Position: Youth Peer Support Specialist- Part Time (Union)
Position code: 25-21
Position Location : Children’s Services
Current Work hours: up to 24 HRS/WK
Compensation Range : $16.48/HR-$19.88/HR
Position Dates: ASAP
Supervisor: Clinical Supervisor
Date Position Posted: 4/28/2025
Internal Deadline: 5/1/2025
Requirements:
Testing Requirements: Critical Thinking
A ll internal and external job applicants are required to use UltiPro to apply for this position. Please see the Sanilac County CMH website at and click on “Employment”.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Job Title: Youth Peer Support
Department: ACT/ Outpatient
Location: ACT/Ehardt
Supervisor: Clinical Supervisor
Shift: Between 8:30am-5:00pm Flexible
Classification: Three (3)
Prepare Date: 08/15/2005
Reviewed By HR: 12/01/2014, 12/01/2015, 12/01/2016, 12/01/2017, 12/01/2018, 12/2/2019, 10/15/2020, 1/18/22, 3/8/2022, 10/06/2022, 12/27/2022, 5/31/2023, 6/28/2024, 4/28/2025
Reviewed By Supervisor: 12/5/2019, 3/22/2022, 12/27/2022,12/13/2024
Revised By: Chief Operating Officer
Revised Date: 2/07/2007, 06/09/2008, 04/22/2009, 11/13/2009, 09/22/2010,
10/04/2011, 06/04/2012, 10/04/2012, 02/21/2013, 03/14/2014,
03/08/2016, 05/09/2019, 1/18/2022, 12/27/2022, 5/31/2023, 2/28/2024
Summary:
The Youth Peer Specialist (YPSS) will act as a support and resource for youth with serious emotional disturbances (SED) who are receiving services in the behavioral health system. The YPSS act as a key member of the treatment team by working with youth one on one or in a group, supporting them in achieving goals through shared activities and interventions. YPSSs will support youth empowerment by assisting youth in developing skills to improve their overall functioning and quality of life and working collaboratively with others involved in delivering the youth’s care.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:
COMPETENCIES FOR PROFESSIONAL STAFF:
Sanilac CMH staff are dedicated to providing services to the community to improve lives. When they see a task that needs to be completed, they step in to assist or are first in line to help the Agency in promoting recovery, discovery, and independence. Each staff member works within their strengths and collaborates with their coworkers so that collectively we are a stronger whole. Staff provide positive feedback and suggestions to improve the quality of care in the Agency. They hold their coworkers, the individuals they serve and the community in high esteem.
To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:
Initiative/Organization/Reasoning:
Ethics/Teamwork:
Emotional Intelligence:
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENTS Peer Support Specialist:
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
REASONING ABILITY:
COMPUTER SKILLS :
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:
OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee must be able to lift no less than 50 pounds as needed. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works near machinery or in vehicles, is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and outside weather conditions. The employee frequently works in areas where universal precautions and confrontation avoidance techniques are required, and is occasionally exposed to risk from body fluids or client actions. The noise level in the work environment is quiet to moderate.
The work environment will include the program site, agency activities and vehicles, and the community at large. Year round driving with or without consumers in the vehicle may be required.
Sanilac County CMH embraces an employment environment that promotes recovery and discovery, a person-centered approach to treatment/services, and cultural competence. An employee in this or any position is expected to support the employment environment. This includes having lived experience with behavioral health issues.
About Sanilac County Community Mental Health Authority:Sanilac County Community Mental Health (Sanilac CMH) is the county level public mental health agency for Sanilac County residents. Sanilac CMH serves as the mental health 'safety net' for residents affected by serious forms of mental illness and developmental/intellectual disabilities who are covered by Medicaid, Healthy Michigan Plan and the Autism Benefit, as well as individuals who are uninsured. Sanilac CMH provides public services to individuals recovering from or living with: Serious mental illnesses Serious emotional disturbances (children) Developmental disabilities This includes individuals who may also be diagnosed with co-occurring substance or dependence disorder
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