Peer Specialist at Tri-County Human Services Sebring, FL

Tri-County Human Services; Sebring (FL); On-site; USD 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Tri-County Human Services in Sebring, Florida, is seeking a Peer Specialist to provide direct input and support for individuals in mental health and addiction recovery. The role involves engaging with community forums, assisting with service enrollment, and promoting recovery objectives.

The ideal candidate will need a high school diploma and relevant experience in mental health settings, along with certification as a Peer Specialist. Join us in helping individuals navigate their recovery journeys and contribute to community well-being.

Qualifications

• At least one year of full-time experience in a mental health or addictions treatment setting.
• Completion of mandatory training required by Tri-County.
• Pass core competency job requirements for the position.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct feedback regarding community services.
• Assist individuals with enrollment for behavioral health services.
• Engage individuals to promote hope for recovery.

Skills

Knowledge of addictions treatment

Understanding of mental health treatment programs

Communication skills

Empathy and support skills

Education

High school diploma or G.E.D.

Certified Peer Specialist certification

Job description

Position Description

Peer Specialist will provide direct input, from a consumer’s perspective, regarding the transformation of community services. Serves as a sounding board for individuals’ issues and concerns. The Peer Specialist will be a role model competency in recovery and ongoing coping skills. Will provide individualized case management services (linkages to medical, community and specialty services) as needed by the person served.

Position Expectation

In keeping with the mission and core values of Tri-County Human Services, all persons served, stakeholders, and fellow employees will be treated with dignity, respect and shown sensitivity to their cultural diversity.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

1. Attends and participates in community forums dealing with substance abuse and mental health issues and concerns.
2. Speaks to individuals regarding services received and provides feedback to both the department and providers.
3. Assists providers in developing recovery objectives that meet individual progress towards their goals.
4. Will discuss with individual's areas within the provider's service delivery that need to be targeted for improvement.
5. Engages individuals to talk about their experiences to promote understanding of life experiences and their effects on functioning and to promote hope for recovery.
6. Can develop rapport with persons involved in the criminal justice system, who have alcohol, addiction, mental health issues or who have other behavioral/emotional difficulties.
7. Assists with enrollment for services provided by community behavioral health providers.
8. Assists provider staff in identifying program environments that are conducive to recovery; lends their unique insight into mental illness and what makes recovery possible.
9. Assists in peer group support utilizing the Illness Management and Recovery model to facilitate problem solving, communication skills development and personal growth.
10. Provides services with areas of competency, i.e. life experience, training, certification, education or other background in the service area. Seeks direction from clinicians when needs fall outside areas of competency.
11. Assists in completing and maintaining a personal recovery plan which includes identified person‑centered strengths, needs, abilities, and goals, interventions to assist the person served in reaching these goals and progress made toward these goals.
12. Attends treatment team meetings as requested to promote and support consumer's insight to recovery as directed.
13. Performs other reasonable and related duties as assigned.

Minimum Training and Experience

• Requires a high school diploma or G.E.D. and at least one (1) year of full‑time experience in a mental health or addictions treatment setting.
• Required satisfaction of passing eighty (80%) percent of the core competency job requirements that are required for the position.
• Incumbent will have completed all mandatory training required by Tri‑County and obtained certification as a Certified Peer Specialist by the Florida Certification Board within one (1) year of initiating this position.
• Requires knowledge of addictions treatment and/or mental health treatment programs and supportive services.
• Requires general understanding of the causes, nature, and treatment of substance abuse and/or mental health problems.

Tri‑County Human Services, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. M/F