RESTORE Peer Support Specialist
RESTORE Peer Support Specialist
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Overview
Under the supervision of the Coordinator or Supervisor provides an enhanced level of support for persons experiencing early episode psychosis utilizing the Navigate model. The NAVIGATE Program is an innovative treatment program that serves adolescents and young adults who are within two years of experiencing the onset of psychosis. The Peer Specialist on the team would help train clients experiencing early psychosis and serve as a role model and advocate in the areas of entitlements selfadvocacy and empowerment daily activities housing education and employment utilizing a clientcentered approach while maintaining a youthfriendly personcentered recoveryfocused and strengthsbased service delivery model. Duties include a variety of supportive services and direct interventions with consumers in accordance with treatment plans developed by professional personnel. Responsible for carrying out all activities of the program/subunit in such a manner that fulfills RESTOREs mission policies and procedures.
Responsibilities
1:1 Visits
- Sharing personal experiences to increase optimism and hope.
- Upon a mutual agreement; meeting with clients the same time each week.
- Accompanying clients to visit schools campuses potential places of employment or other locations they are interested in to increase clients comfort level.
- Providing education about community resources
Advocacy within treatment services
- Help person collect their thoughts and have their voice heard; support the person to understan what is written about them; be present while assessment is happening as support person.
- Supporting someone evaluate and communicate their concerns and desired medication changes supporting someone experiencing medication withdraw; supporting someone come up with a plan toward independence with med management changes etc.
- Supporting the person to get their voice heard during the treatment planning process (by being present helping them plan before the meeting and/or advocacy); Supporting the person to change their plan as desired; Advocating to keep treatment goals that are not selfidentified or are otherwise inconsistent with a recoveryoriented approach out of the plan
Facilitation of groups
- Facilitating illness selfmanagement groups peer support groups helping with family support groups. Conducting or coleading activity groups such as groups centered on healthy living yoga artwork community outings music and cooking
Forced hospitalization/commitment hearings
- Advocate for the persons voice to be heard in the process; Stay with them as a support during meetings assessments and while waiting; Help them gather information understand what is happening and what is likely to happen next; Help them understand their rights; Help them get personal belongings that theyre asking for; Help them make plans for taking care of pets bills etc.;
- Help them present WRAP plans/Advanced Directives to relevant personnel; Helping to educate their lawyer; Helping them plan what they will say when testifying on their own behalf;
- Accompanying them to court; Testifying as an advocate if you think your testimony might help offer support/educate the court
Outreach
- Encouraging potential participants to join the program. Providing outreach and aiding in recruitment.
- Attending various conferences in the community to increase awareness of services
Basic UPH Performance Criteria
- Demonstrates the UnityPoint Health Values and Standards of Behaviors as well as adheres to policies and procedures and safety guidelines.
- Demonstrates ability to meet business needs of department with regular reliable attendance.
- Employee maintains current licenses and/or certifications required for the position.
- Practices and reflects knowledge of HIPAA and other federal/state regulatory agencies guiding our organization.
- Completes all annual education and competency requirements as required.
- Is knowledgeable of agency compliance requirements for federally funded healthcare programs (e.g. Medicare and Medicaid) regarding fraud waste and abuse. Brings any questions or concerns regarding compliance to the immediate attention of the Corporate Compliance Committee. Takes appropriate action on concerns reported by program/department staff related to compliance.
Qualifications
Education: High School Diploma or a G.E.D. Required.
Experience: A minimum of one 1 years experience interacting with persons with emotional impairments required. Must have experienced a significant disruption in their lives from the onset of a severe mental illness have received public mental health services currently or in the past for the mental illness (preferably with NAVIGATE RESTORE) and are now in recovery. Preferred Relevant lived experience with psychosis. Familiarity with Entitlements Housing and Mental Health Service Delivery System or willingness to pursue training/information as directed. Two years of active participation in mental health selfhelp activities peer support or peer advocacy programs or participantrun organizations or similar experiences or programs. The Peer Specialist should also be someone who has made good progress toward his or her own recovery.
License(s)/Certification(s): Valid drivers license when driving any vehicle for workrelated reasons. Completion of certified Peer Recovery Specialist training administered by the Iowa Board of Certification or ability to complete within six months of hire.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
Ability to use own experience to inspire hope and belief in recovery;
Support selfdetermination through connections from a mutual stance;
Facilitate selfexploration and discovery etc;
Act as a change agent to support environments systems and approaches to move forward.
Must be able to work with people from a strengths perspective support peoples recovery process and support dignity of risk.
Ideal candidate is able to work with people respectfully navigate regulations recognize roles of different workers and work independently.
Additional expectations include promptness and time management ability to interact with other coworkers and supervisor communicate needs and respond to others communications.
Other: Use of usual and customary equipment used to perform essential functions of the position.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Part-Time
