Alaska Native Recovery Peer Specialist

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.; Fairbanks (AK); Vor Ort; USD 34.000 - 47.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Fairbanks Native Association (FNA) in Fairbanks, AK is seeking a Peer Specialist to provide mentorship, peer counseling, crisis response, and recovery navigation for program participants and families. This role operates under a Recovery Community Services Grant emphasizing Alaska Native and AI/AN values.

The Peer Specialist works with a collaborative treatment team to support individuals from intake through sustained recovery, using traditional values, family support, self-sufficiency, and

Qualifikationen

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• One (1) years’ experience working with AN/AI population and experience providing culturally specific services.
• Lived experience as a caregiver of a family member who has experienced a mental health episode.
• One year’s experience working in the mental health field.
• Ability to complete Traditional Peer Support Training within one year and then seek State of Alaska Peer Support Specialist Certification.
• A combination of experience, education, and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities may substitute for degree requirements.

Aufgaben

• Facilitates Traditional Talking Circles using evidence-based family training in traditional ways aligning with treatment schedule.
• Oversees community services activities.
• Shares lived experience with consumers and families.
• Shares experience with navigating mental health system.
• Provides consumers with recovery support in the Recovery Center.
• Provides linkage to housing and/or recovery housing resources.
• Provides trauma-informed care and care navigation to culturally specific services.
• Supports consumers during their treatment experience providing positive feedback and hope.
• Ensures adherence to data collection requirements and enters accurate and timely data into the Electronic Health Record (EHR).
• Develops billing records.
• Oversees safety and security of consumers in Recovery Center.
• Attends mandatory position training that provides training in risk factors as designated by Project Manager and/or Clinical Supervisor.
• Maintains consumer confidentiality in accordance with 42 CFR Part 2 and HIPPA.
• Attends all required staff meetings.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Kenntnisse

Lived experience caregiver

Mental health support

Culturally sensitive communication

Ausbildung

High school diploma or equivalent

Associate degree in behavioral health

Jobbeschreibung

Fairbanks Native Association (FNA) in Fairbanks, AK is seeking a Peer Specialist to provide mentorship, peer counseling, crisis response, and recovery navigation for program participants and families. This role operates under a Recovery Community Services Grant emphasizing Alaska Native and AI/AN values.

The Peer Specialist works with a collaborative treatment team to support individuals from intake through sustained recovery, using traditional values, family support, self-sufficiency, and