Certified Intentional Peer Support Specialist (CIPSS)

Assistance Plus•Augusta, ME

13d•$19 - $21

About The Position

The Certified Intentional Peer Support Specialist (CIPSS) works with the behavioral home team to help ensure well-coordinated, integrated care for the youth and families served. The role provides leadership and technical assistance in developing and implementing BHHO peer support services. Sharing personal experiences with coworkers and community providers is essential to success. The position requires flexible hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and holidays. The specialist provides individual and group peer support, contributes a peer perspective to the team, supports clients in community integration and self-advocacy, and participates in required supervision and staff development. The role also includes assisting clients with transportation in support of their ISP goals and providing volunteer peer services outside regular business hours.

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years of age.
High school diploma or equivalent.
CIPSS certification or provisional CIPSS certification.
Must self-identify as a mental health consumer who has personally experienced a severe and persistent mental illness.
Valid Maine driver’s license.
Proof of vehicle insurance at $50K/$100K.
Willingness to share experiences with coworkers and community providers.
Ability to work flexible hours, potentially including evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Responsibilities

Identify individual needs for peer supports through interaction with the BHHO team and clients.
Provide individual and group peer support to BHHO team clients and other clients.
Act as a peer role model by demonstrating effective interpersonal communication and community integration strategies.
Assist clients in understanding their rights and responsibilities as recipients of mental health and co-occurring use disorder services.
Network with current programs and advocate for new opportunities in community supports, programs, and activities of clients’ choice.
Help clients understand their experiences of mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorder through shared peer experience.
Understand and actively support the BHHO model, the client-directed outcome-informed client model, and the principles of recovery.
Provide a peer perspective as a participating BHHO member to help staff understand mental illness through the client experience.
Attend and actively participate in BHHO staff and team meetings and supervisions.
Provide volunteer peer services outside regular business hours.
Receive required individual supervision as required by the CIPSS program.
Assist clients with transportation in conjunction with their ISP goals.
Accept and follow through on guidance for professional growth and performance improvement during clinical and administrative supervision.
Provide additional individual and program consultations in areas of demonstrated special expertise.
Participate in required and elective staff development activities in accordance with the individual staff development plan.