Certified Peer Support Specialist - FHARPS

Full Time

$21.01- $28.66

Monday – Friday

Day Shift

Pierce County’s First Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic:

Comprehensive Life Resources is looking for a qualified Certified Peer Support Specialist to join our Forensic HARPS Team in downtown Tacoma, WA.

We offer: Medical, Dental, and Vision with 100% paid premiums for employees. 11 paid holidays, 403(b)-retirement plan, Life Insurance, Long term Disability, Employee Assistance Program (up to 6 consultations per year), Mileage reimbursement, Tuition Assistance, Paid Sick and Vacation leave, Bereavement Leave, Student Loan Repayment, and Continuing Education Assistance. All benefits contingent on working a scheduled 40hrs a week.

Function: A Certified Peer Counselor provides interventions through the use of shared experiences to assist clients in the acquisition and exercise of skills needed to support the client's recovery. Interventions may include activities that assist clients in accessing or engaging in treatment and in symptom management; promote social connection, recovery, and self-advocacy; provide guidance in the development of natural community supports and basic daily living skills; and support clients in engagement, motivation, and maintenance related to achieving and maintaining health and wellness goals.

Provide support and care coordination for Forensic HARPS consumers in diverting from the court system using housing first and harm reduction models. This is an outreach position with the expectation of being out of the office a minimum of 50% of the time. FHARPs Certified Peer Counselor support clients with housing instabilities, secure, find and maintain housing. This position may need to provide life skills, transportation, and other services in various environments and locations within the community.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients in skill building to promote recovery, self-direction, self-advocacy
• Facilitate wellness management and recovery strategies (e.g., IMR, WRAP)
• Promote and model recovery principles and values within and as a member of multidisciplinary client support team
• Provide information and support about skills related to health, wellness, and recovery
• Educate clients about daily living skills, self-advocacy skills, healthcare and other systems navigation
• Connect clients to community resources and natural supports
• Identify strengths and assets, and setting goals, led by the person receiving the Peer’s support
• Promote hope through sharing of lived experience
• Role model ongoing recovery and wellness management
• Attend/facilitate treatment team meetings, staff meetings, and designated staff training and consultation sessions as assigned.
• Ensure that ethical and professional standards of practice are maintained by following all CLR policies and seeking regular consultation.
• Actively participate in Peer supervision and training for continued professional growth.

Qualifications:

• WA State credential or ability to become credentialed
• Proficiency in common Microsoft applications
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize deadlines, work independently, take initiative, and maintain confidentiality
• Active/current credential as a Certified Peer Specialist per WA DOH (Starting July 1, 2025)
• If driving is required for role, must have valid driver’s license, proof of insurance, and working vehicle.

Comprehensive Life Resources is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.  We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, disability status, and any other applicable legally protected characteristics and or class.

We are a mental and behavioral health organization in Tacoma, WA with a team of therapists, doctors, peers and technicians who provide counseling, mental and behavioral health supports, and life skills building to provide the people we serve tools to create their own paths toward mental wellness.