Certified Peer Specialist - Part Time (25 hours)

Dickinson Center Inc; Ridgway (Elk County); On-site; USD 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Dickinson Center Inc. seeks a Certified Peer Specialist to provide recovery-oriented peer support services in home or community settings.

This role manages a caseload, builds trusting relationships through lived experience, and works with the CPSS Supervisor and Program Director to assist individuals in achieving recovery goals and accessing resources. Responsibilities include facilitating recovery groups and panel presentations, identifying barriers and recovery strategies, and helping clients

Qualifications

• Must have a high school diploma or GED.
• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Within the last 3 years, maintained at least 12 months of work/volunteer experience or 24 college credits.
• Must complete PCB CPS training and maintain CPS certification.

Responsibilities

• Manage an assigned caseload of peers for recovery-oriented peer support services.
• Establish trusting relationships with peers through shared experiences with mental illness, recovery and/or forensic history.
• Coordinate with CPSS supervision and report to the Program Director.
• Develop supportive relationships to identify strengths, barriers and recovery strategies.
• Facilitate recovery groups and participate in panel presentations to educate recovery principles.

Skills

Mental health experience

18+ years old

PCB CPS training

CPS certification

Education

High school diploma or GED

24 college credits / post-secondary education

Job description

$15.56 per hour

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SUMMARY

This position provides recovery oriented (in home or community based) services to individuals. This position is responsible for the management of an assigned caseload of clientele for recovery-oriented peer support services. The specialist will establish a trusting and respectful working relationship with peers through the sharing of life experiences with mental illness, the mental health system, drug and alcohol recovery and/or forensic history. This will be done in coordination with the Certified Peer Specialist Supervisor (CPSS) by performing the following duties as outlined in this job description. The Certified Peer Specialist (CPS) will also work under the supervision of the Program Director. This position will develop and maintain supportive relationships with persons served. These relationships are essential to establishing the individual's strengths and goals; identifying barriers, recovery strategies and alternatives to making choices about medication and treatment; and proving links to community resources. The primary responsibility of a certified peer specialist is to help individuals identify and achieve their recovery goals and meet their specific goals while assisting them in identifying and developing a natural support system. The certified peer specialist may also facilitate recovery groups at times and participates in panel presentations to assist in education of recovery principles.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be to enable Individual's with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and Experience

• Have a high school diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (GED).

Must meet all of the following:

• Be self-identified individual who have received or are receiving mental health services for a serious mental illness.
• Be 18 years of age or older.
• Within the last (3) three years, maintained at least (12) twelve months of successful full or part-time or voluntary work experience or obtained at least 24 credit hours of post-secondary education; and have related, supervised work or volunteer experience, as approved by the Pennsylvania Certification Board (PCB).
• Have completed the PCB-approved CPS training. Hold and maintain CPS verification through the PCB or attain certification through the PCB within six (6) months of hire and maintain CPS certification.

Certifications, & Other Requirements

• Completed and passed a Certified Peer Specialist certification-training program considered for this position, this agency may assist in training coordination cost.
• To obtain Pennsylvania Board Certification (PCB) immediately after taking the PCB Examination and maintain recertification requirements for the PCB.
• Be able to obtain agency-required clearances for criminal record check, child abuse, and working with children.
• CPS must have a valid driver's license; meet agency driving record standards and agency fleet insurance policy.

About Us

Dickinson Center, Inc. has provided a continuum of mental health, intellectual disability, and Children's Prevention services in Northwestern Pennsylvania since 1958. We are a progressive non-profit organization with almost 200 employees and an annual operating budget of nearly $10 million.

Dickinson Center, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable law.