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Position Summary:
Peer Support Services are a process of giving and receiving support and education from individuals with shared life experiences. Peer Services are provided by individuals in recovery from substance use, mental health and co-occurring disorders who use their lived experience as a tool to assist others by sharing their personal journeys and knowledge gained. Individuals engaged in peer services play a vital role in laying the foundation for sustained recovery.
Peer Support Services provide strength-based supports for persons in or seeking recovery from behavioral health-related issues. The service offers a type of partnership where the person in or seeking recovery self directs his/her care while the Support Specialist provides expertise in supporting successful change. The Support Specialist focuses on achieving any goals important to the individual and asks questions and offers suggestions to help the person begin to take the lead in addressing their own needs. The practice focuses on honoring values and making principle-based decisions, creating a clear plan of action, and using current strengths to reach future goals. The Specialist serves as an accountability partner to help the person sustain his or her recovery and helps to access the systems needed to support the individual, such as disability benefits, health care, housing, etc.
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Certifications/Licenses:
Possession of a valid Driver’s License and able to quality for WC vehicle insurance
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Essential Physical and Mental Demands of the Job
The employee must be able to perform the following essential duties and activities with or
without accommodation:
Physical Demands:
Other
Ambulatory Healthcare Services
$51k-65k (estimate)
11/04/2023
06/09/2024
westcaresupplyzone.net
THOMASVILLE, GA
<25
1992
MARTA TURNER
$5M - $10M
Ambulatory Healthcare Services
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