Crisis Certified Peer Specialist at Center for Community Resources (Honesdale)

Crisis Certified Peer Specialist at Center for Community Resources (Honesdale) Employer Name: Center for Community Resources Location: Position: Hours: FT and PT available Position Description: Position Summary: Provide Crisis Peer Specialist support services as part of a team approach with mental health crisis intervention and crisis residential staff. Crisis Peer Specialist must be ready to discuss their own journey towards recovery. Essential Functions: Assess, develop, implement and recommend modifications to a service plan that is short-term resulting from a crisis event. Coordinate with other members of the crisis residential multidisciplinary team to assist individuals with accessing community resources and meeting their treatment goals. Provide opportunities for individuals receiving service to direct their own recovery and advocacy processes. Facilitate psychoeducational support groups and activities. Accompany crisis intervention specialists as needed on requests for mobile crisis response. Teach and support the acquisition and utilization of recovery-oriented skills. Provide supervision of individuals in treatment to ensure their safety and compliance with facility rules and requirements. Engage in the supervision processes required for peer support services. Maintain quality standards. Facilitate the development of a sense of wellness and self-worth Other duties as assigned. Job Requirements: High school diploma or equivalent. Has maintained at least 12 months of successful full or part-time paid or volunteer experience or obtained at least 24 credit hours of post-secondary education. Identifies themselves as a mental health consumer in recovery or as a primary support person for an individual diagnosed with a serious mental illness. Must be in recovery with at least two years sustained, current recovery history. Completion of a peer specialist certification curriculum approved by the Department of Public Welfare. Act 33/34 and FBI clearances. Valid driver’s license. Car insurance coverage verification #J-18808-Ljbffr PA Peer Support Coalition