Mental Health Recovery Specialist / Peer Recovery Specialist CCBHC-PDI

Mental Health Recovery Specialist / Peer Recovery Specialist CCBHC-PDI Location : Bloomfield NJ FT Onsite 9-5 / 10 - 6 Monday through Friday Salary : $45-48k What We Offer Generous Vacation, Personal, and Sick Time Competitive Hourly Wages and Premium Holiday Compensation 401K Plan and Tuition Reimbursement Employee Discount and Rewards Program Life & AD&D insurance; STD & LTD coverage Job Summary As a Peer Recovery Specialist, you will use your personal journey of recovery to assist others struggling with mental health, providing case management, outreach, group facilitation, and peer support. You will work alongside our Outpatient Team and with other healthcare providers, including Case Managers, Clinicians, and Prescribers, to develop individualized personalized recovery plans and be a support system for our clients. What You Will Do Serve as the team lead on engaging consumers in WRAP and supportive counseling, participating in quality assurance activities and cross-functional action teams. Facilitate psycho-educational groups for consumers on a variety of topics relating to wellness and recovery. Offer on-site as well as outreach services (including transport for consumers). Fulfill case management services, including, but not limited to direct linkages to services, service coordination, treatment enrollment assistance, and so forth. Communicate observations and information about the consumer in the consumer's service record and to team members. Assess/evaluate consumers at intake/admissions, during ongoing recovery/service delivery and at discharge. Collaborate with treatment providers to establish comprehensive assessments and Recovery Plans. Formulate Recovery Plans containing relevant goals, measurable objectives (that serve as indicators for evaluating progress) and realistic time frames for achievement; perform reviews of progress and evaluate effectiveness of goals/objectives. Work with administrative staff to ensure that all services are documented based on billing and regulatory standards; collect information on consumers' insurance and reflect all demographic data. What We Need to See Bachelor's degree with a major in a mental health, health or other appropriate human services related discipline from an accredited college or university plus life experience, or A high school diploma or the equivalent, plus related work or life experience Preferred prior employment working as peer support, Certified Wellness Coach and/or Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner with experience or Any of the above plus must have completed or must complete the Consumer Connections Training to become Certified Recovery Support Practitioner (CRSP). Lived experience with 2 years of continuous recovery from a serious mental illness. Care Plus follows Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, et seq and NJ Law Against Discrimination. We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by Federal and State laws. #J-18808-Ljbffr Care Plus NJ, Inc.