ACTT Certified Peer Support Specialist

Daymark Recovery Services•Boone, NC

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About The Position

Daymark Recovery Services, Inc. is a mission-driven provider of culturally sensitive mental health and substance abuse services. Its mission is to inspire and empower people to seek and maintain recovery and health. The Certified Peer Support Specialist is someone who is or has been a recipient of mental health services and provides highly individualized community-based services that promote self-determination and decision-making. Working in coordination with other ACT team members, the specialist provides consumer education and advocacy, self-help skills, crisis support, housing assistance, education and employment support, Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) support, and independent and social skills support. The role includes assertive outreach and supportive services, participation in assessments and person-centered planning, assistance with functional needs, interdisciplinary treatment planning, documentation, and regular supervision. The specialist works with the ACT team to ensure services meet National Program Standards, state service definition requirements, and the needs of people served.

Requirements

Have life experience of being diagnosed with a serious mental illness or substance addiction problem and be currently in recovery, stable, and living without relapses.
For the Peer Support Paraprofessional qualification: have a high school diploma or GED and at least five years of life experience with a serious mental illness or substance addiction.
Self-identify as an individual with a psychiatric or addictions disability.
Demonstrate at least one full year without crisis, relapse, psychiatric or substance abuse inpatient treatment, or criminal justice involvement.
May not be a family member or related to the consumer.
Be supervised by a Qualified Professional.
For paraprofessional staff working no more than 10 hours per week providing Peer Support who have not completed the required 20 hours of training, complete that training within two years.

Responsibilities

Participate with team members in comprehensive clinical assessments, person-centered plans, crisis consultations, and other primarily QP functions, contributing peer expertise and consultation.
Provide ongoing assertive outreach and supportive services to address the needs of people served.
Offer support and guidance across functional domains, including adaptive, communication, personal care, domestic, psychosocial, and problem-solving skills, to help people prevent, overcome, or manage functional challenges and remain in the community.
Participate in daily interdisciplinary treatment planning, staff meetings, and reviews of people served and their functional needs.
Complete documentation required by procedures and statute.
Participate in regular supervision with the ACT Team Leader to develop competencies for the position.
Work with other team members to ensure adequate service delivery in accordance with National Program Standards, state service definition requirements, and the needs of people served.
Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.