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Job Title:
Certified Peer Specialist
(Individual
and/or group sessions)
Responsible To: Director of Mental Health Services
Program:
PEER SERVICES
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Effective: Immediately
Status: Full or Part-Time
Department/Division: Adult Mental
Health
Services
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Securing Resources for
Consumers, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia is currently seeking Certified Peer
Specialists (CPS) to provide Individual and/or Group Peer Support Counseling
Services. The CPS staff will provide individual sessions with various
consumers at their homes, in the community and at the SRFC, Inc. office
location. The CPS will also provide Peer Support Group ONLY, Peer Support
Individual ONLY, or a combination of the two. Peer Support Group sessions will
be provided at the SRFC, Inc. program facility. The CPS will model
competency in recovery and wellness for both group and individual Peer Support
Sessions.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Assist
clients in articulating personal goals for recovery through the use of
one-to-one sessions and/or Peer Support Group Sessions.
During these sessions the CPS will support clients in identifying and creating goals
and developing recovery plans with the skills, strengths, supports and resources to aid them in
achieving those goals
2. Assist
clients in determining the steps the CPS he/she needs to take in order to
achieve these goals and self-directed recovery.
3. Utilize
tools such as the Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) to assist consumers in
creating their own individual wellness and recovery plans.
4. Independently
or with periodic assistance of higher graded treatment team members, utilize
and teach problem solving techniques with individuals.
5. Use
ongoing individual sessions to teach clients how to identify and combat
negative self-talk and how to identify and overcome fears by providing a forum
which allows the consumer and CPS to share their experiences.
6. Support
clients’ vocational choices and assist them in getting their lives back.
7. With
assistance from the Program Coordinator/Team Leader, the Peer Specialist will
work with the consumers and other treatment team staff to develop a
treatment/recovery plan based on each consumer’s identified goals.
8. Complete
Progress Notes using the GIRP format for documentation.
REQUIRED
COMPETENCIES
· Knowledge of the Recovery process and the ability to facilitate
recovery using established
standardized mental health processes.
· Knowledge and skills sufficient to use community resources
necessary for independent
living, and ability to teach those skills
to other individuals with severe mental illness.
· The CPS will accompany clients to community resources to assist
them in accessing these
resources.
· Knowledge of how to establish and sustain self-help (mutual
support) and educational group
by soliciting input from the mental
health consumers on their strengths and interests.
QUALIFICATIONS
· Employee must hold and maintain Georgia Certified Peer Support
Specialist Credential.
· Employee must have a primary diagnosis of mental illness of mental
illness and a strong
desire to identify themselves as a person
with mental illness.
· Employee must hold a GED or High School Diploma.
· Employee must demonstrate strong reading comprehension and written
communication
skills
· Must be able to pass background check.
FULL TIME BENEFITS
INCLUDE:
Life Insurance
Company Holidays
Paid Personal Time Off
401k Plan
COMPENSATION
RANGE: $15.00
Interested applicants may apply by submitting their resume and
cover letter to: helen.emanuel@srfcinc.com or fax application to (919)405-2740
