Peer Support Specialist - Supportive Housing Team - Part Time

Wyandot, Inc.; Kansas City (KS); Vor Ort; USD 22.000 - 30.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Wyandot, Inc. is seeking a dedicated Peer Support Specialist to join our Supportive Housing Team. The role focuses on individuals with mental health challenges, using lived experience to inspire hope and promote recovery.

You will provide direct community-based support, develop skills, and connect clients with resources. Based at a central office with travel to regional locations, you will document progress, collaborate with families and agencies, and support empowerment and wellness for clients

Qualifikationen

• Education: High School diploma or GED.
• Complete Certified Peer Support Training and the Peer Support Certification exam within 6 months of employment
• Experience: Have a minimum of one year in recovery with sobriety and free of psychiatric hospital admissions for two years
• The provider must self-identify as a former primary consumer of behavioral healthcare services and lived experience with addiction recovery.

Aufgaben

• Engage individuals with a dual diagnosis in recovery plans and build hopeful relationships.
• Coach individuals in positive skill-building techniques for life management.
• Recognize and demonstrate sensitivity to cultural and ethnic differences.
• Help others succeed by displaying strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with individuals with mental illness and addiction.
• Effectively manage conflict and promote growth in clients.
• Model coping techniques and self-help strategies.
• Respect each individual's recovery experience.
• Assist clients in initiating and maintaining relationships with external resources.
• Complete documentation and reporting on time.
• Interact positively with team members and participate in supervision and meetings.
• Travel regularly to regional locations to provide direct care and support.

Kenntnisse

Recovery & wellness philosophy

Relationship building

Interpersonal communication

Cultural sensitivity

Ausbildung

High School diploma or GED

Certified Peer Support Training

Peer Support Certification exam within 6 months

Tools

Documentation & reporting

Jobbeschreibung

Description

Description

Wyandot BHN is seeking a dedicated Peer Support Specialist to join our Supportive Housing Team . Peer Support Specialist must have "lived experience" with their own mental health challenges in the past. The Peer Support Specialist provides individual support to consumers within the community that may be experiencing mental health care challenges. They help clients and their families to identify skills, life goals, and resources that they can use to enhance their own wellness and achieve their life goals. The Peer Support Specialist uses a strength-based approach to inspire hope and to develop mutuality in peer-to-peer relationships.

Essential Job Duties:

• Engage individuals with a dual diagnosis of mental illness and substance abuse in specific recovery plans and interventions related to mental health symptoms and substance abuse and develop positive, hopeful, and trusting relationships.
• Train and coach individuals in positive skill-building techniques for improved life management (e.g., problem solving, identifying and overcoming fears and negative self-talk).
• Recognize and demonstrate sensitivity to cultural and ethnic differences.
• Help others succeed by demonstrating exceptional interpersonal skills, the ability to work effectively with persons with severe and persistent mental illness and addiction and the ability to react constructively in a wide variety of situations.
• Effectively manage conflict, promote change and growth, and inspire the development of all clients served.
• Model effective coping techniques and self-help strategies.
• Value and respect every individual's recovery experience.
• Assist clients in initiating and maintaining relationships with other agencies, self-help groups and external resources.
• Complete all documentation and reporting requirements thoroughly and on time.
• Interact positively and in cooperation with other members of the organization and team, including active participation in supervision activities, team meetings, continuing education, etc.
• Regularly travel and transport clients and/or families in and around the region, and provide direct care and support as needed.

Requirements

Requirements

Qualifications:

Education: High School diploma or GED equivalent. Current or recent studies in behavioral healthcare a plus. Complete Certified Peer Support Training and the Peer Support Certification exam within 6 months of employment

Experience: Have a minimum of one year in recovery as evidenced by one year of sobriety and free of psychiatric hospital admissions for two years. The provider must self-identify as a former primary consumer of behavioral healthcare services and lived experience with addiction recovery.

Skills & Abilities:

• Demonstrated working knowledge of recovery and wellness philosophy and behavioral healthcare and substance abuse field.
• Ability to establish relationships with individuals and organizations of influence within the social services community, including civic groups, charitable agencies, related government entities, fundraising sources, etc.

Work Conditions and Considerations:

Based at a central office, travel is required to other locations, businesses, and community sites to meet organizational needs. Workday regularly includes multiple and/or conflicting demands.