Peer Support Specialist

**Who is Comprehensive Healthcare?** Comprehensive Healthcare provides innovative behavioral health and integrated healthcare services to clients of all ages. We take pride in our creative and collaborative work environment and in delivering clinically excellent, trauma-informed, recovery-oriented services. **What are we looking for in a Peer Support Specialist?** Peer Support Specialist assists clients in exercising control over their lives and recovery process by promoting socialization, self-advocacy, development of natural support and maintenance of community living skills. Shares own life experiences with clients as a supportive service. **Schedule:** - Monday to Friday - 8 AM to 5 PM **Peer Support Counselor duties may include:** **BEHAVIORAL HEALTH GROUPS:** • Conducts behavioral health groups following Comprehensive Healthcare’s guidelines and policies. • Leads groups using effective group facilitation skills that promote participation and interaction among group members. • Utilizes group process to develop insight, practice skills, and motivate client for change. • Follows lesson plan or curriculum and connects presented material to individual treatment plan goals. **CHILDREN, YOUTH and YOUNG ADULT SERVICES:** • Demonstrates and utilizes knowledge of development in children, youth and young adults. • Demonstrates and utilizes knowledge and understanding of behavioral health problems in children, youth and young adults. • Demonstrates and utilizes knowledge of and ability to work with issues of confidentiality, consent and capacity. • Demonstrates the ability to collaborate and coordinate with family, parents, caregivers and community and natural supports. • Communicates effectively with children and youth of differing ages and developmental levels. **CRISIS EVALUATION/INTERVENTION:** • Utilizes appropriate crisis intervention techniques for client stabilization. • Accurately screens for risk to self, others, property and the presence of grave disability and makes appropriate referrals. • Documents and reports and/or notifies as required by law. • Applies QPRT (Question, Persuade, Refer or Treat) principles in assessing risk and in safety and treatment planning. • Develops and documents appropriate safety plans. **GERIATRIC SERVICES:** • Demonstrates and utilizes knowledge of normal aging process and age related changes. • Demonstrates an understanding of neurocognitive disorders and their impacts on functioning. • Demonstrates awareness of how medical issues can affect mental status. **PEER SERVICES:** • Appropriately shares personal recovery experiences to provide encouragement and support clients in their recovery. • Models ways to engage with others and increase social supports and develop meaningful relationships. • Describes personal recovery practices and helps clients discover recovery practices that work for them. • Educates about and teaches clients on how to access and navigate resources in the community. • Helps clients to function as an active member of their treatment team. • Educates family members and other supportive individuals about recovery and recovery supports. • Shares lived experiences to assist clients in learning how to perform activities of daily living (ADLs) and other tasks. • Provides clients with constructive feedback and motivational strategies in order to assist in their recovery. **SERVICE NOTES:** • Completes all required service notes according to Comprehensive Healthcare’s guidelines, policies and procedures regarding format, content and timeliness. • Language used in service notes is respectful, clear, descriptive, concise and client-centered. • Service notes accurately depict treatment modalities and interventions provided within the clinician’s scope of practice and according to treatment plan. • Service notes accurately reflect and depict client status and progress consistent with assessment and reassessment data, problem statements and treatment plan goals and objectives. **SY…