Role OverviewJoin Opportunity Council as a Peer Support Specialist to make a difference in your community while building a career. Opportunity Council has worked for 60 years to build just, equitable communities through service, investment, and collaboration.
What You Will Do
As a Peer Support Specialist, you will work with individuals in Opportunity Council's Permanent Supportive Housing programs addressing their mental health or substance use disorder and/or recovery. You will share your recovery stories, assist households in identifying services and activities that promote recovery, and intervene in crises.
Why It Might Be a Fit
Our ideal candidate will have some experience in human services, preferably experience with the issues of homelessness, mental illness, and chemical dependency. We place a strong value in hiring individuals with lived experiences of poverty and/or homelessness or who have previously participated in Opportunity Council programs or other social services.
Requirements
- Some experience in human services
- Valid Washington State driver's license and five-year driving history within Opportunity Council's Auto Insurance Standards
Benefits
- Paid time off earned on an accrual basis (vacation, sick, personal, holidays)
- Paid time off for wellness needs
- Employer-paid holidays
- Employer-paid HDHP and low-cost traditional health care options
- HSA and FSA plans, subject to plan terms
- Eligibility for critical illness insurance coverage
- 403(b) Retirement plan with employer contribution
- Eligibility for health coverage for legal dependents
- Eligibility for employee/family dental and vision coverage
- Voluntary benefits such as life insurance, long-term disability, and long-term care and personal legal services
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