Peer Support Specialist

3 weeks ago

Lagrange, Maine, United States WestCare Foundation Full time
Job Details

Position Summary:

The Peer Support Specialist serves as a member of the Recovery team of WestCare Tennessee, working collaboratively with the Project Director, Treatment Counselor, Case Manager, Supportive Employment Coach, and Transportation Driver. This position provides peer leadership, recovery support services, advocacy, coaching, and outreach to participants with Severe Mental Illness (SMI) and/or co-occurring Substance Use Disorder (SUD)/Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) who are seeking to sustain their own recovery path.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Embody the mission, vision, guiding principles, and goals of WestCare Tennessee.
  • Uphold strict confidentiality of individual information.
  • Assist participants in establishing or re-establishing support systems within their community.
  • Advocate on behalf of participants to improve access to needed services, information, or treatment.
  • Provide support and needed assistance to participants during program activities in group or individual settings.
  • Participate in staffing to provide peer understanding regarding a participant's current strengths, workplace performance, and need for additional resources.
  • Complete documentation of services on provided forms and inputting work activities in required data tracking software platforms promptly and according to deadlines.
  • Perform participant follow-up interviews to document recovery progress, make additional referrals to needed services, and maintain active communication throughout the duration of the participant's enrollment in the program.
  • Attend necessary monthly integrated staff team meetings.
  • Maintain strong professional relationship boundaries with individuals served and organizations/community agencies who refer individuals to WestCare Tennessee.
  • Submit weekly reports to the Project Director.
  • Work closely with the Project Director, Research Assistant, and WestCare Foundation Evaluation team regarding the collection of data and reporting of program outcomes.
  • Attend in-person and virtual program conferences and meetings, community meetings, and events as deemed necessary.
  • Perform additional tasks that support a productive office workflow as deemed necessary by the Project Director.
  • Engage and complete required WestCare Tennessee eLearning and any other program-related trainings.
Qualifications

Essential Qualifications:

Certifications/Licenses:

Valid State Issued Driver's License required.

Certified Peer Recovery Specialist preferred.

Education:

High School Diploma or Equivalent preferred.

Experience and Competencies:

  • An individual with a similar 'lived experience' and has successfully sustained a crime and drug-free life for two (2) consecutive years or longer. (Proof required)
  • Experience collaborating with individuals in a clinic or mental health setting preferred.
  • Must be culturally/linguistically sensitive to the population served.
  • Ability to work collaboratively with others in a professional manner.
  • Ability to engage in both individual and group settings.
  • Ability to work well in a team environment.
  • Ability to exercise sound judgment and discretion.
  • Ability to operate a computer and complete documents in Microsoft Word and Excel program formats.
  • Ability to respond as needed to crises in an efficient manner.
  • Ability to complete work tasks within scheduled work hours.
  • Possess excellent verbal, written, and electronic (email) communication skills.
  • Familiar with searching for community resources.

Working Conditions:

Work is primarily performed in an outdoor setting.

Some travel will be required to trainings and conferences.

Local travel is associated with participating in stakeholder meetings and other potential meetings to fulfill the requirements of the Supported Employment grant.

Essential Physical and Mental Demands of the Job:

The employee must be able to perform the following essential duties and activities with or without accommodation:

Physical Demands:

  • Requires mobility and physical activity: Having an adequate range of body motion and mobility to work in an office or outdoor environment, including standing and walking (even and uneven surfaces), sitting for extended periods of time, bending, twisting, reaching, balancing, occasional lifting and carrying of up to fifty pounds. Use of computer and telephone systems required, which includes coordination of eye and hand, and proper utilization by the hands (typing, writing, and working with files).
  • Requires talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Talking is required to impart oral information to employees, the public, and in those activities in which the employee is required to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to others accurately, loudly, or promptly.
  • Requires hearing: Hearing is required to receive and communicate detailed information through oral communication.
  • Requires seeing: Clarity of vision including proper eyewear at 20 inches or less and at distance.
  • The normal work routine involves no exposure to human blood, body fluids, or tissues. However, exposure or potential exposure may be required as a condition of employment. Appropriate personal protective equipment will be readily available to every employee.

Mental Demands:

  • Requires the ability to collect and analyze complex numerical and written data and verbal information to reach logical conclusions.
  • Requires the ability to work and cooperate with co-workers, managers, and the public at all levels to exchange ideas, information, instructions, and opinions.

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