Certified Peer Specialist (The Light Program) (Finance)
There is a place for you at Highland Rivers Behavioral Health!Highland Rivers Behavioral Health provides treatment and recovery services to individuals impacted by mental illness, substance use disorders and intellectual developmental disabilities.JOB SUMMARY:The CPS services are geared toward promoting self-empowerment of the youth, and families, enhancing community living skills, and developing/enhancing natural supports. The team member focuses on building respectful partnerships with families, identifying the needs of the youth/families and helping the youth recognize self-efficacy while strengthening good communication within the families and good partnerships with communities and system stakeholders in achieving the desired outcomes. This service provides the training and support necessary to promote engagement and active participation of the youth in the supports/treatment/recovery planning process for the youth and assistance with the ongoing implementation and reinforcement of skills learned throughout the treatment/support process. Services are rendered by a CPS (Certified Peer Support) who is performing the service within the scope of their knowledge, lived experience, and education. The position involves engaging individuals, providing linkage to community resources, assisting with discharge planning and providing direct services and may include sharing one's own personal journey to encourage and inspire others as they continue on their own recovery journey.DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Assists youth/young adults in gaining skills to promote the recovery process (self-advocacy, developing natural supports, etc.)
- Provide ongoing emotional support, modeling and mentoring during various phases of the service/support planning process.
- Facilitates peer support group sessions with families in a clinic setting and/or home-based setting
- Assists families in gaining skills to promote the recovery process (self-advocacy, developing natural supports, etc.)
- Provide ongoing emotional support, modeling and mentoring during various phases of the service/support planning process
- Assist parents in coordinating with other youth-serving systems, as needed, to achieve family goals
- Support, model, and coach families to help with their level of engagement in all health-related processes
- Cultivate the parent/guardian's ability to make informed, independent choices which will include others who have been through similar experiences
- Assist the parent/guardian in understanding the various system processes and how these relate to the youth's recovery process and the value of the parent/guardian role
- Assist the parent/guardian in understanding what a behavioral health diagnosis means and what a journey to recover may look like
- Assist the parent/guardian in understanding the role of prescribed services and medication in diminishing/managing the symptoms of the condition while increasing resilience and functioning in living with the condition
- Identify the importance of self-care, addressing the need to maintain family whole health and wellness in order to ultimately support the youth
- Document client progress and interventions in the electronic health record system within established time frame for quality of care and billing purposes.
- May assist with coordination of the services and activities of additional support programs and community integration activities as well as child & adolescent services treatment programs.
- Other duties as assigned.
Benefits:
- Health Insurance through the State Health Benefit Plan of GA
- Flexible Benefits such as dental, vision, life, critical illness, etc.
- Retirement Plan with employer matching
- 4 weeks of Paid Time Off with increase of accruals based on years of service
- 10 paid holidays
- 1 personal day
- Qualifying employer for Public Student Loan Forgiveness
- NHSC loan forgiveness in qualifying counties.
- Clinical supervision for candidates on a licensure track.
