What are the responsibilities and job description for the Family Peer Support Specialist position at The Affiliated Sante Group?
Job Description
Job Description
Who We Are :
Santé Group Companies prides itself in being a leader in community-based behavioral and mental health services. Our track record of innovation and growth reflects our ability to deliver diverse and highly individualized services. We have a passion for providing empathetic and potentially life-saving care to help individuals heal, recover, and thrive, as well as live their lives in a manner that allows them to fully integrate in the community. The Santé Group aspires to create an organization that places value on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and inclusiveness. To achieve this success, it is essential that all members of our organization feel secure, welcome, and respected. All members of our organization have a responsibility to uphold these values.
What We’re Looking For :
Santé is seeking a Family Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS-F) to join our front line team in Centreville, Maryland shift employee, who will assess, evaluate, and perform crisis intervention techniques, and will develop a crisis plan for continuation of services related to individual clients. He or she will be responsible for all incident documentation and will be the on-site resource for any relevant clinical information, as well as the liaison for collaboration with other involved parties including families, friends, and other community providers (all under clinical supervision of an LCSW-C / LCPC).
What You’ll Do :
- Promote client’s health and ensure client’s goals are developed and documented.
- Provide education and resources to clients and their families.
- Engage clients and families eligible to participate in Integrated Health Home Services.
- Identify community resources and provide ongoing support Clients and their families.
- Promote self-direction and skill development for clients and their families.
- Provide self-management and support and development of self-management plans for clients and their families.
- Provide assistance to clients and their families in accessing needed self-help and family peer support services.
- Advocate for clients and their families.
- Provide necessary support services to clients and their families.
- Assist clients and their families to identify and develop support networks.
- Connect clients and their families to peer and family support groups.
- Assist in wraparound planning processes.
- Assist in the development of crisis and other client and family-driven plans.
- All other duties as assigned
What We Require :
What You’ll Get :
We believe that diversity of background and experience makes for better problem-solving and collaboration, which is why we are dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team. Even more important than your resume is a positive attitude, a passion for making an impact, a personal desire to grow, and the ability to help individuals heal, recover, and thrive.
Disclaimers :
The Santé Group aspires to create an organization that places value on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and inclusiveness. To achieve this success, it is essential that all members of our organization feel secure, welcome, and respected. All members of our organization have a responsibility to uphold these values.
The Santé Group is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job. The Santé Group participates in E-Verify. http : / / www1.eeoc.gov / employers / upload / eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf
