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Crisis Peer Specialist
MultiCare Health System
Puyallup, USA
Full-time
Senior · 140+ years experience
Onsite
Discovered 1 weeks ago
Role Overview
The Crisis Peer Specialist provides education, support and consultation to consumers and their families during the crisis intervention process throughout Pierce County.
You will provide mobile outreach services to consumers through advocacy, problem solving, mentoring and promoting hope and empowerment.
You will be responsible for rotating shifts on a 24/7 basis that includes evenings, nights, weekends and holidays.
Full Job Posting
Responsibilities:
- Provides expertise about the recovery process, symptom management, and the persistence required by consumers and their families with severe mental illnesses to have a rewarding life
- Collaborates to promote a team culture that recognizes, understands, and respects each consumer’s point of view, experiences, and preference
- Facilitates maximization of consumer choice, self-determination, and decision making in the planning, delivery, and evaluation of treatment
- Serves as a liaison with community resources, allied treatment providers, and substance abuse services.
- Provides education, support and consultation to consumers and families in crisis; provides support during the crisis intervention process
- Be a self-identified consumer of mental health services
Requirements:
- High school diploma preferred OR two years paid or volunteer work experience with individuals with severe and persistent mental illnesses
- Employees hired after November 1, 2025 must have an active Certified Peer Support Specialist (CPSS) at time of hire.
- Current employees must obtain Washington State Certified Peer Support Specialist (CPSS) certification within one (1) year of hire but no later than 12/31/2026.
- Washington State Counselor Agency Affiliated Registered (ACCR) credential must be applied for within thirty (30) days of hire. Employees may work while the application is pending for up to one hundred twenty (120) days, unless a higher credential is already held
- Drivers License/Abstract
- Successfully pass an examination administered by the Mental Health Division
- Experience as a recipient of mental health services for severe and persistent mental health illness
- Why MultiCare?
- Rooted in the local community
- Partnering with patients, families and neighbors across the Pacific Northwest for more than 140 years.
- Growth and education
- Competitive tuition assistance, award-winning residencies, fellowships and career development to invest in you.
- Well-being and support
- Generous PTO, Code Lavender and Employee Assistance Programs to help you maintain balance and feel cared in your work and life.
- Living our values
- Respect, integrity, kindness and collaboration guide how we care for patients, communities and each other.
- Belonging for all
- Resource Groups and outreach programs help ensure every team member feels safe, seen, heard and valued.
- Pacific Northwest lifestyle
- Work and live where natural beauty, adventure and strong community connections are part of everyday life.
- Pay and Benefit Expectations
- We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental and retirement benefits and paid time off. As required by various pay transparency laws, we share a competitive range of compensation for candidates hired into each position. The pay scale is $26.56 - $38.22 USD. However, pay is influenced by factors specific to applicants, including but not limited to: skill set, level of experience, and certification(s) and/or education. If this position is associated with a union contract, pay will be reflective of the appropriate step on the pay scale to which the applicant’s years of experience align.
- Associated benefit information can be viewed here.
Preferred Qualifications
- High school diploma preferred OR two years paid or volunteer work experience with individuals with severe and persistent mental illnesses
About MultiCare Health System
Hospitals & Health Systems28000 employeesFounded 1882
A not-for-profit health care system serving the Pacific Northwest.
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