position Overview The Child & Family Peer Support Specialist is responsible for acting as a role model through sharing lived experiences and helping connect program participants to resources around physical and mental health, financial/legal assistance and transportation. What You Will Do Must openly identify as a person who has lived experience receiving mental health services. Act as a role model to inspire hope and share life experiences as appropriate to the recovery process. Provide expertise and consultation from a mental health client perspective to the entire team concerning each client’s unique and subjective experience and perceptions. Provide practical help and supports, mentoring, advocacy, coordination, side‑by‑side individualized support, problem‑solving, direct assistance and supervision to help clients obtain the necessities of daily living including medical and dental health care; legal and advocacy services; financial support such as entitlements (SSI, SSDI, veterans’ benefits); housing subsidies; money‑management services (e.g. payee services); and transportation. Collaborate with the team to promote a team culture in which each client’s point of view, experiences, and preferences are recognized, understood, and respected, and in which client self‑determination and decision‑making in treatment planning are maximized and supported. Collaborate with the team to ensure the protection of client’s rights to help clients improve their knowledge of client rights and grievance or complaint procedures. Increase awareness of and support client participation in consumer self‑help programs, culturally specific services and consumer advocacy organizations that promote recovery. #J-18808-Ljbffr Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest, Inc. (NARA)