Peer Support Specialist, Infectious Disease

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Provides support to enrolled program patients that reinforce recovery from serious mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders. Models and coaches’ recovery skills and behaviors that are consistent with recovery from illness and effective daily living skills in treatment and community

• All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health’s purpose:
  Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.
• Assists assigned patients in articulating personal goals for recovery through the use of one to one and group interactions, identifying and creating goals and developing recovery plans.
• Assists enrolled patients in working with their assigned providers (social worker, counselor nurse, employment specialist, financial navigator, and physician) in determining steps needed in order to achieve goals and self-directed recovery.
• Assists clients in developing and sustaining mutual support groups (friendships, sponsors, etc.) as well as locating and joining existing groups.
• Teaches problem solving techniques and shares own experience as a model for navigating systems of care (medical/mental health). With guidance of licensed providers facilitate group or individual meetings to provide recovery mentorship and examples of recovery benefits.
• Assists enrolled patients in building effective skills to function effectively in permanent supportive housing, mental health treatment, vocational, and other necessary community environments.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director or executive.

• Education
  - Associate degree in related field of study preferred. Certification as a Peer Support Specialist or attain certification within 90 days of starting role from NAMI, FAVOR, or another approved provider.
• Experience
  - One (1) year consumer of mental health services for Serious Mental Illness, Substance Use Disorder or a combination. One (1) year experience in local/national consumer movement and/or demonstrable recovery expertise in twelve (12) step, mental health, or dual diagnosis recovery community. Experience with homelessness (having been homeless) preferred.

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• Peer Support Specialist by National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Faces and Voices of Recovery (FAVOR), or other comparable Agency/Organization

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Day (United States of America)

1 Medical Park Rd Richland

Infectious Disease 1 Med Park 410

Infectious Disease 1 Med Park 410-Practice Operations

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