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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. This position functions 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.
Will work 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 the ability to:
- Provide quality services without judgment or personal agenda.
- Model recovery and set appropriate boundaries.
- Identify a peer's unique strengths and pathway to recovery.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
- Educate and role model the value of every individual's recovery experience.
- Articulate 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.
- Assist the 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.
Knowledge of or experience in the field of mental health and recovery support services.
Minimum Qualifications / Experience:
⢠GED
⢠Free of major criminal offenses.
⢠A valid Arizona driver's license is required.
⢠If in recovery, must stable for over one year.
⢠TB free
⢠CPR/1st Aid a plus.
⢠Current Peer Support Specialist Certification a plus.
