Certified Peer Support Team Lead

00 RHA Health Services, LLC; North Carolina; On-site; USD 47,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PayActiv access to earned wages

Employee perks and discounts

Paid Time Off (full-time)

Health/Insurance (full-time)

401(k) retirement

Job summary

00 RHA Health Services, LLC seeks a Certified Peer Support Team Lead to supervise a team of certified peer supports and coordinate services for individuals with mental health and substance use challenges. Location is Caldwell County, NC with some travel to surrounding counties.

Salary is $47,000–$52,000 yearly, with a typical Mon–Fri schedule and occasional evenings or weekends. Responsibilities include managing caseloads, developing person-centered plans, authorizations, and leading peer

Qualifications

• Certification as a Peer Support Specialist in NC is required.
• Qualified Professional (QP) as defined by the service definition is required.
• Education and experience requirements per above must be met.
• Valid driver's license and auto insurance are required.
• Supervisory experience is preferred.
• Experience with EMR is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with multidisciplinary team to ensure quality care.
• Carries individual caseload and provides direct peer support services; leads peer support groups.
• Develops person-centered plans and updates them quarterly to track progress.
• Completes Service Authorization Requests and ensures current authorizations.
• Minimizes negative effects of psychiatric symptoms or substance dependence.
• Documents services daily including notes, plans, and authorizations.
• Supervises CPSS team members and provides training and scheduling support.
• Interviews, hires, and trains employees and addresses performance.

Skills

Supervisory experience

EMR familiarity

Communication skills

Education

Master's degree in a human service field

Bachelor's degree in a human service field with MH/DD/SA experience

Bachelor's degree in a non-human-service field with MH/DD/SA experience

Qualified Professional (QP) requirements per service definition

Job description

We are hiring for:

Certified Peer Support Team Lead Type: Regular

If you are a positive and personable individual looking for a satisfying and fun opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of people with intellectual, developmental disabilities, and people facing mental health, and substance use challenges, join our team at RHA Health Services!

Certified Peer Support Team lead- Supervises team of certified peer supports. Serves as the primary contact and coordinator of services supporting individuals with substance use and mental health needs in residential, school, workplace and community settings. Coordinates and monitors the array of services and supports identified in each person's Person Centered Plan. Supervises and directs the work of others to provide quality services.

Location: Caldwell County, some travel to surrounding counties may be required

Pay: $47,000-$52,000 depending on experience

Schedule: traditionally M-F with flexibility, some evening and/or weekends; no on call expectation

Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with multidisciplinary team to ensure quality care.
• Carries individual caseload and is responsible for providing direct peer support services to those individuals; lead/co-lead peer support groups
• Responsible for development of person-centered plans and quarterly updates of plans to document progress or lack of progress on treatment goals.
• Completes Service Authorization Requests as needed and ensures that current service authorization is in place prior to the provision of any service
• Minimizes the negative effects of psychiatric symptoms or substance dependence that interfere with the recipient's daily living and personal development.
• Completes documentation of services including a daily service notes, person centered plans, WRAP plans, authorizations and any other required documentation
• Provides direct supervision to CPSS team members to include support, problem solving, scheduling, maintaining boundaries, accessing community resources, reviewing and approving progress notes.
• Provides employees with individual-specific training and training in the knowledge, skills, and abilities required by the population and age to be served.
• Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and applying corrective action to employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Requirements:

• Required to hold Certification as a Peer Support Specialist in NC AND
• Required to be a Qualified Professional as defined by the service definition requirements . Qualified Professional is defined as an individual who is: (a) an individual who holds a license, provisional license, certificate, registration or permit issued by the governing board regulating a human service profession, except a registered nurse who is licensed to practice in the State of North Carolina by the North Carolina Board of Nursing who also has four years of full-time accumulated experience in MH/DD/SA with the population served; the QP function may be completed by a Certified Clinical Addiction Specialist (CCAS) or Certified Clinical Supervisor (CCS);
• (b) a graduate of a college or university with a Master's degree in a human service field and has one year of full-time post-graduate degree accumulated MH/DD/SA experience with the population served;
• (c) a graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree in a human service field with two years of full-time, post-bachelor's degree accumulated MH/DD/SA experience with the population served; or
• (d) A graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree in a field other than human services with four years of full-time, post-bachelor's degree accumulated MH/DD/SA experience with the population served. Must meet the education, experience, licensure/certification requirements specified by the service definition of the service being provided
• General working knowledge of the human services delivery system in North Carolina
• Valid driver's license, auto insurance,
• Employee supervisory experience preferred
• Experience with Electronic Medical Records (EMR) preferred

Pre-employment screening:

• Complete criminal background
• Name checked in the registries. (OIG exclusions database, Child Abuse Registry, and Offenders Against Individuals with Developmental Disabilities)
• Drug testing
• Education verification and other credentialing based on position requirements.
• Proof of employment history or references (if required)
• Positions that require driving Proof of driver's license, driver's insurance, and vehicle, IF required for providing transportation for individuals.

We offer the following benefits to employees:

• Payactiv: early access to the money you've earned from hours you've already worked, before payday!
• Employee perks and discount program : to help you save money!
• Paid Time Off (full-time employees only)
• Health/Insurance (full-time employees only)
• 401(k) retirement savings