Mobile Respite Peer Specialist

2 weeks ago

Quincy, United States Aspire Health Alliance Full time

Under the direction of the Emergency Mobile Respite Clinical Specialist, this member of the multidisciplinary team has responsibility to carry out rehabilitation and support functions and assist in treatment; provides education, support, and consultation to individuals and families; and provides crisis intervention under the clinical supervision of staff with professional degrees. Provides mentor and outreach services.
- Serves as a mentor to clients to promote hope and empowerment.
- Provides expertise and consultation from a mental health consumer perspective to the entire team concerning clients’ experiences on symptoms of mental illness, the effects and side-effects of medications, clients’ responses to and opinions of treatment and clients’ experiences of recovery.
- Collaborates with the team to promote a team culture in which each clients’ point of view, experiences, and preferences are recognized, understood, and respected, and in which client self-determination and decision-making in treatment planning are maximized and supported.
- Helps clients identify, understand, and combat stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness and develop strategies to reduce self-stigma.
- Assists other team members to identify and understand culture-wide stigma and discrimination against people with mental illness and develop strategies to eliminate stigma within the team.
- Collaborates with the team to ensure the protection of clients’ rights to help clients to improve their knowledge of client rights and grievance or complaint procedures. Increases awareness of and support client participation in consumer self-help programs and consumer advocacy organizations that promote recovery.
- Serves as the liaison between the team and consumer-run programs such as self-help groups and drop-in centers.

**Required Skills**:

- Peer Specialist Certification required within 6 months from date of hire.
- CPR/First Aid
- Valid driver’s license and access to personal vehicle to provide transportation of consumers.
- Computer proficiency
- Bilingual skills and/or experience with multicultural populations preferred

Required Experience
- May have related training (e.g., certified occupational therapy assistant, home health care aide) or work experience (e.g. teaching) and life experience. Must have a strong commitment to the right and ability of each person with a severe and persistent mental illness to live in normal community residences; work in market jobs; and have access to helpful, adequate, competent, and continuous supports and services. Skills and competence to establish supportive trusting relationships with persons with severe and persistent mental illnesses and respect for client rights and personal preferences in treatment are essential. Has experience with recovery from psychiatric disabilities.
- High School Diploma

Aspire Health Alliance is committed to and passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion. We celebrate, support and promote diversity of thought, culture, and backgrounds. As an employer committed to equal opportunity, we base all employment decisions on each individual’s capabilities and qualifications, without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetics, or any other protected characteristic. Aspire Health Alliance strives to fully reflect the clients and communities we serve and believes that a diversity of interests and cultures leads to a stronger and more innovative organization.

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