Peer Recovery Specialist - Family Connections, Inc.

POSITION TITLE: Peer Recovery Specialist

REPORTS TO: Coordinator of Veterans and Peer Services, Integrated Behavioral Health Services (IBHS)

BROAD FUNCTION: Engage and Support Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Clients in Various Stages of Substance Use and or Mental Health Treatment Services

I. CORE VALUES:
1. Demonstrates cultural competence through an awareness of and sensitivity towards Agency’s clients’ and coworkers’ cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.
2. Committed to the value of a nurturing family as the ideal environment for a child and believes in the capacity of people to grow and change.
3. Works from a strengths-based perspective.
4. Recognizes that consumers come first and responds to consumers appropriately.
5. Knows and adheres to all FC Policies and Procedures.
II. PROFESSIONALISM:
1. Values and participates in the Team as a proactive member.
2. Respects others’ professional opinions and tolerates a range of feelings.
3. Able to give and receive constructive criticism.

III. SUPERVISION:
1. Attends supervision consistently and comes prepared.
2. Able to receive feedback and to learn from it.
3. Has insight about self (i.e. strengths and weaknesses) and utilizes that knowledge toward growth and change.

IV. POSITION SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Works collaboratively with and provides input as part of multi-disciplinary IBHS Team, to support CCBHC clients.
2. Identify, engage, motivate and support clients within various levels of recovery.
3. Supports individuals in the CCBHC program with mental health, substance use and related matters.
4. Provides case management support to CCBHC clients in recovery.
5. Serve as a role model for individuals and their families by discussion of experiential knowledge and recovery skills.
6. Coach individuals and their families about recovery regarding variations in coping styles, motivations, strengths and the resources of the individual.
7. Possess knowledge of community resources and public assistance programs and ability to assess/refer/link to those services.
8. Identify, navigate and enhance motivation for engagement in various self-help and community recovery organizations.
9. Provides appropriate follow-up to best support the individual or family’s needs and ensure linkage to appropriate recovery services.
10. Advocates on behalf of and with clients and family regarding expressed interest and preferences.
11. Collaborates with community services and provides referrals for additional services.
12. identifies risk reduction strategies and support each in positive steps forward.
13. Support clients in making self -determined and self-directed choices about their recovery pathway.
14. Maintains required documentation of services provided and coordinated including documentation in client Electronic Health Record (EHR).
15. Attend all meetings, trainings, and workshops as required by program.
16. Perform other duties as needed/required.

SPECIFICATIONS:
• Education:
Required: HS Diploma/GED Equivalent
Preferred: Certified Recovery Support Professional (CRSP)

NOTE: If candidate is not CRSP, actively working toward CRSP will be condition of employment.
• Experience: Minimum of one year as a Peer support professional. Personal experience with the Mental Health and/or Substance Use treatment.
• Knowledge: Knowledge of community resources, social service, and mental health systems.
• Skills and Abilities: Ability to assess client’s needs; aid in obtaining concrete services and the ability to complete all paperwork in a timely manner. Good written and oral communication skills. Ability to create a warm, caring, non-threatening therapeutic atmosphere. The willingness to work with individuals from diverse backgrounds. An understanding of professional ethics and issues of confidentiality. The ability to work on a multi-disciplinary team.
• Work Environment/Physical Demands: The individual must possess the ability to perform work that requires frequent standing, bending, reaching, squatting, kneeling, moving, and lifting of up to or in excess of 50 pounds.
*The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job or that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Family Connections is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer committed to excellence. Employment offers are made on the basis of qualifications and without regard to race, sex, religion, national or ethnic origin, disability, age veteran status, or sexual orientation or other protected classes under the State and Federal law.