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About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Implement Peer Support-oriented Treatment Plan interventions with Persons Served
- Share personal recovery experiences and provide support, education, and advocacy during service and life transitions
- Engage Persons Served in supportive relationships that promote empowerment and self-learning
- Link Persons Served to community services, recovery resources, support networks, and mutual-help groups
- Facilitate Peer Support and Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) groups
- Provide information and training on recovery and self-management strategies
- Promote engagement, healthcare and employment access, safe housing, community tenure, self-sufficiency, and successful service completion
- Support self-determination, decision-making, self-advocacy, relationships, daily living skills, coping techniques, and problem-solving
- Teach ACCS staff about recovery values, person-centered language, and the perspectives of Persons Served
- Use recovery-oriented, trauma-informed, culturally competent, strengths-based, motivational interviewing, harm-reduction, Housing First, and Stages of Change approaches
- Visit all GLE and SIE settings regularly to provide Peer Support
- Participate in the Peer Specialist Community of Practice Workgroup
- Complete documentation according to Certified Peer Specialist training standards
- Perform other related duties as assigned
Requirements
What you’ll need- Personal, first-hand experience being a recipient of the mental health system, including psychiatric inpatient hospitalization, outpatient services/therapy, psychiatric medications, and/or community mental health groups
- Certified Peer Specialist credential required within 12 months of hire; credential preferred initially
- A high school diploma or equivalent is required
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
- In some cases, experience may be substituted for academic training
- Valid driver's license presented at employment
- At least 21 years of age
- Valid US driver's license maintained for at least six months
- Adequate insurance and safe driving record if using a personal vehicle
- Ability to pass a driver's screening background check
- CPR required within the first two weeks of hire
- First Aid required within two weeks of hire
- Knowledge of Peer Support practices, ethical standards, recovery-oriented and person-centered approaches, advocacy techniques, community resources, and participatory planning
- Ability to create and maintain supportive relationships, maintain confidentiality, work independently and as part of a team, and communicate with persons served and staff
- Ability to perform physically active duties, lift at least 25 pounds, operate office equipment, assist with daily living tasks, and meet specified mobility, vision, hearing, and communication requirements