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JOB TITLE: Peer Support Specialist
REPORTS TO: Grant Faggot
LOCATION: Clackamas County Behavioral Health (Sandy Clinic)
PAY: $16.00/hr.
WORK HOURS: FTE: .8 FTE or 32 hours per week
DEPARTMENT: Clinical Programs
JOB SUMMARY: This position works collaboratively with Clackamas County Behavioral Health’s Adult Team at Sandy Clinic using a trauma-informed, holistic recovery model to support individuals with significant mental health challenges. The Peer Support Specialist at the Sandy Clinic provides opportunities for individuals receiving services to direct their own recovery journey; supports the recognition and use of individual strengths necessary to self-empowerment and recovery; supports the development of a sense of wellness, self-compassion and self-worth; promotes the development of natural support systems outside the clinic setting. The Peer Support Specialist at the Sandy Clinic creates relationships of hope and co-learning with both individuals receiving services and service providers by drawing on their own lived experience with mental health issues and their professional training.
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Salary starts at $16 per hour with prorated Paid Time Off (PTO). Includes health, vision and dental insurance.
Application Process for External Candidates:
Submit a cover letter and resume to Shannon Farr. In your cover letter, please address the following: “Please explain how you would draw on your own experiences both personal and professional in order to support others who are experiencing mental health distress.”
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Founded in 1986, Folk-Time, Inc. is a non-profit community service for adults with experience as consumers in a behavioral health care system. FolkTime is a peer-to-peer program that serves people living with, or in recovery with, mental health and/or addiction experiences. The agency focus is on wellness and recovery. FolkTime is an equal opportunity employer.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $26,624.00 per year
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FolkTime has a COVID Preparedness Plan that outlines our complete policy for the organization.
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