Peer Specialist I - Twin Lakes | stgupmcjobs

→Provide feedback as appropriate to client, family members, and clinical staff.
→Assist clients/patients in recovery management including identifying recovery goals, barriers to achieving goals, and strategies to meeting goals.
→Assist clients/patients in identifying natural supports and resources in the community and educate individuals on how to utilize them in the recovery process.
→Advocate for clients/patients by actively participating in staff meetings, treatment team meetings, etc. and appropriately voicing the clients'/patients' viewpoint and recovery goals while maintaining alignment with the team.
→Accompany clients/patients to various community engagement and reintegration activities as appropriate; provide follow-up services to clients/patients in a 1:1 or group setting, by phone, virtually, or by mobile visits; facilitate recovery and wellness related groups; provide individual support.
→Monitor progress with completing goals and provide feedback as appropriate to clients'/patients', family members, and clinical staff.
→Utilize crisis support to help individuals develop and use action plans for prevention and recovery, wellness recovery action plans, mental health advanced directives, and other crisis and crisis prevention plans.
→Maintain all required paperwork and documentation in a timely manner, as directed by Supervisor.

→High School Diploma or equivalent.
→Certified Peer Specialist or Certified Recovery Specialist certification is preferred.
→Have lived experience in one or more of the following areas: mental health, substance use disorder, the recovery process, and willing to share experiences to the benefit of clients/patients served.
→Progressed in own recovery and have basic understanding of the recovery principles: Hope, Personal Responsibility, Empowerment Skills, Self-Advocacy, Educational Opportunities, and the importance of using personal and community Supports.
→Able to articulate to clients/patients, families, and to interested stakeholders that peer support is a non-clinical service to promote recovery and wellness.
→Basic understanding of mental health, wellness, and resiliency. Familiar with Office 365 e.g., Microsoft Word, Outlook.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
→Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
→Comprehensive Crisis Management (CCMC)
→Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal
→Act 33 with renewal
→Act 34 with renewal
→Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal

Peer Specialist I - Twin Lakes