Certified Peer Support Specialist
Company: Southeastern Integrated Care LLC
Location: Shallotte
Posted on: October 2, 2024
Job Description:
Summary: The Peer Support Specialist is responsible for
providing coaching, mentoring, and consultation to the beneficiary
to promote recovery, self-advocacy, and self-direction. As a Peer
Support Specialist, you will be responsible for providing essential
expertise and consultation to the entire interdisciplinary
healthcare team to promote a culture in which each individual's
point of view and preferences are recognized, understood,
respected, and integrated into treatment, rehabilitation, and
community self-help activities while serving as an advocate for
clients. Peer Support services are structured and scheduled
activities for adults aged 18 and older with MH/SA disability. Peer
Support Staff provide Peer Supports. Peer Support service is an
individualized, recovery focused approach that promotes the
development of wellness self-management, personal recovery, natural
supports, coping skills, and self-advocacy skills and development
of independent living skills for housing, employment, and full
community inclusion. Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide services based on the principles of wellness
self-management, personal recovery, natural supports, coping
skills, and self-advocacy skills, and development of independent
living skills for housing, employment, and full community
inclusion.
- Assist clients with self-determination and
decision-making.
- Teach functional skills (managing meds, finances, health care,
resources, daily living, etc.).
- Model recovery values, attitudes, beliefs, and personal action
to encourage wellness.
- Teach and promote self-advocacy and empower clients to use
their legal rights.
- Assist the consumer with development, modification, and use of
the crisis plan, advanced directives, and provide relapse
prevention support.
- Supports the consumer to maintain stable housing, improve
housing situation, and enhance independent living skills.
- Assists the client in gaining information about going back to
school or job training.
- Develop and implement a Mental Health Wellness Recovery Action
Plan.
- Provide linkage to community resources.
- Provide case management services.
- Utilize her or his personal recovery experience to instill a
sense of hope and optimism for people in recovery.
- Demonstrate a personal belief in recovery, supported employment
best practices, and sincere interest in the welfare of persons in
recovery.
- Demonstrate the ability to engage and serve the consumers
enrolled, contribute to the overall success of the rehabilitative
process and perform duties with flexibility and an individual
focus.
- Promote and contribute to the development of a culture of
recovery and empowerment within and outside of the CSEUC and will
uphold the integrity of program goals.
- Report directly to the Qualified Professional on all matters
pertinent to the successful obtainment of program goals and
standards.
- Ensure timely completion of documentation of PSS services in
accordance with Clinical Coverage Policy NC 8A and 8G and other
related regulatory requirements set forth by the LME.
- Maintain client confidentiality in adherence to HIPPA
regulations.
- Complete in a timely manner, accurate clinical documentation of
all services, interventions, and client-related activities.
Maintain this documentation in accordance with the standards of
CSEUC.
- Cooperatively and actively participate in all assigned staff
and supervisory meetings as well as in service training and staff
development activities.
- Participates in a first responder on-call system available to
consumers and/or his/her natural support network on a 24/7/365
basis; coordinates "first response" resources according to consumer
needs and the PCP.
- Represent the company in a positive manner, reflective of the
company's mission, at all times.
- Ensures confidentiality regarding sensitive and protected
information in accordance with HIPAA and CFR-42C
- Maintain required records such as documentation of progress
notes and ensure timely and accurate compliance of the medical
records according to the record service manual.
- Accurately document all billable encounters into Southeastern
Integrated Care's EMR (electronic medical record) system within 24
hours. Any corrections will be entered within 24 hours of being
notified.
- In addition, the employee must participate in all required
training and education as mandated by the specific service line and
clinical coverage policy.
- Collaborate with supervisor to self-identify training and
supervision needs, and ensure services to clients are provided only
within the scope of current expertise and abilities.
- Cooperatively performs other job duties as assigned to support
the provision of quality services to consumers, remain available to
team members in crisis situations; and support the CSEUC's mission.
Supervisory Responsibilities:This position does not oversee staff.
Qualifications:To perform this job successfully, an individual must
be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The
requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge,
skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be
made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
essential functions. Education/Experience
- Must possess at a minimum High School Diploma/GEDRequired
Skills/Abilities--- Be available to collaborate with enrolled
members at least 5 days per week. --- Document direct service
delivery according to Medicaid and CSEUC standards to include:
purpose of contact, describes the provider's interventions, the
time spent performing the intervention, the effectiveness of the
interventions, the signature (degree, credentials or position) of
the person providing the service in a weekly service note.---
Ability to read a medical record and find pertinent information
quickly. --- Ability to write complete service notes. --- Ability
to effectively present information and respond to questions from
consumers, and/or the public.Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
- NC Certified Peer Support Specialist
- Valid driver's license.
- Must have North Carolina Peer Support Certification, current
certification must be maintained. Work Environment:The work
environment characteristics described here are representative of
those an employee encounters while performing the essential
functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to
enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions.Work is performed primarily in the client's living
environment and in the community and may involve exposure to
cigarette smoke, domestic animals/pets, household pests,
uncomfortable heating/cooling, and other issues related to the
domestic location in which service is delivered. Physical
Demands:The physical demands described here are representative of
those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the
essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be
made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the
employee is regularly required to stand, walk; use hands to finger,
handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; talk and hear; and
taste and smell. The employee frequently is required to reach with
hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is
occasionally required to sit and climb or balance. The employee
must be able to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally
lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities
required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color
vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to
adjust focus. Must be able to drive and operate a personal vehicle
safely and adhere to all applicable state and traffic laws.
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Keywords: Southeastern Integrated Care LLC, Wilmington , Certified Peer Support Specialist, Other , Shallotte, North Carolina
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