Certified Peer Specialist - Macon, United States - River Edge Behavioral Health

Description

Certified Peer Specialist - The Recovery Center

About River Edge Behavioral Health:
Serving more than 10,000 Georgians, River Edge continues to be one of the state's leading resources for mental health, substance use disorder treatments, and supports as well as individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The full continuum of River Edge Behavioral Health services provides state-of-the-art treatment and support services for more than 13,000 children, youth, families, and adults annually, who experience mental illness, addiction, co-occurring disorders, or developmental disabilities.

The River Edge Recovery Center is a residential alternative to or diversion from inpatient hospitalization. We offer 24-hour walk-in outpatient services, a 23-hour observation unit, crisis residential psychiatric stabilization, and medically monitored detoxification services.

River Edge is in search of a full-time Certified Peer Specialist to provide services in our Adult and Child & Adolescent Units.
Schedule - Monday to Friday - 7 am to 3 pm and every other weekend.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides a broad range of paraprofessional social services to patients/clients/consumers and their families, participates in treatment team planning, and performs crisis intervention.
• Assists in dealing with the personal and social problems of clients.
• May provide supportive counseling to consumers and families and/or serve as a liaison for social services.
• Prepares lesson plans for group topics, maintains medical records, and documents daily group notes.
• Performs case management duties, and group skills training and refers clients to needed services and resources.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Candidates must have a primary diagnosis of mental illness or a dual diagnosis of mental illness and addictive disease, and a strong desire to identify themselves as a person with mental illness (current or former consumer of mental health services).
• Applicants must hold a GED or High School diploma.
• In addition, applicants must demonstrate strong reading comprehension and written communication skills.
• You must have demonstrated experience with leadership, advocacy, or governance, and be well-grounded in your recovery (one year between diagnosis and application to the training).
• Must meet the Qualifications for Peer Specialist as defined by the DBHDD Peer Specialist Project.

All applicants must pass a satisfactory background clearance and pre-employment drug test.

Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information on application status by phone or e-mail. All qualified applicants will be considered; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted by the hiring managers. Applicants who are not selected will receive notification via email.