Job Description
Part-time available
Salary Description:
- Delivers peer support services such as education, and advocacy, and fosters engagement in the treatment process
- Provide recovery support education for persons enrolled, staff, and family members. This may include but is not limited to:
- Wellness Recovery Action Plans (WRAP) for enrollees,
- Self-help/mutual peer support groups,
- training and orientation of new enrollees,
- training and orientation for staff and Team members.
- Supporting person-centered interventions as identified in service plans for everyone served
- As appropriate, may facilitate group therapy sessions such as:
- WRAP
- Recovery Support Groups
- Community Meetings
- Symptoms and Coping Skills
- Assist individuals with independent living preparation.
- Complete required documentation of services promptly according to agency policy.
- Maintain one’s own physical, mental, and emotional well-being so that the CPS can function appropriately in the job and can model healthy functioning to those we serve.
- Performs other tasks as assigned by the leadership team, to support individuals’ recovery.
- Certified Peer Specialist Certification
- HS Diploma/GED
- At least 2 years working with others in Mental Health Recovery
- Maintain 18 credit hours of additional training each year.
- Medium: exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.
- Stand or Sit (stationary position)
- Walk
- Use hands or fingers to handle or feel (operate, activate, prepare, inspect, position)
- Climb (stairs/ladders)
- Talk/Hear (communicate, converse, convey, express/exchange information)
- See (detect, identify, recognize, inspect, assess)
- Pushing or Pulling
- Repetitive Motion
- Reaching (high or low)
- Kneel, Stoop, Crouch or Crawl (position self, move)
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About Resources for Human Development:
RHD is a national, comprehensive human services organization. Our mission is to provide caring, effective, and innovative services that empower people of all abilities as they work to achieve the highest level of independence possible while building better lives for themselves, their families, and their communities. RHD currently supports programs in: Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Dakota & Tennessee!