Certified Peer Specialist Full Time

There is a place for you at Highland Rivers Behavioral Health!Highland Rivers provides treatment and recovery services to individuals impacted by mental illness; substance use disorders and intellectual developmental disabilities.JOB SUMMARY: The CPS are geared toward promoting self-empowerment of the youth, enhancing community living skills, and developing/enhancing natural supports. The team member focuses on building respectful partnerships with families, identifying the needs of the youth and helping the youth recognize self-efficacy while strengthening good communication within the families and good partnerships with communities and system stakeholders in achieving the desired outcomes. This service provides the training and support necessary to promote engagement and active participation of the youth in the supports/treatment/recovery planning process for the youth and assistance with the ongoing implementation and reinforcement of skills learned throughout the treatment/support process. The position involves engaging individuals, providing linkage to community resources, assisting with discharge planning and providing direct services and may include sharing one’s own personal journey to encourage and inspire others as they continue on their own recovery journey.

Are you ready to make a Difference?Seeking a Certified Peer Specialist to work in Cobb County with The Bright Changes Clubhouse and the Teams Clubhouse.DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Engage and assist youth/young adults in identifying strengths which aid and barriers that impede the recovery process.
• Facilitates peer support group sessions with youth/young adults in a clinic setting, community and/or home based setting
• Assists youth/young adults in gaining skills to promote the recovery process (self-advocacy, developing natural supports, etc.)
• Provide ongoing emotional support, modeling and mentoring during various phases of the service/support planning process.
• Help youth/young adults better understand choices offered by service providers.
• Assist youth/young adults with the acquisition of the skills and knowledge necessary to sustain an awareness of their needs as well as his/her strengths.
• Support, model, and coach youth/young adults to help with their level of engagement in all health-related processes.
• Cultivate the youth/young adult’s ability to make informed, independent choices which will include others who have been through similar experiences.
• Assist the youth/young adult in understanding the various system processes and how these relate to the recovery process and their valued role.
• Assist the youth/young adult in understanding what a behavioral health diagnosis means and what a journey to recover may look like.
• Assist the youth/young adult in understanding the role of prescribed services and medication in diminishing/managing the symptoms of the condition while increasing resilience and functioning in living with the condition.
• Identify the importance of self-care, addressing the need to maintain family whole health and wellness in order to ultimately support the youth.
• Document client progress and interventions in the electronic health record system within established time frame for quality of care and billing purposes.
• May assist with coordination of the services and activities of additional support programs and community integration activities as well as child & adolescent services treatment programs.
• Assist in providing additional coverage during increased census/acuity and emergencies.
• Maintains confidentiality for all indirect/direct service in accordance with agency policies and HIPPA policies.
• Other responsibilities and tasks as may be assigned.

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