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Peer Support Specialist-Marshall and Tate Co.
Peer Support Specialist-Marshall and Tate Co.Communicare • Senatobia, Mississippi, United States, 38668
Peer Support Specialist-Marshall and Tate Co.

Peer Support Specialist-Marshall and Tate Co.

Communicare • Senatobia, Mississippi, United States, 38668
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Responsibilities :

  • Attend all meetings / trainings required by Communicare and the Department of Mental Health
  • Maintain certification as a Peer Support Specialist
  • Work collaboratively with other mental health staff
  • Provide peer support services for assigned individuals receiving services as determined by individual need
  • Assist in the orientation process for new individuals receiving services
  • Support individuals receiving services in transition to increase access to and utilization of supports and resources
  • Improve communication between individuals receiving services and service providers
  • Improve the team’s understanding of lived experience, recovery, and resilience through modeling personal responsibility, self-advocacy, and hopefulness
  • Maintain current documentation of services in the individual’s files
  • Provides crisis supports by listening to the individual and collaborating with the treatment team
  • Support individuals receiving services in taking an active self-directing role in their recovery
  • Provide group peer support services as needed
  • Adhere to other duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor and / or associated Program Coordinator / Director

Qualifications :

  • High School Diploma or GED; or, if ages 16-20, must be actively enrolled in school or GED program
  • Have transportation, hold a valid driver’s license, have automobile insurance, and have a safe driving record.
  • Identifies self as a current or former mental health consumer with a sustained period of self-directed recovery or be a first-degree family
  • member of a former or current consumer.
  • Ability to successfully complete DMH and Center trainings

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    Peer Support • Senatobia, Mississippi, United States, 38668