The Peer Support Specialist works within an interdisciplinary team intended to provide intensive, frequent, wrap-around services to individuals who have a diagnosis of serious and persistent mental illness. The Peer Support is assigned to persons served individualized treatment teams and work along-side other specialists in carrying out peer support interventions. As part of the person(s) served individualized treatment team, the Peer Support is responsible for conducting assessments that monitor the person(s) served's goals and functioning on an ongoing basis. The Peer Support typically sees approximately 16 to 20 persons served within 1 working week and is expected to communicate interactions with the person served at daily team meetings and documenting these interventions in the electronic health record.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
License which may be required based on education and standards determined by educational/degree guidelines. All Peer Recovery Specialists are supported in gaining certification as a Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner and Certified Peer Specialist. The agency encourages staff to seek license at the highest standard permitted by their education and experience. Individuals who are pursuing certification may also be considered on a case-by-case basis.
About Our Line Of Business:
SpringPath Mental Health Services, an affiliate of BrightSpring Health Services, assists individuals with emotional, behavioral, and psychiatric disorders which result in functional impairments in traditional day-to-day life activities. Our services focus on developing social skills, developing coping skills, being an active participant in the local community, offering community choice, and psychoeducation. We help individuals develop skills and access resources needed to live more positive, active and social lives.
Salary Range: USD $22.12 / Year
Res-Care, Inc., dba BrightSpring Health Services (ResCare), is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ResCare does not discriminate against any person on the basis of gender, race, color, national origin, religion, disability, age, veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation in admission, treatment, or participation in its programs, services and activities, or in employment, or on the basis of gender in its health programs and activities.