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Our competitive salary, paid healthcare benefits options, matching 401k plan, bonus and stipend structures afford you and your family the financial support needed for you to focus on saving lives and providing the best opportunity for our clients to reach their maximum potential. We are looking for mission driven professional leaders who want to be part of a collaborative and dynamic team. Regardless of title, you will be a vital member and leader of a powerful team. Southeastern Integrated Careis dedicated to providing quality care and support to individuals struggling with behavioral health disorders , substance use disorders and chronic medical conditions . By joining us, you would have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of those in need, helping them on their journey to recovery and improved mental well-being.We pride ourselves on having a team of committed and highly trained professionals who are passionate about making a difference in the field of behavioral health, substance use disorders and chronic care . Working alongside such a team would foster a collaborative environment where you can exchange knowledge, share experiences, and learn from one another, ultimately enhancing your expertise and professional growth. Our supportive and empowering culture allows for us to provide cutting edge care and innovative treatment approaches
We are a company that provides our team members with a quality and comprehensive onboarding experience, amazing supervision and coaching, paid educational and training opportunities, and opportunities for advancement within our organizations. We believe that our team is number one , comes first , and that the clients and patients we serve are our number one priority. If you are a highly skilled professional with a leadership mindset, Southeastern Integrated Care is the ideal place for you to thrive and make a difference. If this is the type of environment you choose to work in, the Southeastern Integrated Care has a place for you . “
Job Title: Peer Support Specialist
Reports To: Qualified Professional, Team Leader, Program Director/Coordinator, Clinical Director
Summary:
The Peer Support Specialist is responsible for providing coaching, mentoring, and consultation to the beneficiary to promote recovery, self-advocacy, and self-direction.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Promotes wellness management strategies, which includes delivering manualized interventions (e.g., Wellness Recovery Action Planning or Illness Management and Recovery).
- Assists beneficiaries in developing psychiatric advance directives.
- Assists with behavioral and substance abuse treatment interventions.
- Models recovery values, attitudes, beliefs, and personal action to encourage wellness and resilience.
- Provides consultation to team members to assist in understanding of recovery and the role of the Peer Support Specialists, promoting a culture in which beneficiaries’ points of view and preferences are recognized, understood, respected, and integrated into treatment.
- Participate in the initial Person-Centered Plan and its ongoing revisions and ensures the implementation of the Person-Centered Plan (PCP) if QP status.
- Supports and empowers the individual to exercise his or her legal rights within the community.
- Participates in a first responder on-call system available to consumers and/or his/her natural support network on a 24/7/365 basis; coordinates “first response” resources according to consumer needs and the PCP.
- Represent the company in a positive manner, reflective of the company’s mission, at all times.
- Ensures confidentiality regarding sensitive and protected information.
- Ensures individual rights to privacy and protected health information for the person supported.
- Maintain required records such as documentation of progress notes and ensure timely and accurate compliance of the medical records according to the record service manual.
- Accurately documents all billable encounters into Southeastern Integrated Care’s EMR (electronic medical record) system within 24 hours. Any corrections will be entered within 24 hours of being notified.
- Other duties as assigned.
- In addition, the employee must participate in all required training and education as mandated by the specific service line and clinical coverage policy.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
This position does not oversee staff.
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education/Experience
- Must possess at a minimum High School Diploma/GED
Required Skills/Abilities
- Demonstrate knowledge of the population served.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
- Certified Peer Support Specialist.
- Valid driver's license.
- Must have North Carolina Peer Support Certification, current certification must be maintained.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Work is performed primarily in the client’s living environment and in the community and may involve exposure to cigarette smoke, domestic animals/pets, household pests, uncomfortable heating/cooling, and other issues related to the domestic location in which service is delivered.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; talk and hear; and taste and smell. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit and climb or balance. The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Must be able to drive and operate a personal vehicle safely and adhere to all applicable state and traffic laws.
