ACTT Certified Peer Support Specialist

Daymark Recovery Service; Troy (NC); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

401(k)

Paid Holidays

Paid Vacation and Sick Leave

Employee Assistance Program

Referral Bonus Opportunities

Extensive Internal Training Program

Job summary

Daymark Recovery Services seeks a Certified Peer Support Specialist to provide community-based services, crisis support, and consumer education in coordination with ACT team members.

The role includes promoting self-determination, WRAP planning, and independent skills, with attention to housing and employment supports, while maintaining thorough documentation and participating in team meetings.

Qualifications

• Must have life experience with mental illness or substance addiction and be in recovery.
• Paraprofessional must have at least five years of life experience with the condition.
• Self-identifies as an individual with psychiatric or addictions disability.

Responsibilities

• Conducts comprehensive assessments, develops person-centered plans, and provides crisis consultations.
• Offers ongoing assertive outreach and supportive services to address client needs.
• Documents all activities and participates in daily interdisciplinary treatment planning.

Skills

Peer support

Crisis support

Education/employment support

WRAP planning

Social skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

New Hires who are Benefit Eligible may qualify for Hiring BonusCompany Mission/ statement:Our mission is to inspire and empower people to seek and maintain recovery and health. Daymark Recovery Services, Inc. is a mission driven, comprehensive community provider of culturally sensitive mental health and substance abuse services.Comprehensive Benefits Package:Medical, Dental and Vision InsuranceHealth Spending AccountCompany-Paid Life InsuranceShort Term Disability401(k)Paid HolidaysPaid Vacation and Sick LeaveEmployee Assistant ProgramReferral Bonus OpportunitiesExtensive Internal Training ProgramPay Scale:Peer Support: $17/hr.Summary:A Certified Peer Support Specialist is an individual who is or has been a recipient of mental health services. Provides highly individualized services in the community and promotes individual self-determination and decision making. In coordination and conjunction with the other ACT team members, provides consumer education and individual/system advocacy, Self Help skills, provides crisis support, Housing assistance, Education/employment support, Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) plan support, and independent/social skills support.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:Participates with other team members in conducting comprehensive clinical assessments, person centered plans, crisis consultations and other primarily QP functions so as to provide essential expertise and consultation to the entire team to promote a culture in which each person’s point of view and preferences are recognized.Provides ongoing assertive outreach and supportive services to address the persons served needs effectively. Provides interventions to offer support and guidance in all areas of functional domains: adaptive, communication, personal care, domestic, psychosocial, problem solving, etc in preventing, overcoming or managing the person’s level of functioning and enhancing his/her ability to remain in the community.Participates in daily interdisciplinary treatment planning, daily staff meetings and review of persons served and functional needsCompletes all documentation as required by procedures and statute.Participates in regular supervision with the ACT Team Leader to enhance all competencies in this position.All other duties as assigned by supervisorUnits Billed Minimum Requirement: Along with other team members, is responsible to ensure adequate service delivery is provided to all persons served in accordance with National Program Standards, state service definition requirements, and the needs of the persons served.Education/Experience: Peer Support services are delivered by staff who have the life experience of being diagnosed with a serious mental illness or substance addiction problem, and are currently in recovery, stable, and living without relapses. The Peer Support Paraprofessional has a high school diploma, or GED and at least five years of life experience with a serious mental illness or substance addiction. The paraprofessional also self identifies as an individual with a psychiatric or addictions disability. Paraprofessional staff who work no more than 10 hours a week providing Peer Support and have not completed their 20 hours of training have two years to complete the training required. The Peer Specialist also demonstrates at least one full year in his/her own life without crisis, relapse, or psychiatric or substance abuse inpatient treatment, or criminal justice involvement and may not be a family member or related to the consumer.Peer Support Specialists are supervised by a Qualified Professional.