Peer Support Specialist

Excelsior Wellness Center, a subsidiary of Excelsior Wellness, serves a broad and diverse base of individuals and families with the primary aim of identifying goals and making positive steps toward accomplishing them. In our community, we are advocates and hold fast to the belief that children and families have the potential to be safer, stronger, and more satisfied in the lives they lead.

Excelsior Wellness Center is looking for a Certified Peer Specialist to join our treatment team and who has a passion for behavioral health and serving our community.

How to Qualify:

1. Minimum High School diploma or equivalent; Bachelor’s degree in relevant field preferred.
2. Has completed, or has the ability to complete, specialized training through Washington State HCA in becoming a Certified Youth or Family Specialist. Dual certification preferred.
3. Minimum one year experiencing working and/or volunteering directly with youth.
4. Must be 21 years or older.
5. Must have a valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record for employment. *New employees with out-of-state licenses must obtain a Washington State Driver’s License within 30 days of employment*

Core Responsibilities Include:

1. Participates as a member of the treatment team providing outreach, engagement and support of on-going services to enrolled youth and families.
2. Utilizes personal experiences of recovery to provide youth or families guidance and support in their own recovery.
3. Participate in the on-call rotation to ensure families have access to crisis services 24/7. This may include phone support and in-person response.
   

What We Offer:

At Excelsior Wellness we provide an excellent medical (Providence Cigna), dental (Lincoln) and vision (VSP) package

The Providence PPO plan has the following monthly premium and responsible deductible. Dental and vision premiums are covered in this.

• Employee only: $o monthly premium/ $250 deductible.
• Employee & child(ren): $0 monthly premium/ $500 deductible.
• Employee & Spouse: $50 monthly premium/ $500 deductible.
• Employee & Family: $50 monthly premium/ $500 deductible.

On average, Excelsior Wellness employees can save $1200 to $8700 annually on premiums and an impressive $1250 to $6000 on deductible expenses compared to other businesses in our area.

But our commitment to your well-being doesn't stop there. We provide a range of additional benefits, including retirement with employer match, employer-paid life insurance, generous PTO, 11 paid holidays, free access to learning platforms, employer-paid licensing fees applicable to your role, professional development courses, and more.

At Excelsior Wellness, we believe in giving our employees the best resources to succeed both in and out of the workplace. Our employee benefits package is just one piece of that puzzle.

“Being in the insurance industry for over 30 years, I can tell you the Excelsior Wellness Employee Benefit Plan is one of the best out there.   The leadership team’s thoughtful approach to crafting a plan with little to no cost for employees and their families is remarkable and very rare.   Each year they look at new ways to achieve a higher goal for the benefit of their team which speaks volumes of the culture there.  They truly care about the individual and strive to remove as many barriers as possible to support and achieve a better health and well-being model.   We are very proud to partner with such a great organization for their benefit plan.”

Joshua Peterson, RHU

Sales Executive, Employee Health & Benefits

PayneWest Insurance, MMA Northwest Region

 Visit our website at www.excelsiorwellness.org to learn more about our organization.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Salary : $1,200 - $8,700