Certified Peer Support Specialist (Durham, NC)

Pathways to Life•Durham, NC

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Pathways to Life is a local wellness organization committed to helping individuals and families achieve wellness. We specialize in mental health, substance abuse, outpatient services, laboratory testing, medication management, and community and in-home mental health services for adults and children. Since 2006, we have been providing quality services to our local communities through proven programs and treatment methods delivered by local and qualified professional staff who understand the importance of affecting positive change and restoring wellness in the lives of those we serve. At Pathways to Life, our mission is to foster continual growth in the lives of those we serve, our colleagues, our culturally diverse communities, and ourselves. Our efforts enhance recovery, wellness, self-determination, and independence by providing person-centered supports, advocacy, and outreach efforts delivered with empathy and respect. Pathways prides itself on whole-person treatment, and we believe in providing our clients and staff with as many healthy resources as possible.

Requirements

Must have completed a DHHS-approved PSS (Peer Support Specialist) training course that is minimum of 40 hours and requires personal recommendations.
Must have 1 year of demonstrated recovery time between diagnosis and application as a PSS.
Must be a current or former member of services (mental health and/or substance abuse).
Must be registered with NC Substance Abuse Board and receiving supervision from a CCS or CSI.
Must be credentialed at minimum as paraprofessional according to 10A NCAC 27G.
Must have the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for population and age to be provided may deliver ACT.
Paraprofessional level providers may not provide services in lieu of on-site service provision by a qualified professional, CCAS, CCS, CSI, or CSAC.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of peer support principles, values, and ethics.

Responsibilities

Share lived experience to support, encourage and enhance a beneficiary's treatment and recovery.
Provide peer support services using recovery-oriented skills and knowledge.
Collaborate with a beneficiary to explore and identify barriers to accessing community resources or treatment providers.
Collaborate with the program QP to assess their own strengths and areas of growth and develop a supervision plan.
Model and mentor recovery values, attitudes, beliefs, and personal actions to encourage wellness and resilience for beneficiaries served and to promote a recovery environment in the community, residence, and workplace.
Explore with a beneficiary served, the importance and creation of a wellness identity through open sharing and challenging viewpoints.
Promote a beneficiary's opportunity for personal growth by identifying teachable moments for building relationship skills to empower the beneficiary and enhance personal responsibility.
Model and share decision-making tools to enhance a beneficiary's healthy decision-making process.
Provide examples of healthy social interactions and facilitate familiarity with, and connection to, the local community.
Recognize and appropriately respond to conditions that constitute an emergency to include both physical and behavioral health crisis utilizing the emergency response procedure of employer.
Provide support to the beneficiary in navigating systems (medical, social services, or legal).
Promote self-advocacy by facilitating each beneficiary's learning about his or her human and legal rights and supporting the beneficiary while exercising those rights to support the empowerment of the beneficiary.