Certified Peer Specialist

Radias Health • Saint Paul, MN

13h • $25 - $28

About The Position

The Certified Peer Specialist will provide professional, quality program services to the clients served by the Youth ACT Team and CDH IRTS. Coordinate and monitor the assessment, treatment planning process and follow-up for each client and family. Serve as an advocate and liaison for and on behalf of clients' rights and benefits.

Requirements

• Must be at least 21 years of age
• Must have primary diagnosis of mental illness, be a current or former consumer of mental health services, must demonstrate leadership and advocacy skills, and have a strong dedication to recovery.
• Credentialed as a DHS Certified Peer Specialist.

Nice To Haves

• Hold a Bachelors degree in the behavioral sciences and have 2000 hours of experience working with adults with serious persistent mental illness
• knowledge of forensic evidenced-based practices and familiarity with criminal justice system

Responsibilities

• Provide peer counseling and support to validate clients’ and families’ experiences.
• Have a strong dedication to recovery.
• Provide guidance and encouragement to clients to take responsibility and actively participate in their own recovery.
• Serve as a mentor to clients and families to promote hope and empowerment.
• Help Youth ACT and IRTS team members to better understand and empathize with each client’s unique and subjective experience and perception.
• Provide expertise, cross-training and consultation from the perspective of a mental health service user to the entire team.
• Collaborate with the team to promote a team culture in which client self-determination, client decision-making in treatment planning, and protection of client rights are supported.
• Assist in the provision of ongoing assessment of clients’ mental illness symptoms and clients’ response to treatment.
• Work with clients on all aspects of psychiatric rehabilitation, support, and psychotherapeutic interventions identified in the treatment plan, including Medication Assistance and Support.
• Assist in the provision of direct services to clients on an individual, group, and family basis.
• Teach symptom-management techniques and promote personal growth and development with mental health issues and substance use issues.
• Assist, teach, and support clients with activities of daily living, vocational skills, accessing housing, maintaining financial supports, and utilizing buses and other transportation in the community.
• Provide side-by-side support, coaching and encouragement to help clients socialize and carry out leisure time activities on evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Organize and lead individual and group social and recreational activities and provide opportunities to practice social skills.
• Provide on-call crisis intervention covering evening hours and serve as a backup to evening and weekend staff on a rotating schedule.
• Available to work weekend, evening, and holidays as needed.
• Attend and participate in all scheduled team meetings.
• Complete documentation, reports, and charting contemporaneously and in an organized manner.
• Participate actively in on-going professional growth and development; maintain appropriate professional behavior and participate in supervision.
• Maintain a pattern of regular work hours
• Must be able to transport clients in the community.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• 4 weeks PTO first year of employment
• Casual dress code
• 12 holidays
• Medical (complementary access to NICE healthcare, a free primary care), dental, vision, life insurance
• Tuition reimbursement and Loan Repayment
• Reimbursement for professional licensure fees
• Routine supervision from a Mental Health Professional, with access to licensure supervision opportunities
• 403b retirement plan with an employer percentage match
• Employer paid short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Bereavement and paid parental leave
• Wellness program to support employee overall health and well-being
• Mileage reimbursement
• Health Saving Accounts (HSA) + employer contribution and Flexible Saving Accounts (FSA)
• Dependent Care Account (DCA) + employer contribution
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Variety of discounts through ADP LifeSmart
• Pet insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level