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Certified Peer Support Specialist
Full-Time-ACT Team
We are currently seeking qualified applicants for a FT Peer Support Specialist in Springfield, OH (ACT Team).
As a Peer Support Specialist, you are responsible for the following activities:
- Promote recovery, self-determination, self-advocacy, well-being, and independence. Peer recovery services are individualized, recovery focused, and based on a relationship that supports a person’s ability to promote their own recovery.
- Promote self-directed recovery by assisting an individual
- Promote trauma informed care and diversity competence, encourages self-direction, and advocate for informed choice.
Qualified applicants should have the following:
- High School diploma or equivalent
- Ohio Peer Recovery Certification-Required
- Previous experience preferred but not required
- Valid Ohio driver’s license, good driving record and proof of automobile insurance are required.
You MUST have a valid Ohio drivers license with an insurable, clean Ohio driving abstract. Peer Support Specialists utilize their own vehicles for transportation of clients and must provide proof of insurance at Ohio minimum standards. You receive mileage and an insurance allowance yearly.
MHS provides CPR/First Aid and NVCI (CPI Blue) for all new staff, along with on-going education and on-the-job training opportunities.
All MHS candidates are required to have an Ohio BCI check (FBI check required if you have lived in Ohio for less than 5 years, or for working with children), 5-panel drug screen and residential candidates must have a 2 step TB (or proof of prior TB) upon conditional offer of employment.
