Peer Support Specialist Jobs

Summary of Job: The Peer Support Specialist I provides support and recovery training to individuals receiving services. The Peer Support Specialist I also assists in implementing/creating a recovery environment and acts as an advocate for the needs and rights of every individual.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assists in developing natural supports and community living.
• Provides peer support to engage individuals in a recovery partnership and assists in identifying participant's hopes and dreams and the solutions they are seeking.
• Cultivates connectedness in the person's life (self, others, the environment, and to meaning and purpose).
• Completes clinical documentation as required.
• Teaches recovery and life skills using recovery tools.
• Understands and adheres to RI International compliance standards as they appear in the Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest Policies.
• Models hope, personal responsibility and self-advocacy to demonstrate how recovery goals can be respectfully met and how a belief in self is maintained.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Coordinates with the individual's clinical team and other supports to arrange services or resources to help the individual achieve their goals.

Job Requirements:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed must be representative of the knowledge, skills, minimum education, training, licensure, experience, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Ability to teach/train recovery information and recovery tools.
• Lived experience requiring mental health and/or substance use services.
• Effective communication skills.
• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Successful completion of Peer Employment Training thus obtaining Certification as a Peer Support Specialist required.
• Basic computer skills.

Driving Requirements:

• If driving is required for this position, must meet all requirements outlined in RI International driving policy.
• If not qualified to drive per driving policy, a Non-Driver Attestation form must be signed.

A Direct Service Competency Checklist must be completed as part of the new hire onboarding process.
Physical Demands:
May include work close to the eyes and substantial motions of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers. Frequent sitting, standing, walking, handling, finger dexterity; eye-hand-foot coordination, use of corrected vision; color vision; use of auditory senses. May be required to lift up to twenty (20) pounds.
Work Environment
May work in an office environment or behavioral health facility. May have contact with individuals who are agitated and/or confused.
ADDENDUM - Arizona
EducationHigh school diploma or equivalent
Successful completion of Peer Employment Training thus obtaining Certification as a Peer Support Specialist required.
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ADDENDUM - California
EducationHigh school diploma or equivalent
Successful completion of Peer Employment Training thus obtaining Certification as a Peer Support Specialist required.
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ADDENDUM - Delaware
EducationHigh school diploma or equivalent
Successful completion of Peer Employment Training thus obtaining Certification as a Peer Support Specialist required.
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ADDENDUM - North Carolina
EducationHigh school diploma or equivalent
Successful completion of Peer Employment Training thus obtaining Certification as a Peer Support Specialist required.
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ADDENDUM - Washington
EducationHigh school diploma or equivalent
Successful completion of Peer Employment Training thus obtaining Certification as a Peer Support Specialist required.
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Certification
Misc. Requirement