Peer Impact - Peer Support Specialist

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Peer Impact - Peer Support Specialist

Quick overview

The specialist uses their lived experience with mental health or substance use disorders to model recovery and provide hope to clients. They assist clients in developing recovery goals, coping skills, and community integration while advocating for recovery-based services.

Requirements summary

Candidates must have a high school diploma and self-identify as a consumer of behavioral health services with at least one year of stability in recovery. A valid driver's license and a Missouri Certified Peer Specialist Credential (or eligibility to obtain one within 75 days) are required.

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Job description

Peer Impact - Peer Support Specialist Location

Cape Girardeau,
Missouri
Part-
Time,
Non-Exempt (Hourly), 29 hours per week
Pay
Range: $16.42 - 18.82/hour
Work
Schedule for
Normally
Business
Hours -
Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm - Some evenings may be required dependent upon agency or client need.
Minimum
Required
Qualifications: High School Diploma / GED / HSE Must self-identify as a former or current consumer of mental health, behavioral health, substance use, or co-occurring disorder services, and must hold, or be eligible to obtain within 75 days of starting, a valid Certified Peer Specialist Credential from the Missouri Credentialing Board. To ensure effective modeling and support during service delivery to clients, must demonstrate stability by having at least one year in personal recovery from mental illness and/or substance use disorder. Must hold a Valid driver's license for current State of residence, must meet agency MVR standards, and current auto insurance. What is Peer Support? Peer support encompasses a range of activities and interactions between people who share similar experiences of being diagnosed with mental health conditions, substance use disorders, or both. This mutuality-often called "peerness"-between a peer support worker and person in or seeking recovery promotes connection and inspires hope. Peer support offers a level of acceptance, understanding, and validation not found in many other professional relationships (Mead & McNeil, 2006). By sharing their own lived experience and practical guidance, peer support workers help people to develop their own goals, create strategies for self-empowerment, and take concrete steps towards building fulfilling, self-determined lives for themselves. (source) Job Summary Responsible to perform a wide range of tasks in emergency, outpatient or inpatient settings that are designed to assist clients in recovery and living in the community by sharing his/her own personal experience in dealing with mental illness.
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Support (external links): Interested in learning more about Peer Support Functions? Find more information by clicking the links below (this will open up a new tab/window)! Missouri Peer Specialist Website Links and Resources MO Certified Peer Specialist Code of Ethics Essential Functions Share personal experience with mental illness and personal recovery experience. Promote the idea and concept of recovery; serve as role model; build trust with clients and provide hope; help develop communication skills; help clients develop coping skills. Interact directly with clients, both individually and in a group. Help identify client's individual warning signs and help develop ways to prevent relapse to avoid hospitalizations. Provide social interaction and develop social skills. Help clients develop insight into their illness and understand their experience with mental illness. Assist in developing problem solving skills; teach self-help skills. Help clients in developing support systems; connect clients with peer support/self-help groups. Assist clients in developing empowerment skills through self-advocacy, assist clients in developing skills in combating negative self-talk, assist clients in developing a personal recovery plan, assist clients in developing recovery goals, assist clients in obtaining their recovery goals, assist clients in monitoring progress to achieving goals. Assist non-client staff to understand recovery, the importance of recovery-based services and the value of the experience lived by individuals with mental illness. Help clients address housing, financial and recreational needs. Encourage clients to become more integrated with their communities – developing both skills and encouraging participation. Conduct wellness planning and providing vocational, residential, and social rehabilitation. Conduct client outreach in the local community. Enhance the system's recovery orientation by advocating for effective recovery-based services. Serve as a resource to help clients explore activities that in the past gave them meaning and purpose. The Agency Community Counseling Center (CCC) - Your Behavioral Health + Wellness Resource - is a behavioral health organization that has been serving the public since 1974. We are an administrative agent for the Missouri Department of Mental Health, and we are entrusted to provide a full array of comprehensive behavioral health services within our five county catchment area.