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North Range Behavioral Hlth-Greeley Youth Opioid Support - Peer Support Specialist in Greeley, Colorado

Job Location: Intensive Services Campus - Greeley, CO Salary Range: $15.00/yr. - $17.23.

North Range Behavioral Health believes no one should fight behavioral health challenges alone. Our experienced, well-trained team offers comprehensive services to help treat the whole person. No other behavioral health organization offers more programs and solutions for children, adults, and families. We collaborate closely with other community resources so our customers can experience seamless and compassionate care.

North Range Behavioral Health provides compassionate, comprehensive mental health and substance use disorder services to children youth, adults, and families across a wide spectrum of needs. We serve people with insurance, Health First Colorado (Medicaid), Medicare, CHP+, those without insurance, and those who prefer to pay out-of-pocket. Our prevention and education programs help support thriving, healthy families, and communities. We integrate clinical expertise, research, and the values and culture of our customers in our treatment and care. Our trauma-informed approaches are based on customer strengths and goals and on proven evidence-bas

North Range Behavioral Health provides a culture of continuous learning and development. We know that change is inevitable, creativity is vital, and success comes from adjusting sails together, with a hopeful and resilient heart

Vision Where Hope Begins and Change Is Possible

Mission North Range Behavioral Health provides compassionate, comprehensive care for people who face mental health and addiction challenges.

Values Customer First: We help our customers achieve recovery, every day. Compassion: We treat everyone with kindness, empathy, and dignity. Collaboration: We build strong relationships, internally and externally, to ensure effective care for our customers.

The Youth and Family Intensive Services program consists of several programs that support youth who are at risk of hospitalizations, legal involvement, expulsion from school for a variety of reasons, at risk out of placement, and can benefit from the additional support of individual therapy, group therapy, peer support, and case management services to increase skills, strengthen bonds and reduce the need for outside stakeholder interventions.

This groundbreaking program provides home-based support to youth at high risk of an opioid overdose. This position engages a multidisciplinary team, comprised of Medication prescribers, Case Managers, and Peer Support Specialists, and offers high collaboration with School Districts, Health Departments, and other community partners. This program will provide support to individuals and families by linking them with other programs around the youth continuum and with our medical team.

Duties Performed: Use personal experience to model the value of every client s experience and to teach effective coping techniques and self-help strategies that lead to recovery and resiliency. Offer clients hope regarding recovery and/or resiliency, through appropriate self-disclosure, role modeling, and coaching during the recovery process and/or development of resiliency. Collaborate with therapists to coordinate services in response to the client's needs and behaviors to achieve the goals of the service/treatment plan as assigned; prevent deterioration, and or hospitalization. May be called upon for appraisal of client needs to make appropriate recommendations for services. Coordinate a wide variety of services for clients to receive benefits and access resources from internal and external service providers. May help identify client s needs and provide access to services. Assist clients in identifying barriers to recovery/resiliency and individual warning signs; help cultivate positive behaviors to prevent relapse, avoid future crisis involvement, and focus on wellness. Assist clients in improving their well-being and quality of life by coaching in behavioral skills; educate clients to make informed choices; help clients problem solve and negotiate tasks/activities of daily living. May provide a listening ear when needed. Teach and role model the importance of medication monitoring, and clear communication with medical and mental health providers as needed; may assist clients in developing a wellness or recovery/resiliency plan. Provide support and encouragement to the client and/or family members. Advocate for the client in many different forums including, but not limited to, the school system, nursing homes, and with family. As required by the program, document progress reports, mentoring notes, letters, faxes, and phone calls; maintain electronic health records following agency standards.

Education/Credentials: A High School Diploma and/or ability to successfully demonstrate reading, writing, and speaking skills, or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required... for full information follow application link.

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