Peer Specialist or Recovery Coach ACCS

Flexible Schedule up to 40 hours

The Peer Specialist at BAMSI will engage persons in nondirective and supportive relationships that promote empowerment and selflearning.

Must have a high school diploma or GED. Must be a Certified Peer Specialistand have a personal history of recovery and a sound understanding of and commitment to the consumerled recovery movement. Must have a valid drivers license in state of residence and own means of transportation.

General Statement of Duties: Engage Persons in nondirective and supportive relationships that promote empowerment and selflearning.

Responsibilities:

1. Utilize recovery principals in partnership with Persons and members of the Integrated Teams to improve Persons health and wellness; achieve symptom stabilization and selfmanagement; develop and/or restore skills impacted by their mental illness; live a selfdirected life; and strive to reach their full potential.
2. Provide peer counseling and support to validate persons served life experiences and serve as a role model in which the individuals experience with the mental health service system and current goals and desires are explored. Engage in nonjudgmental empathetic active listening.
3. Assist in the implementation of treatment plan interventions.
4. Lead skillbuilding and support groups as needed.
5. Act as an interpreter to help nonmental health consumer team members better understand and respect each individuals unique life experience. Collaborate with Integrated Team staff and agency leadership to ensure that recovery values are endorsed and sustained.
6. Collaborate with the program team to promote a team culture in which each individuals point of view experiences and preferences are recognized and respected and in which selfdetermination in treatment planning is maximized.
7. Help persons served identify understand and combat mental health and addiction related stigma and discrimination and help develop strategies to reduce self (or internalized) stigma.
8. Collaborate with the team to ensure the protection of individuals rights and help them learn more about their rights grievance procedures and providing support to file mediate and resolve complaints.
9. Assist persons served to cope with internal and external stresses. Develop and support the practice and use of individualized recovery tools and to connect to resources of their choice.
10. Assist the team in providing treatment that is nonconfrontational and has individualized determined goals.
11. Provide ongoing assessment problem solving coaching skills training support and environmental adaptions to assist persons served with activities that promote wellness such as maintaining personal hygiene assisting with meal procurement money
    management accessing transportation health and dental care and other personal needs as identified on the Persons treatment plan.
12. Assist persons served in finding ways that are comfortable for them to socialize and be with others in a relaxed safe environment. This includes helping find and maintain safe permanent affordable housing and other meaningful activities that maximize
    their interdependence in their communities as identified on the Persons treatment plan.
13. As a representative of BAMSI communicate in a professional and respectful manner at all times.
14. Execute duties to reflect safety standards. Universal precautions must be utilized at all times.
15. Obtain required trainings within allotted time frames.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalency Associates or Bachelors Degree preferred.
• Must be a Certified Addiction Recovery Coach/Certified Peer Specialist or in the process of obtaining certification
  
• A personal history of recovery and a sound understanding of and commitment to the consumerled recovery movement.
• Good listening and communication skills.
• Knowledge of mental health system including comfort in dealing with both traditional and nontraditional providers
• Must have valid drivers license in state of residence and have own means of transportation.
• Preference given to candidates with fluency in languages prevalent in Southeastern MA