Part-time Certified Peer Support - COMCARE

Sedgwick County • Wichita, KS

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About The Position

COMCARE seeks a Certified Peer Support Specialist to provide goal-directed, medically necessary peer support services to adults with severe and persistent mental illness, helping them remain in the least restrictive environment. The role uses accepted peer-support methods to address symptoms of mental illness and improve emotional and functional well-being. It also helps consumers regain the ability to make independent choices and take a proactive role in treatment by sharing lived experience and modeling successful strategies.

The position facilitates recovery-focused, goal-directed peer support groups and provides transportation in a personal passenger vehicle for medical appointments and other activities related to therapeutic goals, including accessing community resources, employment, education, and social or patient-run activities.

The position maintains the medical record by completing progress notes in accordance with COMCARE and CCBHC guidelines and prescribed timelines. Other documentation includes Notes for Record, precaution statements, authorizations for release of records, no-shows and cancellations, and AIMS data as needed. The schedule is varied, Monday through Saturday between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., for 19 hours per week. Pay is $18.54 per hour.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Must self-identify as a present or former consumer of mental health services.
• Valid, unrestricted U.S. driver’s license and current proof of automobile insurance.
• Must have a personal passenger vehicle for transporting materials or individuals as an essential function.
• Must be able to achieve and maintain designation as a Certified Peer Support Specialist for the State of Kansas, including completing all required training within six months of hire.
• Meet specifications outlined in CMHC licensing standards.
• Pass KBI, DCF child abuse check, adult abuse registry, and motor vehicle screens.
• Complete orientations provided by Sedgwick County and COMCARE.

Nice To Haves

• One year of experience in a related field.
• Designation as a Certified Peer Support Specialist for the State of Kansas.

Responsibilities

• Provide medically necessary, goal-directed peer support to adults with severe and persistent mental illness.
• Use identified and accepted peer-support methods to remediate mental illness symptoms and improve emotional and functional well-being.
• Help consumers regain independent decision-making and take a proactive role in treatment.
• Share lived experience and model successful behaviors and strategies.
• Transport patients in a personal passenger vehicle to medical appointments and therapeutic goal-related activities, including activities related to community resources, employment, education, and social or patient-run supports.
• Facilitate self-contained, goal-directed peer-support groups that help consumers minimize or resolve the effects of mental and emotional impairments.
• Conduct group facilitation with a recovery focus and use effective facilitation strategies.
• Complete progress notes according to COMCARE and CCBHC guidelines, documenting medical necessity, goal-directed treatment, and patient response within prescribed timelines.
• Complete Notes for Record, precaution statements, and authorizations for release of records as required or recommended.
• Enter no-shows and cancellations accurately and completely in the medical record.
• Enter AIMS data as needed.
• Complete orientations provided by Sedgwick County and COMCARE.

Benefits

• The posting describes a comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees, including health coverages, paid leave, regular compensation reviews, retirement plans, and professional development opportunities. The position is part-time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Education Level: High school or GED