What are the responsibilities and job description for the Peer Specialist position at NORTHEAST TREATMENT CENTER?
Job Details
Description
As a full member of NorthEast Treatment Center’s (NET’s) Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC), the peer support staff provide hope encouragement and recovery support to individuals with a range of behavioral health challenges. A peer specialist draws on their unique lived experience to engage and connect individuals with local behavioral health, recovery and community services of their choosing. The Certified Peer Specialists works closely with program staff, clinicians, social workers, and outreach staff.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or G.E.D and 3 letters of recommendation
- Must have worked within the last 3 years with at least 12 months of part or full time paid or voluntary work experience.
- Must have successfully completed the Certified Peer Specialist Training provided by an approved Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Vendor.
- The Recovery Specialist must demonstrate an ability to share personal recovery experiences and support a services user’s integration into the communities of his/her choice.
- Ability to exhibit a nonjudgmental approach and to be an effective listener. Must be able to work with service users who are diverse, including diversity of age, gender and gender identity, race religion, sexual orientation, physical and mental ability.
- Ability to use an Electronic Health Record
- Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance, FBI clearance and Criminal Check Clearance required.
- Pre-employment physical and TB test required.
- Valid Driver’s License (issued by state in which employee lives) and safe driving record and proof of insurance coverage
- May be required to use own vehicle when other means of transportation are unavailable.
- Must demonstrate genuine empathy and concern for individuals as indicated in our corporate vision, mission and values statements.
- Adhere to applicable city, county, state and federal laws and regulations, internal and CARF standards.
Provide recovery education to individuals in every phase of recovery from pre-engagement to program discharge.
Engage people to achieve health management goals using recovery coaching, motivational interviewing and problem solving skills.
Serve as a model for both people and recovery and staff by demonstrating that recovery is possible.
Share one’s own recovery experience
Assist people in discovering their personal interests, strengths, weaknesses to provide clarity for planning. Promote self-advocacy by assisting people to take back their voice in service planning and ultimately life.
Accompany individuals to recovery and wellness appointments as desired by the individual receiving service.
Work with individuals to develop connections in the communities of their own choosing.
Assist individuals in overcoming any barriers to meeting recovery goals.
Support connections to community based, self-help groups.
Educate professional staff about the recovery process, the damaging role that stigma can play in undermining recovery.
Complete necessary paper work to document individual’s progress.
Follow up with individuals by phone, home visits, community visits or other settings where the individual may be met with.
