Transitional Management Services Peer Support Specialist
Transitional Management Services Peer Support Specialist
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Job Description
Make a Difference in Someones Life!
At Monarch we work together to provide lifechanging care in communities across North Carolina and Rhode Island. As a team we provide hope promote wellness and empower individuals and families impacted by mental illness substance use disorders intellectual and developmental disabilities and traumatic brain injury.
You Belong at Monarch
You deserve a positive and encouraging work environment a place where you can do your best work and grow as a professional. That is just what youll find at Monarch. Here we care for people including our team members. We offer a comprehensive competitive benefits package that supports fulltime and parttime team members and their families. More than just a job this opportunity with Monarch will give you room to spread your wings and grow because we believe in promoting from within and developing future leaders.
Job Highlights:
The Transitional Management Services Peer Support Specialist must have:
2 years experience working with adults with a mental health diagnosis and/or substance use
Lived experience and a personal recovery story related to mental illness or substance use
This Opportunity:
The Transitional Management Services Peer Support Specialist is primarily responsible for supporting people in achieving their personal goals while enhancing the development of their natural supports as well as coping and self management skills. This position utilizes personal experience with mental health or substance abuse issues to assist others in achieving desired outcomes.What Youll Do:
Provide supportive services to assist an individual in community reentry following hospitalizations by developing relationships in their community and with their natural supports.
Emphasize personal safety self worth confidence growth connection to the community boundary setting planning self advocacy personal fulfillment development of social supports the helper principle and effective communication skills.
Assist individuals in making informed choices with regard to their care and services and other life decisions affecting their illness.
Assist in the development of comprehensive crisis plans and work with people receiving services to effectively use their crisis plans.
Assist with self help advocacy precrisis support and facilitating an individual with speaking with their employer regarding reasonable accommodations for psychiatric disability.
Assist the Tenancy Support Professionals in conjunction with the individuals supported in developing goals and areas of need and assist in developing personcentered plans.
Communicate needs and progress of the person supported to supervisor and/or Tenancy Support Professionals/other professionals as requested.
Engage in various skill building activities such as learning how to maintain stable housing bill paying cleaning organizing belongings building social skills locating improved housing situations teaching the individual to identify and prepare healthy foods according to cultural and personal preferences of the individual served and his/her medical needs.
Document encounters and contacts made on behalf of people we support; complete and submit billing documentation as appropriate; maintain comprehensive files.
Maintain positive working relationships within the communities served including with individuals families staff monitoring and licensing agencies organizations and funders.
Drive and travel extensively to community locations various agencies and other outreach destinations. Provide and/or arrange for transportation for people receiving support as required.
Provide support as needed to meet the emotional physical and medical needs of each person supported.
Facilitate personcentered effective positive relationships with people receiving services using positive approaches that promote self determination in all areas of life.
Attend regular staff meetings and other required meetings. Convey observations and key issues to supervisor on an ongoing basis. Maintain all required training by attending and actively participating in meetings and all required trainings. Maintain certification in all agency state and federal training requirements.
Assist new staff and/or current staff with orientation mentoring and training.
Demonstrate knowledge of and comply with all agency policies and procedures.
Follow service definition guidelines for services being provided.
Complete all other relevant responsibilities as assigned by the supervisor.
Education Were Looking For:
High School Diploma (Required)Certifications Were Looking For:
Certified Peer Support Specialist (CPSS) State Division of Mental Health Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services (USA) Drivers License (Valid) USAExperience Were Looking For:
Experience working with adults with a mental health diagnosis and/or substance use disorder Lived experience and a personal recovery story related to mental illness or substance use.Schedule:
Monday Friday (8:00am 5:00pm)Target Weekly Hours:
40Monarch is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Monarch offers opportunities as diverse as the people we support and the communities we serve. Monarch is an equal opportunity employer and we are firmly committed to supporting and celebrating all forms of diversity.
Monarch does not accept paper person with a disability who needs any reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to apply for a position or otherwise to participate in Monarch job search or selection process should contactor call (704).
This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties and responsibilities to be will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties and responsibilities upon the request of a job description is subject to revision at the discretion of Monarch.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
