What are the responsibilities and job description for the CERTIFIED PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST - IRTS- ELK RIVER position at SpringPath Mental Health Services?
Our Company:
SpringPath Mental Health Services
Overview:
The Certified Peer Specialist, works as part of the Intensive Residential Treatment Service team, which provides care and treatment for persons who are experiencing significant mental health/psychiatric symptoms, who are demonstrating significant functional impairments, and who may have co-occurring substance use disorders. Certified Peer Support Specialists are fully integrated team members who provide individualized and group services in the residence and the community and promote person served self-determination and decision making. Certified Peer Support Specialists also provide essential expertise and consultation to the entire team to promote a culture in which each person’s point of view and preferences are recognized, understood, respected, and integrated into treatment, rehabilitation, and community self-help activities.
Responsibilities:
- Willingness to provide peer-recovery education
- Assist peers with assessing their unique strengths and abilities
- Help peers with identifying, developing, and working towards recovery goals
- Assist peers with developing self-advocacy skills
- Help peers identify and access appropriate professional resources
- Provide education for team members regarding the recovery process
- Assist in implementing and the development of individual treatment plans
- Participates in care coordination meetings as needed
- Serves as a link to community resources, teaches and models client self-advocacy and acts as a community liaison/educator
- Reports significant/major incidents or accidents
- Medication administration and documentation
- Adheres to data privacy practices/HIPAA
- Assists in discharge planning
- Demonstrates professional competency in the documentation of treatment services
- Provides objective verbal and written critical incident analysis.
- Documents essential activities related to licensure, welfare, and safety
- Other duties as assigned
- A GED or high school diploma is required
- Associate of Arts degree in one of the Behavioral Sciences or Human Services preferred
- Successful completion of the MN Department of Human Services approved Certified Peer Support Specialist training and certification exam
- Have or had a primary diagnosis of mental illness
- Be a current or former consumer of mental health services and/or experience in the field while maintaining professional boundaries
- Demonstrate dedication to promoting recovery opportunities in the lives of peers
- Demonstrate ability to utilize own lived experience of recovery to inspire recovery in the lives of peers
- Ability to communicate (verbally and written) with all levels of personnel, internal and external to the agency
- Excellent customer service skills
- Must be able to work independently as well as part of a team
- Ability to prioritize, meet deadlines and multitask
- Proficiency with using company technology
- Must meet all agency requirements for pre-employment as required by SpringPath and/or MN State regulations
Salary : $22
