Job Description:
Job Title: Certified Peer Specialist
Location: Springfield, Missouri
Department: Recovery Services
Company: Preferred Family Healthcare or Burrell Behavioral Health (company subject to availability)
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Job Summary:
As a Certified Peer Support Specialist, you'll team up with mental health professionals to offer assistance and guidance to individuals on their recovery journeys. Drawing from your personal recovery experience, ignite clients' spirits, extend emotional backup, and assist them in crafting winning strategies. Collaborate with the treatment team, family members, and community organizations to ensure comprehensive care and support for our cherished clients.
The Certified Peer Support Specialist position offers…
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Position Perks & Benefits:
Paid time off: full-time employees receive an attractive time off package to balance your work and personal life
Employee benefits package: full-time employees receive health, dental, vision, retirement, life, & more
Top-notch training: initial, ongoing, comprehensive, and supportive
Career mobility: advancement opportunities/promoting from within
Welcoming, warm, supportive: a work culture & environment that promotes your well-being, values you as human being, and encourages your health and happiness.


Brightli is on a Mission:
A mission to improve client care, reduce the financial burden of community mental health centers by sharing resources, a mission to have a larger voice in advocacy to increase access to mental health and substance user care in our communities, and a mission to evolve the behavioral health industry to better meet the needs of our clients.
As a behavioral and community mental health provider, we prioritize fostering a culture of belonging and connection within our workforce. We encourage applications from individuals with varied backgrounds and experiences, as we believe that a rich tapestry of perspectives strengthens our mission. If you are passionate about empowering local communities and creating an environment where everyone feels valued and supported, we invite you to join our mission-driven organization dedicated to cultivating an authentic workplace.
We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
Burrell Behavioral Health is a Smoke and Tobacco Free Workplace.
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Burrell Behavioral Health is a leading provider of comprehensive mental health and substance abuse services.