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A Place 4 Me, LLC.
Certified Peer Support Specialist
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What they do
A Mental Health Assistant provides basic care and assistance with daily activities to patients with mental illnesses or cognitive disabilities. Helps patients dress and eat, monitors patients' well-being, and restrains patients if they become physically violent. Works in hospitals or mental health care facilities.
$36,462 / year median in North Carolina
+11% projected growth
Job Description
Certified Peer Support Specialist A Place 4 Me, LLC. - 5.0 Concord, NC Job Details Part-time | Full-time | Contract $24 - $28 an hour 12 hours ago Benefits Mileage reimbursement Health insurance Dental insurance Vision insurance Flexible schedule Life insurance Qualifications Inpatient experience Recovery peer support Employment counseling Outpatient experience Working with individuals with mental health conditions Full Job Description
DO NOT APPLY UNLESS YOU ARE A CERTIFIED PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST AND HAVE A CERTIFICATE
Job description Support Specialist A Place 4 Me, LLC. is a fast-growing company that provides effective solution to the mental health and addiction crisis. We are seeking a Certified Peer Support Specialist Peer Specialist will function as a role model to peers; exhibiting competency in personal recovery and use of coping skills; serve as a consumer advocate, providing consumer information and peer support for clients in outpatient and inpatient settings. The PS performs a wide range of tasks to assist peers of all ages, from young adult to old age, in regaining independence within the community and mastery over their own recovery process. Recovery resources such as booklets, tapes, pamphlets and other written materials will be utilized by the Peer Specialist in the provision of services.Essential Job Functions:
- Using a formal goal-setting process, the PSS will:
- Assist clients in articulating personal goals for recovery through the use of one-to-one sessions. During these sessions, the PS will support clients in identifying and creating goals and developing recovery plans with the skills, strengths, supports, and resources to aid them in achieving those goals
- Assist clients in working with their case manager or treatment team in determining the steps he/she needs to take in order to achieve these goals and self-directed recovery.
- Assist clients in setting up and sustaining self-help (mutual support) groups, as well as means of locating and joining existing groups.
- Utilize tools such as the Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) to assist clients in creating their own individual wellness and recovery plans.
- Support clients' vocational choices and assist them in choosing a job that matches their strengths, overcoming job-related anxiety by reviewing job applications, and providing interview tips.
- Assist clients in building social skills in the community that will enhance job acquisition and tenure