CCBHC Certified Peer Specialist - COMCARE

Sedgwick County; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Retirement plans

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Sedgwick County seeks a Certified Peer Support Specialist to join the COMCARE ACT team. You will provide goal-directed, medically necessary peer support to adults with severe mental illness, helping them remain in the least restrictive environment.

Responsibilities include peer support using approved methods, facilitating recovery-focused groups, coordinating transportation in a personal vehicle, and ensuring documentation complies with COMCARE/CCBHC guidelines.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Must self-identify as a person in recovery and meet KDADS requirements.
• Must have a valid US driver’s license and vehicle for transportation needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide peer support using identified methods to assist adults with mental illness.
• Help patients regain ability to participate in treatment and daily life decisions.
• Share lived experience and model recovery-focused behavior.
• Transport patients to medical appointments and activities using a personal vehicle.
• Lead self-contained, goal-directed groups and recovery-focused facilitation.

Skills

Empathy & recovery focus

Communication skills

Self-motivation

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

AIMS data entry

Medical record documentation

Job description

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Work Schedule: Varied schedule, Monday-Saturday, 40 hours per week, between 7:00am - 7:00pm

Sedgwick County offers a comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees that includes health coverages, paid leave, regular compensation reviews, retirement plans, and professional development opportunities. For more detailed information, please visit our benefits page at SCBenefits .

Provide goal-directed, medically necessary peer support services to adults with severe and persistent mental illness, as a member of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team to assist them to remain in the least restrictive environment.

• Peer Support using identified and accepted methods to remediate symptoms of mental illness and/or improve emotional and functional well-being, while meeting the expectations of the CCBHC ACT model.
• Help patients regain the ability to make independent choices and to take a proactive role in treatment.
• Share "lived experience" and model successful behavior and strategies.
• Provide transportation in personal passenger vehicle to support patient attendance in medical appointments and other therapeutic goal-related activities to include development of community resources, employment or education access, social or patient-run activities and related supports.
• Peer Support will make sure that groups are self-contained and goal directed to assist consumers in minimizing or resolving the effects of mental and emotional impairments.
• Peer Support will make sure that group facilitation is conducted with a recovery focus and using strategies for effective facilitation.

Documentation

• Complete progress notes in accordance with COMCARE and CCBHC guidelines which meet requirements for medical necessity, goal-directed treatment and patient response to treatment within prescribed timelines.
• Complete Notes for Record, Precautions statements and authorizations for release of records as required and/or recommended.
• Enters no show and cancellations for accuracy and completeness of medical record.
• Enter AIMS data as needed.

Minimum Qualifications: High school diploma or equivalent. Must self-identify as a person in recovery from a behavioral health condition and is able to fulfill the KDADS requirements to become a Certified Peer Support Specialist. Per Sedgwick County policy, this is a driving level position that requires a valid US driver's license without restrictions and current proof of automobile insurance. Must have personal passenger vehicle for transportation of materials/individuals for essential functions. Meet the specifications as outlined in the CMHC/CCBHC licensing standards and pass KBI, DCF child abuse check, adult abuse registry, and motor vehicle screens. Must complete orientations provided by Sedgwick County and COMCARE.