West Georgia Regional Hospital in Columbus, GA is seeking qualified candidates for the position of full-time Certified Peer Specialist (Client Support Worker 2).
Job Description:
Certified Peer Specialists (CPS’s) work from the perspective of their lived experience to help build environments conducive to recovery. They promote hope, personal responsibility, empowerment, education, and self-determination in the communities where they serve. CPS’s are trained to assist others in skill-building, problem-solving, setting up and maintaining self-help mutual support groups, and building self-directed recovery tools. A critical role of the CPS is supporting others in developing their recovery goals and specific steps to reach those goals. They discuss the importance of acknowledging the presence of a mental illness and the need to de-stigmatize misconceptions surrounding this illness. The Certified Peer Specialist provides a beneficial link between the Individual and their Treatment Team by encouraging compatible goals, objectives, and interventions.
Job Responsibilities and Performance Standards:
Under general supervision the Certified Peer Specialist (CPS) provides peer support services; serves as a consumer advocate; provides consumer information and peer support for consumers in a variety of settings.
Certified Peer Specialists receive referrals from treatment teams identifying specific needs geared to the recovery of the Individual. Requests made by an Individual to receive assistance from the Certified Peer Specialist must be approved by the Treatment Team. All referrals will be reviewed by Rehabilitation Services Leadership and approved by the Program Director.
New Admissions/Treatment Team
Community Meetings/Peer Council
Preferred Qualifications:
Peer Specialist certification is required.
Two years’ experience providing instruction, training, education, social skills, daily living skills, training in individual advocacy, or self-care instruction in an in-patient recovery-oriented setting.
Associate's degree in a related field from an accredited college or university OR One year of experience providing social or direct care services to groups of special needs individuals in a human services setting OR One year of experience at the lower level Client Support Worker 1 (SSS010) or position equivalent. Note: Some positions may require a valid driver's license.
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