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Specialist - Youth Peer

SpectraCare

#Documentation #Goal Setting #Mental Health #Addictions #Clinical Team #Resiliency #Strengths-Based #Recovery #Young Adults #Peer Support

Quick overview

The Youth Peer Specialist supports young adults (ages 16-21) by sharing lived mental health/addictions experience to foster hope, resiliency, and self-advocacy skills, while working with the clinical team on critical domains of functioning. Primary functions include providing peer support, coordinating community outreach, modeling coping techniques, and assisting clients in setting and achieving personal recovery goals through individual and group sessions.

Requirements summary

Minimum requirements include a High School Diploma or GED, demonstrated lived experience with mental illness or child welfare systems, and the ability to obtain Certified Peer Specialist certification. Candidates must also possess a valid Driver License, meet insurability requirements for driving, and endorse a recovery-oriented approach to service delivery.

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Job description

Youth Peer Specialist This position is located in Dothan, Alabama. Shift Schedule is: Monday/Wednesday 10:30am - 6:30pm; Tuesday/Thursday 11am - 7:00pm; Friday 9am - 5pm. Hours must be flexible to meet the needs of families. This position could occasionally include Saturday work. The Youth Peer Specialist (YPS) supports young adults, ages 16 - 21, by sharing their own lived experience of mental health/addictions with young adults to foster hope, build resiliency, and develop self-advocacy skills that will empower them to reach their goals. YPS will be expected to work with our clinical team to address the critical domains of functioning for youth/young adults, to include but not limited to working, learning, belonging, living, and healing through a strengths-based individualized team process. Travel may be required. PRIMARY JOB FUNCTIONS:
Utilizing lived experience, the youth peer support specialist will
Provide peer support to young adults ages 16 – 21 years of age by sharing their own experiences and building trusting relationships.
Offer support and guidance to young adults as they receive services and support from our organization.
Foster hope and approach young adults’ skills from a strengths-based perspective.
Coordinate outreach and youth engagement efforts in the community.
Practice culturally responsive communication and interaction with young adults and their families and/or natural supports.
Act as a resource and safe person for young adults to approach with questions, concerns, and accomplishments.
Teach and role model the value of every individual’s recovery experience
Model effective coping techniques and self-help strategies.
Assist clients in developing empowerment skills and combating stigma through self- advocacy. Utilize regular meetings, individual, and/or group sessions.
Articulate with patients what has been helpful and what not been helpful in his/her own recovery process.
Identify beliefs and values a consumer holds that works against his/her recovery.
Discern when and how much of their lived experience to share with patients.
Using a formal goal setting process, the youth peer support specialist will:
Assist patients in articulating personal goals for recovery through the use of one-to one and group sessions. 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.

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