Peer Mentor - Medical

Peer Mentor – Kansas Certified Peer Mentor (KCPM) - Medical

Department: Clinical

Location: Manhattan, KS

Reports To: Vice President of Medical and Strategic Partnership

Created Date: Dec. 2014

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Revised Date: Sept. 2023

Hours: 40 hours per week

Under the direction of the Vice President of Medical and Strategic Partnership, the Kansas Certified Peer Mentor provides direct supportive services to patients with substance use disorder(s). Sharing their own lived experience of recovery from substance use, they serve as a mentor, advocate, and motivator for patients working toward achieving long-term recovery. The Kansas Certified Peer Mentor works as a member of the addiction health care team, engaging patients in recovery planning, treatment services, and follow-up care.

• Regular and predictable attendance.
• Adheres to all policies and procedures relating to clinical licensure.
• Knowledge of the recovery process, resources, and the ability to engage patients in their own individualized recovery plans and goals.
• Assists patients individually and in group settings to identify and work toward long-term recovery goals.
• Working with patients to improve access to housing, food, education, job training, transportation, etc.
• Facilitates connections and linkages for patients and the recovery community.
• Ability to collaborate with a team to support the patient throughout their continuum of care.
• Assists in the process of maintaining patient charts in a site visit ready manner.
• Willingly shares personal recovery experiences, normalizing that addiction is a chronic disease and that recovery is possible.
• Assists patients at partnering medical facilities with coordination of services, assisting with connections to community resources as appropriate.
• Provides education to family members, individuals, and community members around addiction and recovery.
• Other duties as assigned.

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

A current KCPM certification through the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS), or a willingness to obtain KCPM certification within the first six months of hire. Training is free, and you can access the training here: https://kansasc

High school Diploma or equivalent required.

A minimum of one year of recovery. For CKF Addiction Treatment alumni, you will need to be out of CKF treatment services for at least one year.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Level 2 – This position will have unlimited access to patient medical information, but no access to employee medical information, other than his/her own.