BrightSpring Health Services
Certified Peer Specialist - IRTS
BrightSpring Health Services, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55400
Overview
The Certified Peer Support Specialist works as part of the Intensive Residential Treatment Service team, which provides care and treatment for persons who are experiencing significant mental health/psychiatric symptoms, who are demonstrating significant functional impairments, and who may have co‑occurring chemical dependency and/or personality disorder. Peer Specialists are fully integrated team members that provide individualized and group services in the residence and the community and promote client self‑determination and decision making. Peer Specialists also provide essential expertise and consultation to the entire team to promote a culture in which each person’s point of view and preferences are recognized, understood, respected, and integrated into treatment, rehabilitation, and community self‑help activities.
Our Company SpringPath Mental Health Services
Responsibilities
Willingness to provide peer‑recovery education
Assist peers with assessing their unique strengths and abilities
Help peers with identifying, developing and working towards recovery goals
Assist peers with developing self‑advocacy skills
Help peers identify and access appropriate professional resources
Act as a community liaison
Provide education for team members regarding the recovery process
Assist in implementing and developing treatment goal plans
Sit in case management meetings
Provide care and resources for clients and staff on culture
Serves as a link to community resources, teaches and models client self‑advocacy and acts as a community liaison/educator
Reports significant/major incidents or accidents
Medication administration
Adheres to data privacy practices/HIPAA
Writes progress notes and assists in summaries and discharges.
Monitors and records medication administration activities.
Provides objective verbal and written critical incident analysis.
Documents essential activities related to licensure, welfare and safety
Qualifications
Must be at least 21 years old.
Have a GED or high school diploma, associate of arts degree in one of the behavioral sciences or human services preferred.
Have or had a primary diagnosis of mental illness.
Be current or former consumer of mental health services.
Demonstrate dedication to promoting recovery opportunities in lives of peers.
Demonstrate ability to utilize own lived experience of recovery to inspire recovery in the lives of peers.
Successfully complete the MN Department of Human Services approved Certified Peer Specialist training and certification exam.
Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
Excellent customer service skills.
Ability to prioritize, meet deadlines and multitask.
Experience with MS Office (Word, Excel).
About Our Line Of Business SpringPath Mental Health Services, an affiliate of BrightSpring Health Services, assists individuals with emotional, behavioral, and psychiatric disorders that result in functional impairments in traditional day‑to‑day life activities. Our services focus on developing social skills, coping skills, being an active participant in the local community, offering community choice, and psychoeducation. We help individuals develop skills and access resources needed to live more positive, active, and social lives. For more information, please visit www.springpathmentalhealth.com. Follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn.
Salary Range USD $22.12 / Year
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Our Company SpringPath Mental Health Services
Responsibilities
Willingness to provide peer‑recovery education
Assist peers with assessing their unique strengths and abilities
Help peers with identifying, developing and working towards recovery goals
Assist peers with developing self‑advocacy skills
Help peers identify and access appropriate professional resources
Act as a community liaison
Provide education for team members regarding the recovery process
Assist in implementing and developing treatment goal plans
Sit in case management meetings
Provide care and resources for clients and staff on culture
Serves as a link to community resources, teaches and models client self‑advocacy and acts as a community liaison/educator
Reports significant/major incidents or accidents
Medication administration
Adheres to data privacy practices/HIPAA
Writes progress notes and assists in summaries and discharges.
Monitors and records medication administration activities.
Provides objective verbal and written critical incident analysis.
Documents essential activities related to licensure, welfare and safety
Qualifications
Must be at least 21 years old.
Have a GED or high school diploma, associate of arts degree in one of the behavioral sciences or human services preferred.
Have or had a primary diagnosis of mental illness.
Be current or former consumer of mental health services.
Demonstrate dedication to promoting recovery opportunities in lives of peers.
Demonstrate ability to utilize own lived experience of recovery to inspire recovery in the lives of peers.
Successfully complete the MN Department of Human Services approved Certified Peer Specialist training and certification exam.
Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
Excellent customer service skills.
Ability to prioritize, meet deadlines and multitask.
Experience with MS Office (Word, Excel).
About Our Line Of Business SpringPath Mental Health Services, an affiliate of BrightSpring Health Services, assists individuals with emotional, behavioral, and psychiatric disorders that result in functional impairments in traditional day‑to‑day life activities. Our services focus on developing social skills, coping skills, being an active participant in the local community, offering community choice, and psychoeducation. We help individuals develop skills and access resources needed to live more positive, active, and social lives. For more information, please visit www.springpathmentalhealth.com. Follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn.
Salary Range USD $22.12 / Year
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