Certified Peer Support Worker- Santa Fe, NM

Certified Peer Support Worker
- Santa Fe, NM

Candidate must live in Santa Fe, NM or surrounding area. Work at home position with extensive travel in the community.

This position provides non-clinical, evidence-based peer support services, serves as a member advocate, shares coping skills, and provides recovery information for members. This position performs a wide range of tasks designed to assist members in regaining control over their own lives through individual recovery planning, wellness self-management, and strengthening resilience to improve personal health outcomes. This position will role model competency in recovery, resiliency, and wellness practices.

Responsibilities include:

• Providing peer support to members with mental health and substance use conditions identified as needing intensive wellness support and recovery-oriented interventions.
• Guiding members in creating Wellness Recovery Action Plans (WRAP®) to identify wellness self-management and crisis prevention strategies as needed based on member's choice.
• Utilizing the 8 dimensions of wellness to help members identify their social determinants of health needs, determine their whole health goals and objectives in order to address mental health, substance use and physical health conditions.
• Guiding members in identifying their options and participating in all decisions related to establishing and achieving their recovery goals including functioning as a member of their treatment/recovery support team.
• Guiding members in developing problem-solving skills so that they can respond to challenges that may arise in their recovery process.
• Implementing strategies to help members keep important follow-up appointments by identifying barriers and obstacles and collaborating to find solutions.
• Engaging members in inpatient settings to facilitate post-crisis planning, assist with transitions from different treatment settings and navigating multiple systems.
• Facilitating community participation/inclusion for members by encouraging the exploration and pursuit of community roles.
• Performing ongoing interventions to engage members in traditional and nontraditional health services and supports, as well as community and social support networks including community-based peer, parent, and family support services.
• Strategically sharing their lived experience to inspire hope, empowerment, and positive action.
• Implementing, coordinating, and monitoring strategies for members and families to improve health and quality of life outcomes.
• Acting as an advocate for member’s needs by identifying and addressing gaps in services and supports.
• Educating providers, supporting staff, members, and families on resiliency and recovery principles, strategies, and tools.
• Facilitating a team approach to member care including with the Magellan care coordination team.
• Documenting all interactions according to company standards.
• Maintaining professional responsibility to maximize supervision, respond appropriately to personal stressors that impact ability to perform job duties, and recognize crisis situations or risks to the member's safety and respond appropriately.
• Travels to meet members within the community.
• Other duties as assigned.

The job duties listed above are representative and not intended to be all-inclusive of what may be expected of an employee assigned to this job. A leader may assign additional or other duties which would align with the intent of this job, without revision to the job description.

Other Job Requirements

CPRS/CPS/CPSS/CRPS/PRSS, Peer Specialist as required by state. Must have or be able to obtain the National Peer Support Credential (NCPS/NCPRSS) within one year of hire. Must be a self-identified person in recovery who is a current or former user of mental health/substance use services and can relate to others who are now using those services. Must have a vehicle in good, working condition with the ability to travel within the field regularly.

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