What are the responsibilities and job description for the PSR I IN TRAINING position at MIDDLE PENINSULA NORTHERN NECK CSB?
About Middle Peninsula Northern Neck Behavioral Health (MPNN BH)
At MPNN BH, our mission is “PROMOTING WELLBEING…. ONE INDIVIDUAL… ONE FAMILY… ONE COMMUNITY AT A TIME”
Our organization provides services designed to help members of our community achieve their individual goals. MPNN BH has over 60 distinct programs to aid and support all ages and many situations.
The Peer Recovery Specialist in training performs a wide variety of recovery-oriented services to individuals who have self-identified as desiring peer supports, in order to promote greater independence, community integration and mastery over their own recovery process from mental health, trauma and or substance use challenges. The PRS functions as a role model to peers, demonstrates that recovery is real-they are the evidence that people can and do overcome the internal and external challenges that confront individuals with mental health, traumatic and or substance use challenges, exhibiting competency in personal recovery and use of coping skills.
- Peer Recovery Specialist I (Peer Recovery Specialist in training) is working towards Virginia Certification requirement of completing 500 hours of documented work experience as a Peer Recovery Specialist in a volunteer or paid position specific to peer recovery services. The PRS I has completed and passed the DBHDS 72 hour Peer Recovery Specialist Training.
The position of PRS I in Training is responsible for:
- Supports and assists individuals with their vocational choices that match their own unique strengths and respects choice as well as assist in workplace development training/skills and in helping individuals overcome job-related anxiety
- Coordinate and consult with other team members to keep informed of issues and progress in the recovery field
- Adherence to policies and procedures
- Abides by agency and Virginia Certification Boards code of ethics.
- Facilitation of recovery-oriented groups in the jails, transitional recovery houses and other community settings as required, using educational tools and utilizing personal experiences with substance use and mental health challenges
- Ability and willingness to facilitate peer recovery support groups
- Utilization of strength-based language that reflects a mutual relationship with those they support
- Maintains professional boundaries while simultaneously building a relationship that reflects respect and mutuality with those they support
- Maintains accurate documentation consistent with agency guidelines, grant requirements and licensure standards
- Attends and positively participates in required team, agency and multidisciplinary meetings
- Facilitation of group and individual recovery education programs, plans, support groups and or classes
High School diploma or GED, some college preferred
- Must obtain a TB test with satisfactory results by first day of employment and yearly thereafter as required by licensing authority.
- A valid Virginia Driver’s license is required as some driving and/or transportation is necessary to carry out job requirements.
- Must be able to pass necessary background check to enable performance of direct care services
- Must be at least 21 years old.
The agency of MPNN Behavioral Health maintains a drug free workplace.