Recovery Peer

Salary : $48,852.00 - $61,836.00 Annually

Location : Dallas, OR

Job Type : Full time

Department : Behavioral Health

Opening Date : 10 / 28 / 2025

Closing Date : Continuous

Brief Description

ABOUT THE JOB

As a Recovery Peer, you will use your own lived experience to help others in their journey by sharing skills, tools, and information you've learned to transform your own life. You will instill hope while improving engagement, self-confidence, and quality of life. The majority of your time will be spent meeting with clients in community settings including residential facilities, adult foster homes, and private residences. You will regularly use agency vehicles to transport and support clients in important appointments for skill building and socialization activities such as recovery support meetings.

Peer support specialists utilize SAMHSA's Eight Dimensions of Wellness Initiative in hopes of achieving improved quality of life and longevity of peer consumers.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Must have a high school diploma or GED equivalent. As defined by Oregon Administrative Rule 309-032-1501, a "Peer Support Specialist" provides peer delivered services to an individual or family member with similar life experience, under the supervision of a qualified Clinical Supervisor. A Peer Support Specialist must have at least one year of experience : as a self-identified person currently or formerly receiving mental health services; or a self-identified person in recovery.

SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Must possess or have the ability to obtain a valid Oregon driver's license within 30 days of hire.
• Must hold a Traditional Health Worker certificate as a Peer Support Specialist, with a specialty in Addictions, at the time of hire or within two (2) months of hire. For information on how to become a certified Traditional Health Worker please visit :

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Bilingual Spanish speaking preferred which includes a 5% pay differential

General Statement

Polk County, the Organization :

Polk County takes pride in knowing that our employees are what makes the County a great place to work. We have a strong desire for each employee to feel respected; connected to the department they work for as well as other County departments and the community at large; and know that they are critical to County business. We understand that work may be necessary, but not what should define each individual. We all have diverse personalities and interests away from the job, and at Polk County we encourage our employees to be connected to something bigger than work.

Benefits :

Our Community :

Polk County is located in the Willamette Valley just an hour from the Pacific Coast to the west and an hour from Portland to the north. The population is approximately 87,000 and the county spans about 744 square miles, with two thirds of the western part of the county being forest. National protected areas include the Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge and Siuslaw National Forest.

The County is part of the agricultural richness the Willamette Valley has to offer. In recent decades, the valley has also become a major wine producer, with Polk County being one of the best in the area. The valley is often known as the "Oregon Wine Country". Polk County has over 25 wineries alone.

Polk County also houses the beautiful liberal arts college, Western Oregon University, and is only 30 miles from Oregon State University. Western was an inaugural winner of the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) award. This award recognizes universities and colleges that have demonstrated the highest level of commitment and action towards fostering a campus community that celebrates all the many facets of diversity. WOU is one of the most diverse universities in Oregon and has a higher percentage of Latino students in the Oregon University system.

Supplemental Information

Please refer to the Class Specification for the full job description and minimum experience, education and training requirements for this position.

Polk County is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer. Reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities will be provided upon request.

Benefits Overview :

Health Insurance (medical, dental, Rx and vision) : We offer Kaiser Permanente and PacificSource. Coverage varies according to bargaining unit. Employee share of the premium will vary according to bargaining unit and full-time or part-time status.

Paid Leave :

Retirement : We participate in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS). Polk County picks up the employee's share of the retirement contribution (6% of wages.) See the PERS website for more information : www.pers.state.or.us

Employee Assistance Program : Provides a variety of counseling options and / or online information for emotional well-being, relationships, financial, health, legal and personal growth.

Optional Benefits Include :

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