Certified Peer Specialist (PT) - Youth ACT

RADIAS Health is excited to announce a NEW Youth Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team starting this summer!

The Youth Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team is a specialized program designed to provide comprehensive, community-based mental health services to adolescents and young adults aged 14-20 who are living with mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders and reside in the metro area. The program aims to support youth in achieving their personal recovery goals, enhancing their quality of life, and fostering independence.

Key Features:

1. Holistic Care Approach:
• The Youth ACT Team employs a multidisciplinary approach, integrating psychiatric care, therapy, case management, co-occurring treatment, nursing, and peer support to address the diverse needs of each individual.
• Services are tailored to the unique developmental and cultural needs of young people, ensuring that care is both age-appropriate and culturally sensitive.
2. Community-Based Services:
• The program emphasizes delivering services in the community, including at home, school, or other preferred locations, to reduce barriers to access and promote engagement.
• The team is available 24/7 to provide crisis intervention and support, ensuring that help is always accessible when needed.
3. Individualized Treatment Plans:
• Each participant receives a personalized treatment plan developed collaboratively with the youth, their family, and other key supports.
• Plans are flexible and regularly updated to reflect the evolving needs and goals of the individual.
4. Comprehensive Support:
• The Youth ACT Team provides a wide range of services, including psychiatric evaluation and medication management, individual and family therapy, substance use treatment, and life skills training.
• The program also offers support with education, employment, housing, and social integration to help youth build a foundation for long-term success.
5. Family and Peer Involvement:
• Recognizing the importance of family and peer support, the program actively involves family members and peers in the treatment process.
• Family education and support is available to help families understand and navigate the mental health system.

The expected salary range for this position is based on several factors including market, funding, candidates experience level, skills, training, and related knowledge. Our ranges are developed and published as good faith estimates for the position.

Salary Range (full-time): $59,773 - $65,243

Office benefit package for full-time (covers parking/remote expenses): $180/month subject to change

The Certified Peer Specialist will promote hope and recovery by sharing life experiences and lessons learned as a person in recovery. The Peer Specialist guides people in identifying and working towards recovery goals, promoting engagement in recreational and social activities, teaching self-advocacy and developing wellness management skills. Additional responsibilities include participating in treatment planning, helping people access and maintain benefits and community resources, providing care coordination with external providers, connecting with natural supports, and providing crisis intervention services.

The position is PT at 20 hours/week. Start date is late June 2025!

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide peer counseling and support to validate clients' and families' experiences.
• Have a strong dedication to recovery.
• Provide guidance and encouragement to clients to take responsibility and actively participate in their own recovery.
• Serve as a mentor to clients and families to promote hope and empowerment.
• Help Youth ACT team members to better understand and empathize with each client's unique and subjective experience and perception.
• Provide expertise, cross-training and consultation from the perspective of a mental health service user to the entire team.
• Collaborate with the team to promote a team culture in which client self-determination, client decision-making in treatment planning, and protection of client rights are supported.
• Assist in the provision of ongoing assessment of clients' mental illness symptoms and clients' response to treatment.
• Work with clients on all aspects of psychiatric rehabilitation, support, and psychotherapeutic interventions identified in the treatment plan, including Medication Assistance and Support.
• Assist in the provision of direct services to clients on an individual, group, and family basis.
• Teach symptom-management techniques and promote personal growth and development with mental health issues and substance use issues.
• Assist, teach, and support clients with activities of daily living, vocational skills, accessing housing, maintaining financial supports, and utilizing buses and other transportation in the community.
• Provide side-by-side support, coaching and encouragement to help clients socialize and carry out leisure time activities on evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Organize and lead individual and group social and recreational activities and provide opportunities to practice social skills.
• Provide on-call crisis intervention covering evening hours and serve as a backup to evening and weekend staff on a rotating schedule.
• Available to work weekend, evening, and holidays as needed.
• Attend and participate in all scheduled team meetings.
• Complete documentation, reports, and charting contemporaneously and in an organized manner.
• Participate actively in on-going professional growth and development; maintain appropriate professional behavior and participate in supervision.
• Maintain a pattern of regular work hours
• Must be able to transport clients in the community.
• Other duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Must be at least 21 years of age
• Must have primary diagnosis of serious mental illness, be a former recipient of children's mental health services, must demonstrate leadership and advocacy skills and a strong dedication to recovery.
• Must be in the process of recovery
• Credentialed as a DHS Certified Peer Specialist

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with delivery of mental health services to people with SPMI
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Behavioral Science as a related field

• 4 weeks PTO first year of employment
• Casual dress code
• 12 holidays
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance
• Health Saving Accounts (HSA) + employer contribution and Flexible Saving Accounts (FSA)
• Tuition reimbursement and Student Loan Repayment Assistance
• Dependent Care Account (DCA) + employer contribution
• Reimbursement for professional licensure fees
• 403b retirement plan with an employer percentage match
• Employer paid short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Bereavement and paid parental leave
• Wellness program to support employee overall health and well-being
• Mileage reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Variety of discounts through ADP LifeSmart
• Pet insurance

**Benefits eligibility based on employment status**

RADIAS Health is proud to be a LGBTQIA+, anti-racist, all-inclusive, and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, status as protected veteran, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other protected class status.

RADIAS Health is committed to pay transparency and equity, providing all employees and applicants with access to starting salary.