Peer Support Specialist - BHUC

The Certified Peer Support Specialist – Behavioral Health Urgent Care (BHUC) provides coaching, mentoring, and consultation in a Tier IV BHUC for adults 18+ with mental health or substance abuse disabilities, promoting recovery, self-advocacy, and integration while supporting the therapeutic milieu. This position is critical to supporting the mission and vision of Southeastern Integrated Care.

Essential

Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintains ratio in facility; provides wellness self-management, recovery, supports, coping, advocacy, independent living skills.
• Assists self-determination/decision-making; teaches functional skills (meds, finances, daily living).
• Models recovery; promotes advocacy/rights; develops/modifies crisis plans, advance directives, relapse prevention.
• Supports stable housing, education/job training, community linkages; provides case management.
• Instills hope using personal recovery experience; engages/serves consumers; promotes recovery culture.
• Reports to QP on goals; completes PSS documentation per NC 8A/8G, LME requirements.
• Participates in 24/7 on-call; coordinates first response.
• Ensures HIPAA/CFR-42 confidentiality; maintains records/progress notes; documents billable encounters in EMR within 24 hours.
• Attends meetings/trainings; collaborates on needs; other duties to support quality services/mission.

Qualifications

• Minimum High School Diploma/GED
• Document per Medicaid/SEIC standards
• NC Certified Peer Support Specialist (maintain)
• Valid driver's license.

The work is typically performed in an office environment, community, or home with potential exposure to crisis.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; talk and hear; and taste and smell.
• The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit and climb or balance.
• The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Must be able to drive and operate a personal vehicle safely and adhere to all applicable state and traffic laws.