Certified Peer Support Worker
About The Position
TeamBuilders is a community-based behavioral health organization with a vision to provide unconditional care to adults, children and families. TeamBuildersâ commitment also translates to its employees and their families. TeamBuilders truly promotes work-life balance and creativity. TeamBuilders encourages employees to pursue their passions, participate in educational opportunities, and enjoy the work they do. TeamBuilders offers supervision and training opportunities to all its staff. TeamBuilders also sets high expectations for achieving excellence in service to the community. The pursuit of excellence is fundamental to employee success and growth within the organization. The Certified Peer Support (CPS) is an integral part of the ACT Team. The CPS is responsible for carrying out rehabilitation and support functions and assist in treatment; education, support, and consultation to families; psychoeducation; and crisis intervention. The CPS coordinates and provides services and resources to adult clients necessary to promote recovery, rehabilitation and resiliency. The CPS is accountable to and receives clinical supervision from the ACT Team Lead, Clinical Director, and Psychiatrist. The CPS works in collaboration with all staff and treatment team members. The CPS is responsible for working in partnership with clients to conduct intake, strengths-needs assessment, triage, safety planning, care coordination, in-home skills therapeutic activities, crisis intervention services, and Plan of Care development/implementation/evaluation.
Requirements
- Must be a minimum of 21 years of age or older.
- Bachelorâs degree in a human services related field plus 1 year of experience working with SMI adults; or,
- Associate degree in a human services related field plus 2 years of experience working with SMI adults; or,
- High School Diploma or General Education Development plus 3 years of experience working with SMI adults; or,
- Meets the minimum requirements as a Certified Peer or Family Specialist (CPS/CFS) by the State of New Mexico.
- Obtained a Criminal Records Clearance (local, state, and FBI).
- Maintains certifications in First Aid and CPR.
- Demonstrated ability to consistently establish positive relationships, and to work effectively and cooperatively with clients, families, colleagues, staff, and community members.
- Has a thorough knowledge and use of community resources.
- Must be computer literate in order to effectively maintain compliance with state and federal standards and requirements for use of computerized client assessments, data systems, etc.
- Must also have and maintain a clean driving record and active auto insurance coverage.
Nice To Haves
- Bi-lingual/Bi-cultural English and Spanish, preferred.
Responsibilities
- Carry out rehabilitation and support functions
- Assist in treatment
- Provide education, support, and consultation to families
- Provide psychoeducation
- Provide crisis intervention
- Coordinate and provide services and resources to adult clients necessary to promote recovery, rehabilitation and resiliency
- Conduct intake
- Conduct strengths-needs assessment
- Triage
- Safety planning
- Care coordination
- In-home skills therapeutic activities
- Crisis intervention services
- Plan of Care development/implementation/evaluation
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
51-100 employees
