Certified Peer Support Specialist - Full-time

Candidate must be Certified as a Peer Support Specialist, not a Recovery Specialist or Coach. POSITION REQUIRES HOME VISITS IN MACOMB COUNTY The Certified Peer Supports Specialist responsibilities include: Under direct supervision, the Certified Peer Supports Specialist functions as part of a team to provide flexible services aimed at supporting, directly or indirectly, persons served.  Provides expertise that professional training cannot replicate due to his/her own personal experience with Mental Illness   They often act as a consultant to other team members, helping them understand the persons’ served perspectives and subjective experiences.  This position has a high degree of person integrity, generates positive energy, and makes a difference every day. This position promotes recovery-based, person-centered, and culturally competent practices. Why a Certified Peer Support Specialist at Hope… Make a difference in people's lives, including your own. Here are just some of the ways Hope Network invests in you for all that you do: Wage  $15.00 - $18.00 (depending on education and experience) Medical, Dental, Vision remains  active Career pathing and growth opportunities Paid Training   How you will change lives… Embrace the concepts of recovery and expects all personnel to follow the principles of recovery; supports and encourage this concept to enable the population we work with to reach their full potential. Create in others an awareness of their powers and self-worth, Engage persons-served and monitor their wellbeing. Participate in the Family/Guardian/Friends Liaison Program activities, building a friendly and open communication network with the natural supports of persons-served. Participate in building community relations and social networks that provide support, friendship, love and hope and ongoing peer review of clinical documentation. Provide linking with transportation resources related to personal care, community living supports, employment and/or planned activities. Facilitate, for persons-served, access to community resources and social support networks. Document on the progress, or lack of progress, towards goals of persons-served at the close of each shift. Make sure 100% of the routine/customary daily, monthly, quarterly, and/or annual internal data reports (required from Rehabilitation assistants) are submitted on tim Know the contract requirements for your program/service. Knowledgeable of the Program Fidelity Model. About you… You are passionate about serving others. Provide supreme customer service, always being courteous, responsive, professional, and helpful to the organization’s internal and external customers. You enjoy working independently and as part of a team. You act as a positive role model and coach for others.   We are Hopeful you have… A Certified Peer Support Specialist- Must complete and achieve ACT 101 training by DCH. Credentialing & Privileging includes General ACT, Group Therapy, Co-occurring Treatment, and Peer Services Specialist Conference. Be willing to become a Certified Peer Support (if the certification has not been completed). Two years’ experience preferred. Firsthand knowledge of characteristics and conditions experienced by persons served. Concepts of Motivational Interviewing. Integrated Duel Diagnosis Treatment. Family Psycho Education. Seeking Safety, Family Psycho Education. Stages of Change. Trauma Informed Care. Integrated Care.  Licenses & CertificationsRequiredCert Peer Support Spec- Driver's LicenseEqual Opportunity Employer This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

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