Requires Peer Supporter Recovery Credential

REQUIREMENTS

• High School Diploma

• Peer Supporter Recovery Credential

• Personal experience with substance abuse and recovery

• Active and valid Driver’s license

• Extensive knowledge of 12-step programs and abstinence-based treatment

• Medicaid Number

BASIC FUNCTION

The Peer Support Specialist ultimately serves as a patient advocate. You will be relied on to provide clients with resourceful information and support while adhering to treatment plans in a variety of settings. The Peer Support Specialist will model competence to their clients, through their own personal experiences, in successful self-recovery. You will act as a subject matter expert while performing a wide range of tasks to support clients. The peer support will assist in transporting clients to varies places such as appointments, meetings, etc.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBLITIES

• Work with clients to meet their recovery goals through lived experience while maintaining great documentation.

• Build friendly and positive patient relationships by using knowledge, skills, and training from Certified Peer Specialist training to model, coach, support and advocate with patient’s.

• Provide advocacy and outreach on behalf of patients in all situations where patients are unable to advocate for themselves due to symptoms of mental illness.

• Provide recovery education to service recipients for every phase of the recovery journey from pre-recovery engagement, recovery initiation, recovery stabilization, and sustained recovery maintenance.

• Provide a model for both people in recovery and staff by demonstrating that recovery is possible.

• Assist recovering persons to identify their personal interests, goals, strengths and weaknesses regarding recovery.

• Create strong relationships and outstanding one-on-one patient care services by assessing patient’s personal accomplishments, strengths and challenges in order to achieve their stated goals.

• Recovery Planning -- facilitate (via personal coaching) the transition from a professionally directed service plan to a self-directed Recovery Plan. The goal should be to transition from professionally assisted recovery initiation to personally directed, community supported recovery maintenance.

• Promote self-advocacy by assisting recovering persons to have their voices fully heard; their needs, goals and objectives established as the focal point of rehabilitation and clinical services.

• Assist in transporting clients to appointments, meetings, etc. via company vehicles

• Demonstrate ability to work cooperatively with other staff/disciplines as part of an interdisciplinary team.

• Complete all required agency annual compliance trainings.

• Ability to conduct educational groups regarding substance abuse / dependence.

• Demonstrates knowledge of community resources for clients.

• Ability to represent Stella Maris with external agencies/professionals

• Maintains CPR certification.

• Uphold client confidentiality and client rights.

NON-ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Performs other duties of the position and within the individual’s capabilities as assigned by supervisor.