Please do not apply for this position if you are not Peer Support Certified to be a Certified Peer Support Specialist.

Location Details : Union County / Five County / Triad Area / Wilmington area

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Click on TWCC Application (Peer Support Specialist) or TWCC Application (QP). The referral form can be accessed by clicking on Our Services and selecting Screening Referral form under the drop-down box.

Our Mission :

Affecting Change...One Person at a Time.

Peer Specialist will function as a role model to peers; exhibiting competency in personal recovery and use of coping skills;

serve as a consumer advocate, providing consumer information and peer support for clients in outpatient and inpatient settings.

The PS performs a wide range of tasks to assist peers of all ages, from young adult to old age, in regaining independence within the community and mastery over their own recovery process.

Recovery resources such as booklets, tapes, pamphlets and other written materials will be utilized by the Peer Specialist in the provision of services.

Job Summary :

• Meeting with clients to provide advice and support in accordance with treatment plan.
• Assisting in peer support groups with assigned consumers on a regular basis.
• Supporting / assisting consumers in daily decision making and resolution of minor problems.
• Assisting clients by finding resources, advising the consumer of processes, and encouraging follow through with proposed resolutions, locating social activities, or provide other assistance as needed.
• Accompanying clients to meetings and participates in meetings of community groups to advocate for consumer needs, leading recovery dialogues / self-help sessions with clients.
• Fostering client’s development of healthy relationships by encouraging participation in community activities.
• Observing behavior and evidence of general well-being and discusses observations with the clients.
• Modeling effective coping and self-help techniques to individuals or groups of consumers.
• Providing advice to clients on empowerment skills and successful community living.
• Informing clients on community resources and how to use them appropriately, providing information to consumers and families on specific topics, as assigned.
• Peer Specialist will function as a role model to peers; exhibiting competency in personal recovery and use of coping skills;

serve as a consumer advocate, providing consumer information and peer support for clients in outpatient and inpatient settings.

• The PS performs a wide range of tasks to assist peers of all ages, from young adult to old age, in regaining independence within the community and mastery over their own recovery process.
• Recovery resources such as booklets, tapes, pamphlets and other written materials will be utilized by the

Peer Specialist to provide services.

Using a formal goal-setting process, the PS will :

• Assist clients in articulating personal goals for recovery through the use of one-to-one and group sessions.
• During these sessions, the PS will support clients in identifying and creating goals and developing recovery plans with the skills, strengths, supports, and resources to aid them in achieving those goals.
• Assist clients in working with their case manager or treatment team to determine the steps they need to take to achieve these goals and self-directed recovery.
• Assist clients in setting up and sustaining self-help (mutual support) groups and in locating and joining existing groups.
• Utilize tools such as the Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) to assist clients in creating their own individual wellness and recovery plans.

Independently or with the periodic assistance of higher-graded treatment team members, utilize and teach PS will share their own recovery story and, as the facilitator of these sessions, will demonstrate how they have directed their own recovery.

• Use ongoing individual and group sessions to teach clients how to identify and combat negative self-talk and how to identify and overcome fears by providing a forum which allows group members and PS to share their experiences.
• Assist clients in building social skills in the community that will enhance job acquisition and tenureUtilizing their recovery experience, the PS will : Teach and role model the value of every individual’s recovery experience.
• Assist the client in obtaining decent and affordable housing of his / her choice in the most integrated, independent , and least intrusive or restrictive environment by taking them out to view housing, either driving them or riding with them on public-transportation.

The PS models effective coping techniques and self-help strategies.

• Serve as a recovery agent by providing and advocating for any effective recovery based services that will aid the client in daily living.
• Assist in obtaining services that suit that individual’s recovery needs by providing names of staff, community resources and groups that may be are not limited to : social security office, Department of Family and Children services, local YMCA, Library, restaurants, clients’ service organizations, apartment complexes, and other types of not limited to : social security office, Department of Family and Children's services, local YMCA, Library,restaurants, clients’ service organizations, apartment complexes and other types-of housing, etc.

Assist clients in developing empowerment skills and combating stigma through-self-advocacy.

• Through the use of role-playing / modeling techniques, the PS provides opportunities for others to show / demonstrate how they have handled similar problems, how to present themselves in certain situations, or how to handle problems that may arise in interactions with others.
• With assistance from the Program Coordinator / Team Leader, the Peer Specialist-will work with the clients and other treatment team staff to develop team staff to develop treatment / recovery / recovery plan based on each client’s identified goals.
• Treatment / Recovery Plans will be reviewed and signed by the Coordinator / TeamLeader and other participating treatment team staff.

The PS will document the-following on the client’s treatment / recovery plan : a. identifying person-centered strengths, needs, abilities, and recovery goals.

• Knowledge of the Recovery process and the ability to facilitate recovery using-established standardized mental health processes.
• Knowledge and skill to teach and engage in basic problem-solving strategies to-support individual clients in self-directed recovery.
• Knowledge of the signs and symptoms of mental illness (i.e. auditory and visual-hallucinations, aggressive talk and behavior, thoughts of self-harm or harm
• A valid driver’s license is required as some driving and / or transportation may be required to take clients to medical appointments, job sites, social activities and other community resources.
• GUIDELINES : Established procedures and specific guidelines are available to the incumbent to cover the work assignment.

Guidelines are applicable and specific to most situations. The incumbent will use judgment in determining the appropriate guide or instruction to fit the circumstances and in determining what information is required.

In situations where the guidelines are not applicable; do not exist or are unclear the incumbent refers the problems to the coordinator.

The administration has provided and will continue to update a Bibliography of Recovery literature, and the program will select appropriate literature that focuses on Recovery and how to teach clients in their recovery process.

COMPLEXITY : The work involves providing support services for the client that requires assisting them in establishing goals and mechanisms to reach those goals.

Decisions on establishing goals and formal action plans will always be made in conjunction with the client and case manager / treatment team and reviewed with the supervisor.

Decisions regarding what needs to be done involve choices that require a simple analysis such as organizing facts in narrative or logical order and comparing them to past solutions in similar cases or to applicable criteria.

Actions to be taken or responses to be made, such as advice to the client differs depending on the facts of the situation.

SCOPE AND EFFECT : The Peer Specialist assists and guides clients toward the identification and achievement of specific goals defined by the client and specified in the Individual Treatment Plan (ITP).

The work involves a variety of routine, standardized tasks that facilitate work performed by higher level providers. Work performed by the incumbent will promote community-socialization, recovery, self-advocacy, self-help, and development of natural supports.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS : The work is primarily sedentary. Typically, the employee will sit to do the work. However, there may be some walking;

standing; bending; carrying of light items such as books, paper, etc; accessing transportation and driving a government car or van.

WORK ENVIRONMENT : Work will be performed in a wide range of settings, including the medical center; in the client, group or family homes;

in community-based outpatient settings, community agencies; or in transport vehicles (public or government). Work areas are often noisy, irregular and unpredictable and can be stressful at times.

• Arrange medical appointments, therapy sessions, support groups, and other resources to aid the client.
• Monitor the client’s behavior, schedule, medication, and activities.
• Report any unusual behavior, conflicts, or recovery deviations to the relevant professionals.
• Liaise with family members and medical professionals regularly.
• Coordinate client logistics such as medical appointments and therapy sessions, among others.
• Conduct assessments and providing feedback to the client, medical professionals, and the family.
• Bring in referrals.
• More tasks to be assigned.

Weekly :

• Must put notes in daily.
• Must make contact with their consumers weekly.
• Must reach out to your consumers and check on their well-being and make sure everything is going smoothly for them in the program.
• Submit time sheets.
• Make sure you submit your timesheets by Monday (8 am).
• Must respond to emails , text and calls.
• Make sure your QP have everything they need in order to submit auth and initials for your consumers.
• Make sure your certifications and insurance stay current.
• Make sure your consumers contact information is current and reachable.
• Make sure you sign your supervisions.
• Make sure you attend HR training

Monthly :

• Make sure you attend monthly meeting with your QP.
• Make sure you attend monthly meeting with Nurse Practitioner

Requirments :

• High School diploma or GED required.
• CPR, NCI, First Aid, Bloodborne, and PSS.

Our peer support services are funded, and we are in close coordination with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.

Please do not apply for this position if you are not Peer Support Certified to be a Certified Peer Support Specialist.

Job Types : Full-time, Part-time

Pay : $17.25 per hour

Expected hours : 5 40 per week

Benefits :

• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Schedule :

• Choose your own hours
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed
Location :
• Triad
• Triad
• Anson
• Mecklenburg
• Cabarrus

Work Location : Remote

Last updated : 2024-05-22