Peer Specialist Veteran Navigator

Fcc Behavioral Health; Poplar Bluff (MO); On-site; USD 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

FCC Behavioral Health in Poplar Bluff, MO seeks a Certified Peer Specialist to support veterans in their recovery from behavioral health disorders. You will share lived experience, model resilience, and help veterans build connections to peers and community.

You will provide recovery tools, encourage self-determination, and follow ethics and evidence-based practices. You will work under supervision of a qualified mental health professional and help veterans develop recovery goals.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent is required.
• Applicable training and testing as required by the Department of Mental Health; supervised by a qualified mental health professional.
• Veteran status required: applicants must be military veterans as required by the grant funding.

Responsibilities

• Assist veterans in their recovery.
• Support, encourage, and model recovery and resilience from behavioral health disorders in ways that meet each individual’s needs.
• Provide interventions such as sharing lived experiences of recovery and supporting the use of recovery tools.
• Help veterans recognize their capacity for resilience.
• Help veterans connect with other peers and their broader community.
• Help veterans develop a network for information and support.
• Assist veterans in making independent choices and taking an active role in treatment.
• Help veterans identify their strengths and goals.
• Teach and model symptom management and problem-solving skills.
• Follow the Certified Peer Specialist Code of Ethics.
• Adherence to all applicable evidence-based practice models.
• Orally communicate information effectively and accurately.

Skills

Peer support

Recovery coaching

Veteran outreach

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

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SSG Fox SPGP Full Time UBHCC Crisis Center/PB BHC/Psychiatry/SUD Clinic, Poplar Bluff, MO, US

Job Purpose

The purpose of peer support services is to assist veterans in their recovery from behavioral health disorders. Certified Peer Specialists are trained to assist their peers in the process of recovery, to help build resilience, and provide hope that recovery is possible.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Applicable training and testing as required by the Department of Mental Health; be supervised by a qualified mental health professional as defined in the Code of State Regulations.
• Veteran status required: Applicants for the Peer Specialist Veteran Navigator position must be military veterans, as required by the grant funding.

Core Job Duties

• Assist veterans in their recovery.
• Support, encourage, and model recovery and resilience from behavioral health disorders in ways that meet each individual’s needs.
• Provide interventions such as sharing lived experiences of recovery and supporting the use of recovery tools.
• Help veterans recognize their capacity for resilience.
• Help veterans connect with other peers and their broader community.
• Help veterans develop a network for information and support.
• Assist veterans in making independent choices and taking an active role in treatment.
• Help veterans identify their strengths and goals.
• Teach and model symptom management and problem-solving skills.
• Use the stages of recovery to promote self-determination.
• Follow the Certified Peer Specialist Code of Ethics.
• Adherence to all applicable evidence-based practice models.
• Orally communicate information effectively and accurately.
• Assure program operates within the constraints of the agency’s certification (CARF, DMH) standards and strategic plan related to clinical care.
• Abide by program and agency policies and procedures.
• Other job duties and special projects as assigned.