Recovery Advocate: Certified Peer Support Specialist

Wisconsin-Community-Services,-Inc

Waukesha (WI)

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USD 42.000 - 62.000

Tempo pieno

14 giorni+

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Descrizione del lavoro

Wisconsin Community Services, Inc. in Waukesha seeks a Certified Peer Support Specialist embedded with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to provide peer support services and documentation via Avatar and county systems.

You will work with peers on their recovery plans, share lived experience, and help navigate mental health and substance use systems. A Wisconsin peer certification is required, with some travel and flexible coordination with the DHHS team.

Competenze

Must have a high-school diploma.
Must have a valid driver’s license, automobile, and insurance sufficient to meet agency requirements.
Must pass a driving record background check to be eligible to drive in the community during work hours.
Meet all the employee requirements including references, criminal background check (both WCS and DHHS), drug test, and driver’s license check.
Must be certified with the State of Wisconsin for Peer Support.
One to two years of experience as a peer support is preferred.
Must have lived experience with substance use or mental health disorders and extensive understanding of the core competencies of Peer Support.
Comprehensive understanding of substance use and mental health disorders, and knowledge of resources in the community that are available to the people served in the Peer Support Program (such as housing, employment, treatment, support with food insecurities, parenting resources, and more).
General knowledge of psychoeducation services (providing education and resources, skills training, problem solving, social and emotional support for mental health or substance use issues), and education around medication compliance, addiction as a disease, cross addiction, and abstinence from all non-prescribed medication or mood alternating substances in recovery.
General knowledge of supporting individuals in crisis.

Mansioni

Maintain a flexible schedule to meet the needs of the individuals served, including being available by cell phone on nights and weekends.
Provide individual peer support services for people involved in DHHS clinical outpatient services, in accordance with the peer’s individualized treatment and recovery plan, lending their unique insight into substance use and mental health issues and what makes recovery possible.
Acting as a role model and demonstrating techniques in recovery and coping skills, including but not limited to assisting them with effective recovery-based services, finding self-help groups, problem solving techniques, building social skills, combatting negative self-talk.
Link individuals to a variety of self-determined supports and services/resources within the Waukesha community, and how to use natural/ family supports in the recovery process.
Attend DHHS treatment team and clinical supervision meetings as required to promote peers on their caseload using self-directed recovery tools.
Support individuals to become the expert of their own lived experience and develop a voice and choice around service participation to be empowered in their recovery.
Responsible for maintainingup-to-date accurate documentation of all direct contacts in Avatar (county database) and county spreadsheets with training by the DHHS Clinical Supervisor, including the peer’s name, date of service, service code, direct service minutes, if face-to-face, document time in minutes, location of service, travel time and miles, narrative of service summarizing staff intervention and response of the peer, signature with date of Certified Peer Support Specialist documented notes, and staff signature requires credentials.
Responsible for any documentation required by the WCS Program Manager.
Required to turn in program spreadsheets in an accurate and timely fashion. Avatar and Activity Reports must match.
Complete all agency training as required within the agency timelines.
Attend and participate in monthly in-person WCS team meetings as required.
Attend dedicated supervision meetings with the DHHS clinical team, and other meetings required by DHHS.
Assist Program Manager with planning and participating in community building and recovery activities and events.
Attend in-service training and conferences as required by WCS or DHHS.
Interaction with outside agencies, as requested.
This position requires some limited driving for work-related duties and community outreach.
Other duties as assigned by the Program Manager or leadership of the DHHS clinical team.