Peer Specialist
Southern California Health and Rehabilitation Program
Responsible for : Under the supervision of the Program Director performs peer mentoring and Case Management functions. Position Competencies :
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- Ability to relate to individuals who have severe impairments in their ability to function in the community.
- Ability to respond quickly, effectively and with equanimity to member crises and life situations.
- Ability to work as a team member and to work with other agencies, community resources and member's families.
- Ability to demonstrate adequate literacy skills to perform work duties will be considered.
- Must have valid California Driver's license and the availability of a car with adequate insurance.
- Must have experience with and managing a psychiatric disorder, and have knowledge about 12-step programs and all aspects of recovery from substance abuse.
- Must have lived experience with either mental health, justice involvement and or homelessness.
- Must be able to pass California State Department of Justice criminal background investigation, Live Scan and/or fingerprinting.
- High School Diploma or equivalent preferred
- Must have valid California Driver's license and the availability of a car with adequate insurance.
- Takes direction from experienced staff members in methodology for carrying out peer counselor interventions identified on the recovery/service plans.
- Provides case management services, especially in terms of escorting consumers to indicated resources and ensuring that the linkage is made.
- Escorts consumers on field trips of a recreational nature, emphasizing that recovering alcoholics and drug addicts can have fun in sobriety and can enjoy the constructive use of drug-free leisure time.
- Visits consumers while they are in detox units, recovery homes, and sober living homes.
- Share his/her experience with mental illness and substance abuse in a manner which communicates hope ---- this individual will be a "program of attraction" as he/she relates their own experience--- what it was like, what happened, and what it is like now.
- Is involved in presentations to drug treatment programs, which are reluctant to accept consumers who are psychiatrically impaired.
- Participates in selective in-service training, sharing his/her experience in living with a mental illness, and/or homelessness and achieving and/or maintaining sobriety.
- Attends DMH trainings related and meetings other meetings as assigned.
- Comply with all protected health information about any member o other party in accordance with South Central Health & Rehabilitation Program policies related to state or federal laws such as Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
- Use appropriate safeguards to protect the confidentiality of such information.
- Report to South Central Health & Rehabilitation Program management any use or disclosure of protected health information not permitted by South Central Health & Rehabilitation Program policies related to state or federal laws such as HIPAA.
- Participate in South Central Health & Rehabilitation Program training or briefings on HIPAA information as scheduled.
- Consult with supervisor on any issue or questions about compliance under South Central Health & Rehabilitation Program policies related to state or federal laws such as HIPAA.
- Maintain a close working relationship with county, state, and federal financial funders, as well as major third-party payers.
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.
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