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Mountain Comprehensive Care Center
POSITION DESCRIPTION
POSITION: Addictions Peer Support Specialist
Community Support Program
FLSA: Exempt
REPORTING
RELATIONSHIP: Clinic
Coordinator
SUPERVISORY
RESPONSIBILITIES: None
PURPOSE: To provide inspiration, hope, guidance, and support to individuals with a mental health condition who wishes to make a desired social or personal change. Function as a role model of competency in recovery and ongoing coping skills.
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Coordinate with treatment coordinators to assist with the development and success of treatment goals.
2. Facilitate/ Co-Facilitate both in a group and individual setting
3. Maintain and submit all required records, documents, and reports on a timely basis.
4. Attend staff meetings and training conferences as required.
5. Maintain contact with community agencies to facilitate collaboration
6. Adhere to all standards for quality of care for clients. This includes, but is not limited to treating clients with respect, maximizing continuity of care, seeking supervision as necessary, arranging for coverage for periods of absence, and maintaining all professional ethics
7. Two years of continuous sobriety is required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: High School Diploma or G.E.D. Peer Support Specialist Certification required. Experience with leadership and advocacy in the field of mental health, as well as the ability to demonstrate efforts at self-directed recovery. Must have valid Kentucky motor vehicle operator’s license. 2 years of continuous sobriety required.
SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Knowledge of and personal experience with public mental health services. Strong reading comprehension and written communication skills. Demonstrates the ability to communicate with others in a professional manner.
EEO/AA RESPONSIBILITIES: MCCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment opportunity is offered based on job qualifications regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran’s or victimization status. MCCC actively seeks to enhance career objective of minorities, women, older people and people with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
For more information about this position, please contact James Oney Regional Director of Peer Support Services at 859-497-1649 or Kathy Goble, Human Resources Director at 606-886-8572.
All persons seeking employment at MCCC must complete and submit an Application for Employment and a Criminal Records Check form. To download an employment application, visit www.mtcomp.org/careers
Completed forms may be emailed, faxed, or mailed/delivered to Kathy Goble, Human Resources Director at Central Office, Prestonsburg, KY.
Fax: Attention Kathy Goble, 606-886-4433
Mail/Deliver: Mountain Comprehensive Care Center | ATTN: Human Resources | 104 South Front Avenue | Prestonsburg, KY 41653
Mountain Comprehensive Care Center is a behavioral health center providing services throughout Kentucky. We offer competitive wages, comprehensive benefits and Professional Liability Insurance.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $13.00 per hour
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People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply
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Work Location: In person
Full Time
Social & Legal Services
$60k-74k (estimate)
05/24/2024
09/20/2024
mtcomp.org
MADISONVILLE, KY
100 - 200
1966
DEBBIE PITTS
$10M - $50M
Social & Legal Services
Mountain Comprehensive Care Center offers quality behavioral health care throughout Kentucky. Our employees contribute to recovery and hope offered through our many programs, and nearly 30,000 participants benefit from our services each year. Our hope is to provide the best and most accessible care possible - helping our clients identify opportunities for improvement in their lives and take the steps necessary to meet those challenges with success.