What are the responsibilities and job description for the Peer Support Specialist-Mental Health-Mobile Crisis Team position at DeCoach Recovery Centre?
Job Description
Job Description
About Us :
DeCoach Recovery Centre is a leading addiction treatment center dedicated to providing comprehensive and compassionate care to individuals struggling with substance use disorders. We offer a range of evidence-based treatments and therapies tailored to each patient's unique needs, with a focus on long-term recovery and wellness.
Job Summary :
The Peer Support Specialist provides support and recovery training to individuals receiving services. The Peer Support Specialist also assists in implementing / creating a recovery environment and acts as an advocate for the needs and rights of every individual.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities :
- Provides peer support to engage individuals in a recovery partnership and assists in identifying participant’s hopes and dreams and the solutions they are seeking.
- Teaches recovery and life skills using recovery tools.
- Models hope, personal responsibility and self-advocacy to demonstrate how recovery goals can be respectfully met and how a belief in self-maintained.
- Assists in developing natural support and resources.
- Cultivates connectedness in the person’s life (self, others, the environment, and to meaning and purpose)
- Coordinates with the individual's clinical team and other supports to arrange services or resources to help the individual achieve their goals.
- Completes clinical documentation as required.
- Understands and adheres to DeCoach compliance standards as they appear in the Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest Policies
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Job Requirements :
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed must be representative of the knowledge, skills, minimum education, training, licensure, experience, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
Full Time
Monday - Friday
1st Shift : 8am-4 : 30pm
2nd Shift : 11 : 30am-8pm
