Certified Peer Specialist Senior Pathways to Hope First Episode Psychosis
Certified Peer Specialist Senior Pathways to Hope First Episode Psychosis
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Full-time Days
80 hrs/2 weeks
Be part of launching Pathways to Hope an innovative program in Lancaster County supporting individuals experiencing a first episode of psychosis.
As a Certified Peer Specialist (CPS) youll use your lived experience to support individuals through a challenging time empowering them to achieve their goals and live their most successful life. Youll work as part of a collaborative team delivering care in both home and community settings.
This is your opportunity to shape a new program make a lasting impact and help individuals and families build resilience and hope.
Pathways to Hope: A First Episode Psychosis Program through WellSpan Philhaven
Pathways to Hope is a specialized program offered through WellSpan Philhaven designed to support individuals experiencing a first episode of psychosis. Grounded in evidence-based practices this program provides early intensive and coordinated care to help individuals stabilize recover and move forward with their lives.
The goal of Pathways to Hope is to reduce the long-term impact of psychosis by promoting early engagement personalized treatment and community integration. Our multidisciplinary team partners with individuals and their families to support wellness resilience and hope from the very first step.
General Summary
Facilitates recovery and enhances wellness by sharing his/her personal/practical experience and first-hand knowledge to the team and clients. Provides expertise about the recovery process symptom management and the persistence required by patients to have a satisfying life. Serves as a role model for recovery for both staff and peers and partners with peers in developing recovery tools and building support networks in a community setting.
Responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
Essential Functions:
- Draws on common experiences as a peer to provide guidance and encouragement to patients to take responsibility and actively participate in their own recovery.
- Assists designated peers with rehabilitation social support advocacy educational and vocational mentoring and self-maintenance.
- Provides side-by-side support and coaching to help patients socialize such as going with a patient to the grocery store drop-in centers libraries community events etc. during program hours of operation which requires use of staffs personal vehicle.
- Supports patient participation in community self-help groups.
- Coaches or teaches basic individual living skills such as food preparation meal planning laundry bill payment and personal hygiene.
- Provides education about symptoms of mental illness to assist patients in understanding their mental illness and identifying relapse symptoms.
- Works with patients in supporting their individual choice and preference regarding medications under the direction of the physician and nursing staff.
- Promotes participation in Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) and Psychiatric Advance Directives (PAD) planning among peers.
- Partners with peers to create review and attain goals on the Individual Recovery Plan.
- Completes necessary documentation for each peer encounter (i.e. MA 91s and contact notes etc.) within 48 hours of encounter.
- Completes all other required documentation required for the Peer to maintain services (ie POC ORS C-SSRS Initial Engagement and other clinical documentation).
- Acquires knowledge or resources in assigned county/counites while maintaining an excellent working relationship with all providers.
- Acts as a liaison with other community agencies/groups funding sources and businesses that relate to the services provided to peers.
- Participates in training as needed/assigned to Maintain CPS certification through PCB.
Common Expectations:
- Attends all meetings with supervisor staff and team meetings as well as trainings and in-services.
- Reinforces hope and the potential for recovery to peers and others.
- Encourages and provides support for peers to advocate for themselves.
- Models coping techniques and self-help strategies.
- Completes yearly annual safety education modules in compliance with WellSpan Philhaven policy.
- Performs and participates in outcome measurement performance improvement and customer satisfaction studies designed to measure and improve the quality of services delivered.
- Contributes to a safe work environment through knowledge and practice of safe behavioral management practices fire safety physical plant safety safe emergency practices and universal precautions for bodily fluids.
- Provides after hours telephone support to enrolled peers as assigned (On-Call position rotated among staff).
- Provides outstanding service to all customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through achieving a rate of 70% billable time on a weekly basis.
Qualifications
Qualifications
Minimum Education:
- High School Diploma or GED Required
Work Experience:
- Experience in navigating/personal knowledge and experience in the mental health system. Required
- 1 year General work/volunteer/credit hour experience. Preferred and
- Professional office work experience. Preferred
Licenses:
- Certified Peer Specialist Upon Hire Required
Drivers License Statement:
Must possess a valid drivers license in the current state of residence. Driving record must meet requirements established by WellSpan Risk Management.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
- Excellent human relations and oral/written communication skills.
- Knowledge of and ability in the care and support of individuals in a specific age group.
- Microsoft office experience (Word Excel Outlook).
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
