Peer Support Specialist/Couselor ACT

Tower Behavioral Health; Reading (Berks County); Presencial; USD 25 000 - 36 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Acadia Healthcare seeks a Peer Specialist to provide group and individual counseling using personal recovery experiences to motivate clients in a behavioral health setting. You will facilitate recovery education, support goal planning, and advocate for patients and families.

Responsibilities include leading groups, mentoring clients, documenting interventions within 24 hours, and collaborating with treatment teams in a way that prioritizes patient safety and quality care.

Qualificações

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Three or more years in a behavioral health setting.
• Two or more years in an acute inpatient behavioral health setting preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Provide a wide range of activities to assist patients in exercising control over their own lives and their recovery.
• Provide peer mentoring or coaching to meet the needs of the person/family and support recovery goals.
• Provide recovery resources and facilitate recovery education and support groups.
• Advocate with and for the person and their family.
• Complete documentation of interventions within 24 hours of service and assessments in a timely manner.
• Participate in weekly meetings and supervision to enhance communication and efficacy of treatment.

Conhecimentos

Peer mentoring

Documentation

Group facilitation

Advocacy

Formação académica

High school diploma

Ferramentas

CPR certification

De-escalation training

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Overview

PURPOSE STATEMENT:Provide group and individual counseling sessions using personal experiences in mental health & substance userecovery as inspiration and motivation. while also allowing for expression of persons’ experiences in recovery.

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provide a wide range of activities to assist patients in exercising control over their own lives and theirrecovery or resilience-building process.
• Provide peer mentoring or coaching, including personalized and tailored services and supports to meetthe preferences and unique needs of the person/family and support recovery goals/planning throughassisting and supporting goal setting and use of decision-making strategies.
• Provide recovery resources
• Facilitate and lead recovery, educational and support groups. Educational activities include, asapplicable, self-advocacy, wellness, life skills, goal setting, parenting skills and decision-making skills.
• Advocate with and for the person and their family.
• Complete documentation of group and/or individual interventions in an accurate manner and filewithin 24 hours of service.
• Complete documentation of assessments in a timely and accurate manner.
• Participate in weekly meetings and supervisions to enhance communication and efficacy of treatment.
• Actively contributes to PI/QI efforts participating in problem-solving, root cause analysis and/orassisting in collection of data.
• Demonstrate a positive, empathetic and professional attitude towards customers always. Whenpatient needs are not met, acknowledge and work to resolve complaints. Recognize that patient safetyis a top priority.

OTHER FUNCTIONS:

• Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Three or more years' experience working in a behavioral health setting is required.
• Two or more years’ experience in an acute inpatient behavioral health setting preferred.
• Training on personal advocacy, engagement, recovery and resiliency principles, communitysupports/resources, effective use of sharing life experiences and parenting skills, as applicable.

LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:

• Certification as a Peer Specialist
• CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered byfacility).
• First aid may be required based on state or facility.

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