Certified Peer Support Specialist - Part-time; Saginaw

Overview

Candidate must be certified as a Peer Support Specialist, not a Recovery Specialist or Coach. POSITION REQUIRES HOME VISITS IN SAGINAW COUNTY.

The Certified Peer Support Specialist functions as part of a team to provide flexible services aimed at supporting, directly or indirectly, persons served. The Certified Peer Support Specialist is an individual who possesses a unique perspective to treatment, due to his/her own personal experience with mental illness that professional training cannot replicate. 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 personal integrity, generates positive energy, and makes a difference every day.

• Support and promote a recovery-focused environment. Use experiences with personal recovery to offer hope, encouragement and reassurance to the people served within the program.
• Participate in the person-centered planning process as requested by the people that we serve.
• Work with program leadership to implement programmatic changes by utilizing evidence-based practices (e.g., Trauma Informed Care) to improve the quality of our services and outcomes.
• Assist the people we serve to become active participants in their treatment and encourage self-advocacy while.
• Encourage those served to take personal responsibility for their own recovery and wellness.
• Document interactions in the electronic medical record and coordinate with other treatment team members as necessary.
• In individual and group settings, provide services aimed at promoting independence, community inclusion and productivity. Services offered will include but are not limited to: assistance in applying for benefits, assistance in finding and maintaining housing, budgeting skills, Wellness Recovery Action Plan, care coordination and medical advocacy and follow up after psychiatric hospitalizations.

• You are passionate about serving others.
• You are helpful and professional with 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.

• Personal experience with mental illness and have received services through a mental health provider.
• Firsthand knowledge of characteristics and conditions experienced by the consumer population.
• Must complete and achieve CT 101 training by DCH.
• Two years’ experience preferred.
• Valid Michigan Driver’s License.

• Pay - $14.00 - $17.00 (depending on experience and education)
• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance available
• Career pathing and growth opportunities
• Paid Training