What are the responsibilities and job description for the Peer Support Specialist (ACT Case Manager) position at Copa Health?
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What You’ll Get…
When you join our team as a full-time team member, you will receive:
- Limitless growth and career advancement opportunities
- Career development offered internally through our Organizational Development & Learning Department
- Generous PTO program – up to 3 weeks off your first year with continued accruals each pay period
- 9 paid holidays per year
- Wellness Program - Offering access to an expert Health Coach and wellness incentives to lower cost
- Tuition reimbursement up to $3,000
- Affordable health care plans: Medical, Vision, and Dental
- H.S.A., H.R.A, F.S.A. (with select medical plans)
- Free Short-Term Disability and Life/AD&D Insurance up to $100,000
- 403(b) retirement plans with company match.
- Employee Assistance Program Voluntary benefits: Long-Term Disability, Pet Insurance, Additional Life/AD&D Insurance, and much more!
The ACT Peer Support Specialist provides direct treatment, rehabilitative and supportive services in a community setting to consumers. Works as a team member of a clinical team to assess consumer needs and wants, participates in the development of individual service plans, acts as a consumer advocate and liaisons with families and community agencies. Provides on-call crisis intervention services, as well as weekend and holiday coverage. Serves as the team’s lead consumer advocate and mentor. Is a self-disclosed mental health consumer and is willing to provide a consumer’s perspective of the team’s service provision.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- High School Diploma, or GED.
- Peer Certification required upon hire or within 30 days of starting.
- AZ approved Peer Employment training program and have recent certification as of 2013.
- Must have basic knowledge and understanding of mental illness.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Level One Fingerprint Clearance Card and any other required background checks.
- Ability to meet Copa’s driver authorized driving requirements, set forth by Copa Health’s insurance company. Including AZ Driver’s license upon hire, 39-month MVR, proof of insurance and vehicle registration, if applicable.
JOB SUMMARY (Including, but not limited to):
- Meets with the consumers in the community in accordance with established policies and procedures and clinical protocols to provide supportive counseling skill development and other support services as needed.
- Works with consumer’s Prescribing Clinician, Nurse, and other members of the clinical team to ensure the timely development and implementation of the individual’s service plan (including all necessary assessments) and their crisis plan.
- Coordinates with all parties involved in consumer’s treatment according to policy and procedure and clinical protocols, including but not limited to, attending inter and intra-agency staffing, communication by telephone and letter, service/support delivery etc., as indicated on the consumer’s service plan.
- Assists consumers and families in accessing additional needed services and obtaining entitlements, including identification of funding services.
- Responsible for transporting consumers to necessary services, as outlined in their service plan, as needed.
- Assumes “primary contact” responsibility for a percentage of team consumers to: assure maintenance of accurate, thorough, and current documentation in the medical record (in accordance with policies, procedures, and clinical protocols) for those specific individuals; keep weekly client schedule for those individuals updates, and act as first contact for those consumers and their families.
- To ensure compliance & adequate services, additional job duties may be required to meet the needs of the program and or department, consistent with Copa Health productivity levels
Copa Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer - All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.
Pre-Employment Criminal Background and Drug Testing Required. EOE
Salary : $100,000
