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Peer Support Specialist
$35,360 - $37,440/Yr
RI International.com - Durham, NC
posted about 2 months ago
Full-time - Entry Level
Onsite - Durham, NC
About the position
The Peer Support Specialist I plays a crucial role in providing support and recovery training to individuals receiving mental health and substance use services. This position focuses on creating a recovery-oriented environment, advocating for individuals' needs and rights, and fostering a partnership that empowers individuals to achieve their personal goals and reconnect with their communities.
Responsibilities
- Provides peer support to engage individuals in a recovery partnership and assists in identifying participant's hopes and dreams and the solutions they are seeking.
- Teaches recovery and life skills using recovery tools.
- Models hope, personal responsibility and self-advocacy to demonstrate how recovery goals can be respectfully met and how a belief in self is maintained.
- Assists in developing natural supports and community living.
- Cultivates connectedness in the person's life (self, others, the environment, and to meaning and purpose).
- Coordinates with the individual's clinical team and other supports to arrange services or resources to help the individual achieve their goals.
- Completes clinical documentation as required.
- Understands and adheres to RI International compliance standards as they appear in the Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest Policies.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Successful completion of Peer Employment Training thus obtaining Certification as a Peer Support Specialist required.
- Basic computer skills.
- Lived experience requiring mental health and/or substance use services.
- Ability to teach/train recovery information and recovery tools.
- Effective communication skills.
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- Must be able to pass de-escalation training, as defined by state requirements.
- Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality (HIPAA guidelines and regulations) and professionalism.
Benefits
- Nine (9) company-paid Holidays (Full-Time Only)
- Paid-Time Off; Accrued bi-weekly (Full-Time Only)
- Company-Paid group life insurance (Full-Time Only)
- Medical, Dental, and Vision plans start the 1st of the month following your start date (Full-Time Only)
- Retirement Plans with Company match including 401k and Roth
- Employee Assistance Programs (Full-Time Only)
