Outpatient Peer Support
About The Position
This role involves providing peer support services to individuals receiving mental health services. The Peer Support Specialist will work collaboratively with other mental health staff, assist in the orientation of new individuals, and support transitions to increase access to resources. A key aspect of the role is to improve communication between individuals and service providers, and to enhance the team's understanding of lived experience, recovery, and resilience by modeling personal responsibility, self-advocacy, and hopefulness. The position also includes providing crisis support, encouraging self-directed recovery, and facilitating group peer support services.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED; or, if ages 16-20, must be actively enrolled in school or GED program
- Have transportation, hold a valid driver’s license, have automobile insurance, and have a safe driving record.
- Identifies self as a current or former mental health consumer with a sustained period of self-directed recovery or be a first-degree family member of a former or current consumer.
- Ability to successfully complete DMH and Center trainings
Responsibilities
- Attend all meetings/trainings required by Communicare and the Department of Mental Health
- Maintain certification as a Peer Support Specialist
- Work collaboratively with other mental health staff
- Provide peer support services for assigned individuals receiving services as determined by individual need
- Assist in the orientation process for new individuals receiving services
- Support individuals receiving services in transition to increase access to and utilization of supports and resources
- Improve communication between individuals receiving services and service providers
- Improve the team’s understanding of lived experience, recovery, and resilience through modeling personal responsibility, self-advocacy, and hopefulness
- Maintain current documentation of services in the individual’s files
- Provides crisis supports by listening to the individual and collaborating with the treatment team
- Support individuals receiving services in taking an active self-directing role in their recovery
- Provide group peer support services as needed
- Adhere to other duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or associated Program Coordinator/Director
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
