Certified Peer Support Specialist Team Lead

Job Overview
Join our dynamic team as a Certified Peer Support Specialist Team Lead, where you will empower individuals navigating mental health and behavioral health challenges through compassionate, peer-led support. Clinical supervision for the CST Staff is provided by the licensed Team Lead who has the knowledge, skills, and abilities required by the population served.

The Team Lead monitors the delivery of CST to ensure the interventions are provided effectively to help the beneficiary restore community, daily living, personal, social and specific tenancy skills including obtaining and maintaining his or her own housing and develop natural supports, manage their illness, and reducing crises. Additional supervision or support may be provided as a group or with individual CST Staff as needed to address specific concerns or challenges.

Licensed (or associate level licensed, under supervision) staff shall be trained in and provide the aspects of these practice(s) or model(s) that require licensure, such as individual therapy or other therapeutic interventions falling within the scope of practice. It is expected that licensed (or associate level licensed, under supervision) staff shall practice within their scope of practice.

Responsible for the following:

· Provides clinical expertise and guidance to the CST members in the team’s interventions with the beneficiary.

· Provides clinical supervision of all members of the team for the provision of this service. An individual supervision plan is required for all CST members except the Team Lead.

· Determines team caseload by the level of acuity and the needs of the beneficiary served.

· Facilitates weekly team meetings of the CST.

· Monitors and evaluates the services, interventions, and activities provided by the team.

· Completes functional needs.

· Provides psychoeducation as indicated in the PCP.

· Assists with crisis interventions.

· Assists with behavioral and substance use disorder treatment interventions.

· Assists with the development of relapse prevention and disease management strategies.

· Coordinates the initial and ongoing assessment activities.

· Develops the initial PCP and its ongoing revisions and ensures its implementation.

· Consults with identified medical (i.e., primary care and psychiatric) and non-medical providers, engages community and natural supports, and includes their input in the person-centered planning process.

· Ensures linkage to the most clinically appropriate and effective services including arranging for psychological and psychiatric evaluations.

· Monitors and documents the status of the beneficiary’s progress and the effectiveness of the strategies and interventions outlined in the PCP.

· Completes functional needs assessment(s) to determine the scope and anticipated outcomes to the services.

Team Lead who is a licensed clinician

· (Licensed Psychologist, Licensed Psychological Associate, Licensed Clinical Social

Worker, Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associate, Licensed Clinical Mental Health

Counselor, Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Associate, or Licensed

Marriage and Family Therapist) who has at least one year’s experience with the

knowledge, skills, and abilities required by the population and age to be served.

· The Team Lead shall meet the requirements specified for licensed clinician, according to 10A NCAC 27G. 0104 (12) or equivalent tribal code.

· An associate level licensed clinician actively seeking licensure may serve as the Team Lead conditional upon being fully licensed within 30-calendar months from the effective date of hire.

Pay: $29.00 - $31.25 per hour

Work Location: In person

Salary : $29 - $31