Peer Recovery Specialist Certified

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Sign-On Bonus Available with Certificate

Minimum

Offer:

$16.99/hr.

Maximum

Offer:

$24.47/hr.

Compensation Disclaimer:
Compensation for this role is based on a number of factors, including but not limited to experience, education, and other business and organizational considerations.

Department: BH Response Team-Pro Fees

FTE: 1.00

Full Time

Shift: Rotating

Coordinate and provide services and resources to individuals/families necessary to promote rehabilitation, recovery, and resiliency. Identify and address the strengths, which will aid the individual or family in the recovery and resiliency process, as well as the barriers that could impede the development of skills needed for independent functioning in the community. Support the individual and the family in crisis situations;

provide personalized interventions to develop, facilitate, or enhance an individual’s ability to make informed and independent decisions. The patient care assignment may include children who are at risk of/or experiencing serious emotional, neurobiological, and/or behavioral disorders; adults with severe mental illness (SMI), individuals with chronic substance abuse, and/or individuals with co-occurring disorders. Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies and procedures.

Patient care assignment may include neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric age groups.

• PATIENT SAFETY 1 - Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols
• PATIENT SAFETY 2 - Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes
• PATIENT SAFETY 3 - Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk
• PATIENT SAFETY 4 - Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner
• PATIENT SAFETY 5 - Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don t understand or may "not seem right"
• NAVIGATION/ PATIENT ADVOCACY - Work to eliminate barriers to access to culturally competent medical services for all patients. Assist patients to access community resources, and financial assistance programs and services that are needed
• COLLABORATION - Collaborate with medical providers, multidisciplinary team members and community resource providers to assist patient to meet above described treatment goals
• LIFE SKILLS - Facilitate and encourage the development of skills in activities of daily living, interpersonal coping, socialization, and community functioning
• DEVELOPMENT - Plan for professional growth related to professional goals based on self-assessment, evaluation and feedback
• WELLNESS - Offer information and resources to provide patient information on their specific mental condition; mentor to promote recovery and resiliency and instill hope; teach symptom monitoring, symptom management, and relapse prevention skills
• WELLNESS - Provide information about illnesses; assist with knowledge of medications, discuss medication concerns with the provider; facilitate self-motivational skills for medication regimen
• SERVICE PLANS - Assist in the development and coordination of the individual’s service plan based on strengths and goals; include recovery/resiliency management plan, crisis management plan and any requested advanced directives
• RESOURCE COORD - Assist the client in obtaining access to and coordination of necessary rehabilitative, medical and other services; assist in obtaining financial and medical benefits/entitlements; assist in obtaining and maintaining safe affordable housing; provide support and mentoring to behavioral health consumers involved in the Judicial System
• SUPPORT SERVICES - Encourage the development and eventual succession of natural supports in the workplace, school, family, and community environments
• ASSESSMENT - Work with the individual/family to identify personal strengths, needs and barriers; conduct ongoing…