Peer Support Specialist, will train (Kingman, AZ)

Peer Support Specialist, will train (Kingman, AZ)

21 Nov 2024
Arizona, Mohave county 00000 Mohave county USA

Peer Support Specialist, will train (Kingman, AZ)

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Provide recovery support services in various settings to peers within the community to support, educate and provide services to advance recovery and wellness.

Position overview statement:

Peer Support Specialist (PSS) will function as a role model to peers; exhibiting competency in personal recovery and use of coping skills; serve as a peer advocate, supporter, providing peers information and peer support for people in outpatient and inpatient settings. PSS performs a wide range of tasks to assist peers of all ages, from young adult to old age, in regaining independence within the community and mastery over their own recovery process. PSS will understand how the services provided impact recovery and assist a peer to advance in recovery and self-manage their recovery. PSS will be able to document the value of the services provided to provide evidence of outcomes in recovery.

Work will be performed in a wide range of settings, including a medical center; in peer's or family homes; in community-based outpatient settings, community agencies; or in transport vehicles (public or government), in psychiatric hospitals, in community settings like stores, food banks, etc., as well as a wellness center. Work areas are often noisy, irregular and unpredictable and can be stressful at times. A PSS may demonstrate varying levels of recovery and symptoms.

Success in the role is measured on:

• Ability to:

o Provide quality services without judgment or personal agenda.

o Model recovery and set appropriate boundaries.

o Identify a peer's unique strengths and pathway to recovery.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Assist:

o In teaching and role modeling the value of every individual's recovery experience.

o Peers in articulating personal goals for recovery through the use of one-to-one and group sessions and during these sessions support peers in identifying and creating goals and developing wellness plans with the skills, strengths, supports and resources to aid them in achieving those goals.

o Peers in setting up and sustaining self-help (mutual support) groups, as well as means of locating and joining existing groups in wellness center, the community and clinics.

o Peers in working with their case manager or treatment team in determining the steps he/she needs to take in order to achieve these goals and self-directed recovery

o Peers in building social skills among peers to build a support network, in the community to increase a support system and build citizenship and skills that will enhance job acquisition and tenure.

o Peers in developing empowerment skills and combating stigma through self-advocacy. This will be accomplished through regular meetings, individual or group sessions. Through the use of role playing/modeling techniques the PSS provides opportunities for others to show/demonstrate how they have handled similar problems, how to present themselves in certain situations, or how to handle problems that may arise in interactions with others.

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