Peer Support Specialist | PRN | Days
Overview
Throughout communities in Illinois and Wisconsin, 15 hospitals, numerous community-based health centers and clinics, our 15,000+ colleagues have built a culture based on our solid core values of respect, care, competence, and joy. These are the ideals we believe in, work by, and live each day.
Built upon more than 145 years of service to the communities we serve, we now look to the future and our place in it as a health care system that strives to continually improve processes, procedures, and outcomes with the latest and most advanced technologies and treatments.
Regardless of how far our passion for excellence carries us, our focus will always remain on the most important person in our entire organization: The patient.
HSHS and affiliates is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).
Summary
The Peer Support Specialist assists youth and adults with substance use recovery, behavioral health and social needs. This position supports the clinical team in creating a trauma-informed, safe, trusting, and healing environment that respects the perspective of the patients they support. This position follows the scope of practice, core competencies and code of ethics and is valuable to the success of a drug addiction program.
Qualifications
High School Diploma or GED-Required
Educational requirements apply to any new hire after 6/1/2014. Incumbents are held to the education standard at time of hire and will be exempt from the above requirement and given credit for experience as long as they are able to demonstrate knowledge and ability to perform job duties based on the local entity’s ongoing assessment of competency.
Peer Support Specialist Certification-Required
Valid state driver's license and must be insurable to operate hospital vehicles-Required
Certificate, license, and registration requirements apply to any new hire after 6/1/2014. Incumbents are held to the standard at time of hire and will be exempt from the above requirement.