What are the responsibilities and job description for the Outpatient Peer Support position at COMMUNICARE MS?
Description
Summary: Provides a variety of recovery-oriented services to individuals admitted into a crisis stabilization unit, in order to improve
independence, community integration, and recovery from mental illness and or substance abuse. Services provided by
peers (consumers or family members) include a wide range of supports, services, and advocacy that contribute to a
client’s ability to engage in ongoing treatment and attain their individualized goals for recovery.
Responsibilities:
- Attend all meetings/trainings required by Communicare and the Department of Mental Health
- Maintain certification as a Peer Support Specialist
- Work collaboratively with other mental health staff
- Provide peer support services for assigned individuals receiving services as determined by individual need
- Assist in the orientation process for new individuals receiving services
- Support individuals receiving services in transition to increase access to and utilization of supports and resources
- Improve communication between individuals receiving services and service providers
- Improve the team’s understanding of lived experience, recovery, and resilience through modeling personal responsibility, self-advocacy, and hopefulness
- Maintain current documentation of services in the individual’s files
- Provides crisis supports by listening to the individual and collaborating with the treatment team
- Support individuals receiving services in taking an active self-directing role in their recovery
- Provide group peer support services daily on all CSU units
- Coordinate discharge planning for individuals preparing to leave the CSU
- Adhere to other duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or associated Program Coordinator/Director
Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or GED; or, if ages 16-20, must be actively enrolled in school or GED program
- Have transportation, hold a valid driver’s license, have automobile insurance, and have a safe driving record.
- Identifies self as a current or former mental health consumer with a sustained period of self-directed recovery or be a first-degree family
member of a former or current consumer. - Ability to successfully complete DMH and Center trainings