Full-time (40hrs.)

Hope Network•Mount Clemens, MI

7h•$15 - $18

About The Position

The Certified Peer Support Specialist is part of a team providing flexible services to support people served, including through home visits in Macomb County. Under direct supervision, the specialist draws on personal experience with mental illness and mental health services to help team members understand the perspectives and subjective experiences of people served. The position promotes recovery-based, person-centered, and culturally competent practices. Candidates must have sufficient stability in their own recovery to support individuals with complex behavioral health needs. They must be able to recognize personal triggers, maintain professional boundaries, use appropriate coping strategies, and seek supervision when necessary. The role calls for integrity, a positive and professional approach, and the ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Requirements

Must be certified as a mental health Peer Support Specialist; a Recovery Specialist (addiction) or Coach certification does not meet this requirement.
Must be willing to become a Certified Peer Support Specialist if certification has not been completed.
Must have been diagnosed with a mental health condition and have received mental health services.
Must demonstrate sufficient stability in personal recovery to support individuals with complex behavioral health needs.
Must recognize personal triggers, maintain professional boundaries, use appropriate coping strategies, and seek supervision when necessary.
Must complete and achieve ACT 101 training by DCH.
Credentialing and privileging includes General ACT, Group Therapy, Co-occurring Treatment, and Peer Services Specialist Conference.
Must be passionate about serving others and provide courteous, responsive, professional, and helpful customer service.
Must be able to work independently and as part of a team.
Must act as a positive role model and coach for others.

Nice To Haves

Two years of experience.
Knowledge of Motivational Interviewing concepts.
Knowledge of Integrated Dual Diagnosis Treatment.
Knowledge of Family Psychoeducation.
Knowledge of Seeking Safety.
Knowledge of Stages of Change.
Knowledge of Trauma-Informed Care.
Knowledge of Integrated Care.

Responsibilities

Promote recovery principles and support people served in reaching their potential.
Encourage people served to recognize their strengths and self-worth, engage with them, and monitor their wellbeing.
Participate in Family/Guardian/Friends Liaison Program activities and build open communication with the natural supports of people served.
Build community relationships and social networks that offer support, friendship, love, hope, and ongoing peer review of clinical documentation.
Connect people served with transportation resources related to personal care, community living supports, employment, and planned activities.
Facilitate access to community resources and social support networks.
Document progress, or lack of progress, toward people-served goals at the close of each shift.
Submit routine and customary daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual internal data reports required from rehabilitation assistants on time.
Know the contract requirements for the program or service.
Maintain knowledge of the Program Fidelity Model.
Provide flexible support as part of a team under direct supervision, including home visits in Macomb County.
Help other team members understand the perspectives and subjective experiences of people served through lived experience.