Peer Specialist | Behavioral Health Resource Center | Full-time | Days (3-12's)

UF Health•St. Augustine, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Grow professionally as a Peer Specialist at UF Health located in beautiful St. Augustine, Florida. UF Health is consistently ranked among the nation’s best hospitals and we are committed to excellence in healthcare. Our patients and our people are at the center of everything we do. Make UF Health your next career destination.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent with a minimum four years relevant experience; OR Associate’s Degree or equivalent with a minimum two years of relevant experience; OR Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent with a minimum one year relevant experience (this is to include types of peer mentoring, working with “at risk” populations, volunteering at a local crisis center, patient care at a hospital, or experiences where you work directly with a population similar to those here).
Candidates must be in sustained recovery from a mental health condition for a minimum of two years and be comfortable sharing lived experiences.
If in recovery from substance abuse Peer Specialist must have a sustained recovery of at least 3-5 years.
State of Florida Certification as a CRPS (Certified Recovery Peer Specialist) or CRSS (Cet Recovery Support Specialist is preferred and will be required within 18 months of stating the position.

Nice To Haves

Experience as a peer specialist on an inpatient psychiatric unit.
Motivational Interviewing training.
Mental Health First Aid training.
NAMI facilitator training.
WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Plan) training.
Crisis Center Phone Counseling training.

Responsibilities

Provides practical advice, suggestions, and strategies of recovery to patients as an empowering helper with perspective of being a recipient of mental health or substance abuse services in the past.
Provide one-on-one, group sessions, and conversations in both the general milieu and safe space with patients focused on current recovery and tools used to be successful.
Utilize Peer Specialists to provide hope, support, and education, and assist patients in setting recovery goals.
Provide input on the patient’s care as a member of the treatment team.
Document in the patients’ chart.
1:1 monitoring.
Escorting patients off-unit/off-campus activity.
Assist MHT with psychoeducation groups.
Provide peer-led groups.
Provide mentoring.
Meeting with patients and discussing available service with patients in the ER.
Engage in therapeutic milieu monitoring and safety management.
Monitor and answer incoming calls through Warm Line.
Be part of the Trauma Improvement Care Initiatives relating to patient care improvements.
Participate in on-going Quality Improvement (QI) activities, including sitting on unit QI task force committees.