Recovery-Focused Peer Specialist, ADT Team

Community Partners NH; Dover (NH); Vor Ort; USD 23.000 - 34.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Community Partners NH in Dover, NH seeks a Peer Specialist to join the ADT Team. You will draw on lived experience with mental illness to support adults with severe mental health challenges, promoting recovery and resiliency in behavioral health settings, including occasional early evenings and weekend coverage to assist clients in crisis.

Responsibilities include building recovery-focused relationships, helping clients craft WRAP wellness plans, connecting to community resources, documenting in

Qualifikationen

• High School diploma or GED.
• Lived experience of mental illness & recovery and/or has worked in a Peer Support Center.
• Intentional Peer Support Training and WRAP Training is preferred but not required.
• Capable of working independently as well as a member of a team.
• Maintain Intentional Peer Support certification as applicable.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Ability to utilize technology provided to perform requirements of the job.
• Valid driver’s license, proof of adequate automobile liability insurance and reliable transportation required.

Aufgaben

• Enters into supportive, non-authoritative relationships with peers with a goal of encouraging recovery
• Works with adult peers, age 18 and up, who have severe and/or persistent mental health challenges
• Assists peers in the development of a Wellness Action Plan (WRAP) so that they can create their own individualized wellness goals and recovery plan and contribute meaningfully to the treatment planning process
• Assists peers in accessing community resources, advocates on behalf of peers and educates mental health professionals regarding the perspective of persons with lived experience
• Facilitates open dialogue with peers to encourage direct, honest, and respectful communication
• Completes all documentation in a timely manner with the Electronic Health Record
• Participates in Co-Reflection Trainings with peer agencies
• Attends peer support training (Wellness Recovery Action Plans, Intentional Peer Support, and Whole Health Action Management) that is authorized by the NH Bureau of Behavioral Health
• Attends meetings, trainings and events as assigned
• Performs tasks, projects and other duties as assigned

Kenntnisse

Lived experience

Independent worker

Communication skills

Technology literacy

Driver's license

Reliable transportation

Ausbildung

High School diploma or GED

Jobbeschreibung

Community Partners NH in Dover, NH seeks a Peer Specialist to join the ADT Team. You will draw on lived experience with mental illness to support adults with severe mental health challenges, promoting recovery and resiliency in behavioral health settings, including occasional early evenings and weekend coverage to assist clients in crisis.

Responsibilities include building recovery-focused relationships, helping clients craft WRAP wellness plans, connecting to community resources, documenting in