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CCBHC - Certified Peer Specialist Youth

Legacy Behavioral Health ServicesValdosta, GAPosted 1mo ago

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This posting does not state an hourly rate. Open peer support specialist jobs in Georgia post a median of $20.50 an hour, the middle half $20.13–$20.50, across 3 jobs that state their pay. Peer support specialists employed in Georgia earn a median of $18.98 an hour (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025) (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics).

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About the job

Job Description

Legacy Behavioral Health Services is hiring individuals with a passion for making a difference in their community! We are seeking a Certified Peer Specialist Youth. The Certified Peer Specialist Youth under general supervision provides peer support services focused on the Emerging Adult and Adolescent populations. Candidate is a young adult, with experience living with a mental health or substance use condition or both, who has received behavioral health services as a youth, is willing and able to self-identify as a person living with a behavioral health condition and is prepared to use that experience in helping other youth/young adults living with similar behavioral health conditions. CPS-Y will provide services that consist of rehabilitative skills building, development of environmental supports and resources coordination. Listed services are considered essential to assist a person in improving functioning, gaining access to necessary services by creating environments that promotes recovery and supports the emotional and functional improvement of the individual. The Youth CPS will also participate in the engagement and coordination of care of children, adolescents, and young adults with other systems and internal providers.Benefits:

Employee Assistance Program- We offer EAP services to all full-time and part-time employees. EAP services include legal assistance, financial consultations, access to work-life specialists, and up to 4 counseling session

This position requires:

Be 18-26 years of age (valid Georgia ID); and

Have a mental health (MH) condition, substance use disorder (SUD), or a co-occurring diagnosis; and a strong desire to identify themselves as a person living with a mental illness or substance use diagnosis; and

Be able/willing to actively seek and manage your own appropriate care; and

Be able to share their own personal story in a safe and appropriate way;

Must be well grounded in recovery wellness

One year between diagnosis and application to training If the individual has a substance use condition, there must be one year continuous abstinent from substance use

High school diploma or GED; required

Who are we:

Legacy Behavioral Health Services provides support within 10 counties in South GA, Ben-Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Tift and Turner County. Legacy Behavioral Health Services believes that through individualized care, quality of care and support, your life could be transformed

Working Conditions: Must be physically and emotionally fit to work in a stress-filled environment to meet deadlines and deal with routine and crisis situations. May have extended periods of sitting, walking, and standing. Requires varying hours of duty to provide monitoring, educational and/or crisis handling, as well as travel to off campus locations in LBHS or personal vehicle.

ALL RELEVANT INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION

Position opened to:

ALL QUALIFIED APPLICANTS

Internal Applicants must be in their current position for 6 months with no disciplinary action unless the position available is within your current department and you have been employed, in your current position, for 1 month without any disciplinary action.

Drug-Free and Smoke Free Workplace/ Equal Opportunity Employer

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Descripción del trabajo¡Legacy Behavioral Health Services está contratando personas con pasión por marcar una diferencia en su comunidad! Estamos buscando un especialista certificado en pares para jóvenes. El especialista certificado en pares para jóvenes, bajo supervisión general, brinda servicios de apoyo entre pares enfocados en las poblaciones emergentes de adultos y adolescentes. El candidato es un adulto joven, con experiencia viviendo con una condición de salud mental o uso de sustancias o ambas, que ha recibido servicios de salud conductual cuando era joven, está dispuesto y es capaz de identificarse como una persona que vive con una condición de salud conductual y está preparado para usar esa experiencia para ayudar a otros jóvenes/adultos jóvenes que viven con condiciones de salud conductual similares. CPS-Y brindará servicios que consisten en el desarrollo de habilidades de rehabilitación, desarrollo de apoyos ambientales y coordinación de recursos. Los servicios enumerados se consideran esenciales para ayudar a una persona a mejorar su funcionamiento, obtener acceso a los servicios necesarios mediante la creación de entornos que promuevan la recuperación y respalden la mejora emocional y funcional del individuo. El CPS para jóvenes también participará en la participación y coordinación de la atención de niños, adolescentes y adultos jóvenes con otros sistemas y proveedores internos.

Beneficios:Programa de asistencia al empleado: ofrecemos servicios de EAP a todos los empleados de tiempo completo y parcial. Los servicios de EAP incluyen asistencia legal, consultas financieras, acceso a especialistas en equilibrio entre el trabajo y la vida personal y hasta 4 sesiones de asesoramiento.

Este puesto requiere:

Tener entre 18 y 26 años de edad (identificación válida de Georgia); yTener una condición de salud mental (MH), trastorno por consumo de sustancias (SUD) o un diagnóstico concurrente; y un fuerte deseo de identificarse como una persona que vive con una enfermedad mental o un diagnóstico de consumo de sustancias; yPoder/estar dispuesto a buscar y gestionar activamente su propia atención adecuada; yPoder compartir su propia historia personal de una manera segura y apropiada;Debe tener una sólida base en el bienestar de la recuperaciónUn año entre el diagnóstico y la solicitud de capacitación Si la persona tiene una condición de uso de sustancias, debe haber un año continuo de abstinencia del uso de sustanciasDiploma de escuela secundaria o GED; requeridoQuiénes somos:Legacy Behavioral Health Services brinda apoyo en 10 condados en el sur de Georgia, Ben-Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Tift y Turner County. Legacy Behavioral Health Services cree que a través de atención individualizada, calidad de atención y apoyo, su vida podría transformarse

Condiciones de trabajo:Debe estar física y emocionalmente en forma para trabajar en un entorno lleno de estrés para cumplir con los plazos y lidiar con situaciones rutinarias y de crisis. Puede tener períodos prolongados de estar sentado, caminando y de pie. Requiere diferentes horas de servicio para brindar monitoreo, manejo educativo y/o de crisis, así como viajar a ubicaciones fuera del campus en LBHS o vehículo personal.

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Puesto abierto para:

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Los solicitantes internos deben estar en su puesto actual durante 6 meses sin ninguna medida disciplinaria, a menos que el puesto disponible esté dentro de su departamento actual y usted haya estado empleado, en su puesto actual, durante 1 mes sin ninguna medida disciplinaria.

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