About this opportunity
Tueller Counseling Services, Inc. lists this Peer Support Specialist opportunity in rigby, Idaho. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Peer Support Specialist (PSS)
Utilize your training, lived experience and experiential knowledge to mentor, guide and coach members as he/she works to achieve self-identified recovery and resiliency goals.
Must be 18 years or older
High School education
Has had lived experience with mental health illness or mental health illness co-occurring with substance use disorder.
Has been in recovery for a minimum of 1 year.
Has an active Peer Support Specialist certification.
Job functions, responsibility and authority:
Collaborate with the member and any other individual selected by the member to create an individualized recovery plan that reflects the member's needs and preferences.
Empower and engage the member to allow them to take ownership of their recovery plan.
As a minimum, the PSS will collaborate with the member to formally review the recovery plan every 90 calendar days. However, revisions to the recovery plan will be made whenever there are significant changes in the member's condition, needs, or preferences.
Encourage self-determination, hope, insight, and the development of new skills.
Connect with professional and non-professional recovery resources.
Help decrease isolation and build a community of support for members.
Complete accurate progress notes documenting all PSS interventions.
Submit all progress notes, reviews and treatment plans from the previous week Sunday by midnight, along with timesheets and weekly hours forms. Note corrections are due Tuesday at noon. Reviews and recovery plans corrections are due Thursday at noon.
Allow new employees the opportunity to shadow you while providing direct service as a training tool.
Any other tasks as assigned
Attend weekly meetings as assigned
Report accusations of abuse as outlined in Policies and Procedures #320.
Maintain all required documentation for employee file including any certificate requirements and a current enhanced background check.
Worksite address
rigby, ID, 83442, US
Who can apply
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