What are the responsibilities and job description for the MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER/CERTIFIED PEER SPECIALIST: ACT position at Central Minnesota Mental Health Center?
WHY CMMHC?
At Central Minnesota Mental Health Center, our team members are our strongest asset. We strive to attract and retain passionate people who want to live out our mission and make a difference in the communities we serve. We are motivated to provide a supportive and caring environment with a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities for career development. We are privileged to offer services and employment opportunities at multiple sites within the four-county area. Central Minnesota Mental Health Center is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.
CAREERS INSPIRED TO SUPPORT
CMMHC has a rewarding opportunity to serve as a Mental Health Practitioner – Certified Peer Specialist within our Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Monticello team. We truly exercise a people first mindset. We know that providing a caring and supportive environment for our clients begins and ends with our employees. We are looking for compassionate people to join our mission. We will offer a great place to work, collaborative team environment, and resources to support your personal and professional development.
HOW YOU’LL MAKE AN IMPACT
The Mental Health Practitioner Certified Peer Specialist provides peer support services to ACT recipients. The Certified Peer Specialist is an active member of an evidenced-based clinical team, providing medically necessary treatment, rehabilitation, and support services to identified recipients with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI). This position provides a continuum of services including assessment, treatment, education, and support.
- Functions as a role model to peers; exhibiting competency in personal recovery and use of coping skills.
- Works with clients and other treatment staff to develop a treatment/recovery plan based on each client’s identified goals.
- Assists clients in developing empowerment skills and combating stigma through self-advocacy.
- Provides opportunities for people using mental health service to practice self-efficacy, through activities that emphasize the acquisition, development, and enhancement of skills needed to move forward in mental health recovery.
- Assists clients in articulation of personal goals for recovery.
- Utilizes tools such as the Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) to assist clients in creating their own individual wellness and recovery plans.
- Utilizes and teaches problem solving techniques with individuals and groups.
- Assists the client in obtaining decent and affordable housing of their choice in the most integrated, independent, and least intrusive environment.
- Assists clients in building social skills in the community that will enhance job acquisition and tenure.
- Responsible for care coordination, whether it involves coordination within CMMHCs programs or with another entity identified in the certified community behavioral health clinic (CCBHC) statutory language related to care coordination.
