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Purpose :
Our Peer Support Specialists provide hope and support necessary to assist others to make lifestyle changes that lead to better whole-health outcomes.
Sharing their experience of stigma, discrimination and self-determination, and the impact of behavioral health challenges on all life domains situates them to offer empathy, inspire hope and guide improvement around how these issues affect behavioral healthcare access and engagement.
Job Summary :
This position is part of the crisis response and will have specific duties to create linkages to evidence based treatment services for persons with mental illness.
You will work with clients who are in crisis and will provide support for their individual needs.
As our Peer Support Specialist you will assists clients in articulating their goals for recovery, helps them monitor their progress, models effective coping techniques and self-help strategies based on the specialist's own recovery experience, and advocates for the client in obtaining effective services.
The RC / PSS works with individuals in groups and one on one to help people live their lives to the fullest. Intended clients of the Peer Support Specialist services are any person seeking a treatment referral for Mental Health and or Substance Use Disorder (SUD) services, but also the organizations and communities that have regular contact with people struggling SUD disorders.
Works as a recovery coach and role model providing peer based services to assist individuals in finding their own recovery path from substance use and / or mental health disorders.
Is a member of the inter-disciplinary team and assists with outreach and supportive services to engage individuals in services and helps individuals build connections to the entire treatment team.
Provides services that promote hope, responsibility, empowerment, and self-sufficiency and helps individuals connect to the community of their choice.
You will also coordinate with internal and external providers to link to referral services to community resources and encourages clients to utilize these available resources and to be involved in their community.
Essential Functions :
Specialized Duties :
Mental Health Partners offers a diverse, quality work environment, a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.
Our benefits include a very generous paid time-off policy (paid holidays, paid vacation and paid personal days-off), medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, and percentage match-up retirement contribution.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
As a condition of employment, you will be required to receive the COVID-19 vaccination (and any subsequent boosters) and the annual influenza vaccine.
Medical exemptions or religious accommodations may be requested.
Education / Experience / License / Certification
Job Closes 5 / 29 / 24
Last updated : 2024-05-11
Full Time
Hospital
$40k-52k (estimate)
01/26/2023
05/15/2024
DUNEDIN, OTAGO
50 - 100
2020
RICHARD JAMES HARVEY
<$5M
Hospital
The following is the career advancement route for Peer support specialist positions, which can be used as a reference in future career path planning. As a Peer support specialist, it can be promoted into senior positions as a Job Developer that are expected to handle more key tasks, people in this role will get a higher salary paid than an ordinary Peer support specialist. You can explore the career advancement for a Peer support specialist below and select your interested title to get hiring information.