Certified Peer Support Specialist-Adult

Trent Lott International Airport

Haarlem

On-site

EUR 18,163 - 21,795

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

The South Mississippi Mental Health Center seeks a Certified Peer Support Specialist - Adult who uses personal recovery experience to empower others, model coping skills, and promote independence through peer relationships.

The role emphasizes peer-to-peer interaction, goal setting, wellness-based services, and staying current on trends in mental health, co-occurring disorders, and recovery supports.

Qualifications

Required: High school diploma or equivalent.
Required: Current DMH Peer Support Specialist certification.
Preferred: Previous experience providing peer support services.
Preferred: Previous experience in a mental health crisis setting.
Preferred: Experience with electronic health record systems.

Responsibilities

Teach and model recovery values and peer support.
Model coping techniques and self-help strategies.
Encourage peers to develop independent, autonomous behavior.
Maintain a peer-oriented relationship, not hierarchical.
Assist peers in creating personal wellness plans (e.g., WRAP).
Document activities in peers' records or program records.
Share recovery perspectives with non-peer staff.
Assist peers in identifying recovery-supportive programs.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Current DMH Peer Support Specialist certification

Job description

Summary of Position

The job of Certified Peer Support Specialist - Adult is to use one’s own recovery experiences to empower others by modeling coping skills, promoting independence, and building equal peer relationships. Peer Support Specialist will use unique lived experiences, peer-to-peer interaction and goal setting, and providing and promoting wellness-based services. Peer Support Specialist should maintain a working knowledge of trends and developments in mental health, co-occurring disorders, and peer support services.

Essential Duties

Teach and model the value of every individual’s recovery experience
Model effective coping techniques and self-help strategies
Encourage peers to develop independent behavior that is based on choice rather than compliance
Establish and maintain a peer relationship rather than a hierarchical relationship
Understand and utilize specific interventions necessary to assist peers in meeting their individualized wellness goals
Lead as well as teach how to facilitate wellness dialogues using focused conversation and other evidence-based and/or best practice methods
Teach relevant skills needed for self-management of symptoms
Teach others how to overcome personal fears and anxieties
Assist peers in articulating their personal goals and objectives for wellness
Assist peers in creating their personal wellness plans (e.g., WRAP, Declaration for Mental Health Treatment, crisis plan, etc.)
Assist peers in setting up and sustaining self-help groups
Apropriately document activities provided to peers in either their individual records or program records.
Reading books, current journals, and other relevant material
Developing and sharing recovery-oriented material with other Certified Peer Support Specialist Professionals
Attending authorized or recognized seminars, workshops, and educational trainings
Assisting peers in obtaining services that suit each peer’s individual wellness needs
Assisting peers in developing empowerment skills through self-advocacy
Assisting peers in developing problem-solving skills so they can respond to challenges to their wellness
Sharing his or her unique perspective on recovery from mental illness with non-peer staff
Assisting non-peer staff in identifying programs and environments that are conducive to recovery