Peer Support Specialist - Supportive Housing Team - Part Time
About The Position
Wyandot BHN is seeking a Peer Support Specialist to join its Supportive Housing Team. The specialist provides individual community-based support to consumers experiencing mental health care challenges and helps clients and their families identify skills, life goals, and resources to enhance wellness and achieve those goals. The role uses a strength-based approach to inspire hope and build mutual peer-to-peer relationships. The position requires lived experience with mental health challenges and addiction recovery. The specialist engages individuals with co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse in recovery plans and interventions, builds trusting relationships, and coaches clients in positive skills for managing daily life. The role also supports clients in connecting with agencies, self-help groups, and community resources; completes required documentation; collaborates with team members; and travels to support clients and families. The position is based at a central office, with travel to other locations and community sites as needed.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED equivalent.
- Self-identify as a former primary consumer of behavioral healthcare services and have lived experience with addiction recovery.
- At least one year in recovery, demonstrated by one year of sobriety and two years free of psychiatric hospital admissions.
- Complete Certified Peer Support Training and the Peer Support Certification exam within six months of employment.
- Working knowledge of recovery and wellness philosophy and the behavioral healthcare and substance abuse fields.
- Ability to establish relationships with individuals and organizations of influence in the social services community.
- Ability to work effectively with people experiencing severe and persistent mental illness and addiction.
Nice To Haves
- Current or recent studies in behavioral healthcare.
Responsibilities
- Engage individuals with co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse in recovery plans and interventions related to mental health symptoms and substance abuse.
- Develop positive, hopeful, and trusting relationships with clients.
- Train and coach individuals in positive skill-building techniques for improved life management, including problem solving and addressing fears and negative self-talk.
- Demonstrate sensitivity to cultural and ethnic differences.
- Work effectively with people experiencing severe and persistent mental illness and addiction, and respond constructively in a variety of situations.
- Manage conflict, promote change and growth, and support clients’ development.
- Model effective coping techniques and self-help strategies.
- Value and respect each individual’s recovery experience.
- Assist clients in initiating and maintaining relationships with agencies, self-help groups, and external resources.
- Complete documentation and reporting requirements thoroughly and on time.
- Cooperate with organizational and team members and participate in supervision, team meetings, and continuing education.
- Travel in the region and transport clients and/or families, providing direct care and support as needed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
