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Application Deadline: 01/03/2024
Salary: $22.00 – $27.00 per hour
This is a full time position.
Duties
We are seeking a full-time peer specialist to provide service delivery support to adults within Wilder's Community Mental Health and Wellness programs such as Wilder's Outpatient Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment, the Center for Social Healing, Assertive Community Treatment, Adult Case Management, and within High Schools. The ideal candidate will have a passion for working in a multi-cultural program with adults and families from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, including Hmong, Karen, Cambodian and Vietnamese participants. A Peer Specialist is an individual with lived recovery experience who has been trained and certified to help peers gain hope and move forward in their own recovery. A Peer Specialist cultivates their peers' ability to make informed, independent choices. The specialist helps their peers identify and build on their strengths while assisting peers in gaining information and support from the community to make their goals a reality.
Job Duties:
-Meet with clients on a regular basis, or as needed to discuss routine recovery issues from a peer perspective.
-Provide direct assistance in the form of transportation, filling out forms or making phone calls, and accompanying clients to appointments and court appearances.
-Assist in finding necessary community services to meet basic needs.
-Performs outreach and follow up with other treatment team providers i.e. counselor, therapist, case manager, probation worker, and psychiatrist.
-Facilitate Peer Groups.
-Role model behavior that is consistent with, and supportive of, people in recovery from mental illness and chemical dependency, such behavior will include upholding ethical standards of the program and reliable attendance.
-Assist in planning and supervising recreational activities for clients.
-Attend weekly clinical staff meetings.
When you work at Wilder, you will join a diverse community of passionate individuals who are committed to the Wilder mission and dedicated to serving whole families.
Wilder's workplace diversity strengthens our mission and contributes to our vision of individuals and families thriving in St. Paul and beyond. We offer a dynamic Total Rewards package, which includes competitive compensation and benefits – health, dental, employer-matched 401(k), PTO, paid family, medical and caregiver leave, life insurance, disability insurance, flexible spending accounts and employee wellness programs.
In addition, you will have access to professional development opportunities, including development funding, tuition discounts, career development, and training opportunities. You will also have access to Wilder's inclusion, diversity and equity (WIDE) council, employee resource groups, and other DEI development opportunities available to all employees. Eligible federal loans may also qualify for deferment through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF).
Job Qualifications
-Must be at least 21 years of age
-High School diploma, GED, or equivalent required
-Must have lived experience with mental illness or substance use
-Must not have received services from Wilder’s Community Mental Health Center in the last 2 years
-Demonstrated leadership and advocacy skills
-DHS approved Certified Peer Specialist training and certificate required
-Must have a valid driver’s license, access to a vehicle and meet Foundation driver requirements
-Must be able to pass a DHS background check
-If hired bilingual: must be fluent in speaking and proficient in writing English and fluent in the non-English language required by client caseload at time of hire; bilingual pay differential may apply
About Wilder
The Amherst H. Wilder Foundation is a nonprofit community organization that creates lasting, positive change rooted in people through direct services, research and community building. We combine knowledge, compassion and action to improve lives today and for generations to come. https://www.wilder.org/
Online Application Information
Our application system works best using Chrome and attaching documents in PDF or Word format. Postings close at midnight Eastern Standard Time.
There are four sections to the application process, please follow these instructions carefully:
- Contact information. Be sure to fill out all of the required fields (marked with a red *).
- Verification of email address. Enter the code sent to your email address.
- Enter Address
- Resume and cover letter section. First upload your resume in the resume section then upload your cover letter and any other required documents mentioned in the job posting in the second upload area.
- Questions. Answer “How did you hear about this job/posting?” question and other questions if applicable.
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Questions (EEO). We are required to ask these questions, using this wording, to meet federal guidelines. If you prefer not to answer any questions you can skip them but you must check the box labeled “I have read the above invitation to self-identify as an individual with a disability”
- Review and Edit. Here you can review and edit sections as necessary.
- Attestation. Read statement, check the box and enter your name. Then click submit.
- Optional profile. At this time Wilder is not reviewing this profile information. Click on “Return to Career Center” at the bottom of the page.
Job offers will be contingent on the successful applicant‘s proof of authorization to work in the United States and the results of a background check related to the job requirements.
Wilder is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. It is the policy of the Amherst H Wilder foundation to provide an equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
