ACT - TAY Peer Support Specialist

BJC HealthCare • Pagedale, MO

21h

About The Position

BJC Behavioral Health is a community health center that provides and coordinates behavioral health services for more than 8,000 seriously mentally ill adults and seriously emotionally disturbed children in St. Louis City, St. Louis County, St. François, Iron and Washington counties. As an Administrative Agent of the Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH), BJC Behavioral Health serves as a major point of entry for people eligible for mental health services funded by DMH and is responsible for serving as gatekeeper to the public mental health system.

Role Purpose
Share lived experiences of recovery, sharing and supporting the use of recovery tools, and modeling successful recovery behaviors to help individuals with mental illness recognize their capacity for resilience. This is done by helping individuals who have mental illnesses and substance use disorders develop a network for information and support and to develop a sense of belonging with their communities at large. Peer support activities assist in achieving goals and objectives set forth by the individual in their individualized treatment or recovery plan, and emphasize the opportunity for individuals to support each other as they move forward in their recovery.

Requirements

• Works well with multidisciplinary team
• Can self-manage caseload
• Accountable when in the community
• Trauma-informed
• Familiar with wellness management and recovery interventions
• Ability to work with dual diagnosis clients
• Familiar with 5 stage recovery process.
• Certified Missouri Peer Specialist (must have both Adult and Youth certifications)
• High School Diploma or GED
• No Experience
• Valid Driver's License

Nice To Haves

• Associate's Degree
• <2 years
• No Experience

Responsibilities

• Provides education and support to clients about the treatment planning process
• Demonstrate behaviors consistent with recovery-oriented and wellness management
• Provide services in the community (expectation of min 3 in-person client visits per day)
• Enter timely documentation
• Start and sustain mutual support groups
• Promote dialogues on recovery and resilience.
• Teach and model symptom management skills.
• Teach and model problem-solving skills.
• Help individuals identify what will help improve their quality of life and then identify goals and barriers to achieving a better quality of life.
• Focus is on recovery from both mental illness and substance use.
• Activities are focused on skill young adults (16 to 25) need to be independent in the community, with special attention to those skills that will impact young adults most if not attended to.
• Activities are focused on acquiring and maintaining safe affordable housing.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED