Peer Support Specialist - Cedar Park, United States - RecoveryATX

Description

Job Summary:
***The Peer Support Specialist will provide Peer Recovery Support Services acting as a mentor and guide for those at any of the stages of change. The peer specialist promotes recovery by supporting a peer to remove or minimize barriers, connect to the recovery community, and engage in self-directed services. This offers a unique opportunity to build relationships of equality, trust, and confidence in which a peer specialist values everyone's beliefs and supports them in mapping out a self-directed journey.


RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support peer voice and peer choice.
• Serve as a role model who shares personal strengths and skills as well as the knowledge that recovery is possible for everyone.
• Abide by Code of Ethics and maintains peer specialist state certification.
• Model, advocate, and promote peer values within the community.
• Punctual attendance to all required meetings and appointments
• Maintain a recovery circle of twenty to twentyfive "active" participants that ensures frequency of engagement is appropriate to the level of support needed for participant goals.
• Cooperate with RecoveryATX management to continue improving services and advancement of the workforce.
• Provide an average of 4 hours of direct service daily. Direct service includes individual sessions, telephonic support, program meetings, support groups, and social activities.
• Ensure the completion of deliverables as defined by their funder's contract. This may include assessments such as the GPRA, or monthly CMBHS documentation.
• Regularly engages supervisor in review of activities, engagements, and progress of their peer circle and requests support when needed.
• Assist participants in developing and maintaining recovery action plans by supporting them in identifying personal strengths, interests, social relationships, hopes, and sources of wellbeing, as well as knowledge and skills.
• Inform and role model accessing community opportunities and resources that align with their goals and interests.
• Provide recovery support services in the areas of emotional, instrumental, informational, and affiliation support at a dosage and frequency comparable to peer needs.
• Ensure privacy and confidentiality of information is maintained.
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation of demographic information, intakes, engagements, sessions, referrals, assessments, and recovery action plans.
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Be able to communicate in a friendly and informative manner with people from a wide variety of cultural, socioeconomic, lifestyles, and ethnic backgrounds.
• Has knowledge of all pathways to recovery and is fully supportive of a participant's right to have their own selfdirected recovery pathway.
• Be strong in their belief that people can move forward in selfdirect life in recovery and can convey this perspective to others.
• Communication skills that foster healthy relationships, build rapport, promote trust, and support individuals in their personcentered recovery.
• Possess effective communication skills with participants, team members, partners, and the community.
• Ability to work in a collaborative environment as a productive team member.
• Work independently and possess strong time management skills.
• Can express themselves in both written and verbal communication
• Be able to effectively use and/or learn to use computers, mobile devices, tablets, and program related software.
• Understand and ensure the ethical practices of a Peer Support Specialist
• Knowledge and ability to competently access and navigate community resources.
• Maintain personal and professional boundaries, model selfcare, and personal recovery.

JOB SUPPORTS & TRAINING PROVIDED

• Direct supervision from a Peer Specialist Supervisor
• Training specific to the Peer Specialist role
• Weekly support and feedback sessions with a Peer Specialists Team

EXPERIENCE

Required:

• Must be a person with lived experience and currently in selfdirected recovery.
• Background check free of arrests/convictions related to assault and/or endangering the safety of others (arrests/convictions older than two years will be considered on an individual basis)
• Must have obtained or is in the process of receiving a Recovery Support Peer Specialist (RSPS),
• Mental Health Peer Specialist (MHPS), or Justice Involved Recovery Peer Specialist (JIRPS)
• State of Texas Certification (See License /Certificate information.)
• Must have reliable transportation and insurance.

Preferred

• One year of experience working with people in recovery

LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE

• Possession of, or ability to obtain, a valid Texas driver's license.
• Certified State of Texas Recovery Support Peer Specialist (RSPS) or approved by the Texas Certification Board to begin 250hour internship toward Full RSPS Certification

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Community and office environment
• Some local travel required.

Pay
- $40,000 yearly