Peer Support Specialist-Per Diem

About the role

The Peer Support Specialist position is an in-person and in-community role, serving Morris/Sussex Counties and Warren/Hunterdon/Somerset Counties. This is a per diem position with a salary range of $27/hour.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain a wellness and recovery-oriented environment by using person-first language, respectful documentation, and person-centered planning.
• A culture of compliance with internal and external policies, regulations, laws, and high ethical standards.
• Work as a team with the Crisis Intervention Specialist, and remote Master’s Level Supervisor, for in-person mobile crisis outreach response as dispatched via the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline crisis centers.
• Engage with persons outreached to support crisis intervention/de-escalation and to assist with the person-centered crisis intervention plan.
• Engage with family and significant others as needed to support the persons crisis intervention plan.
• Incorporate recovery discussions, therapeutic use of story, and recovery focused best practices whenever possible during the crisis intervention and with follow-up contacts.
• Document all contacts in the approved electronic platform to include demographics and response to engagement and crisis intervention.
• Work with the Crisis Intervention Specialist, and the Master’s Level Supervisor as needed, to provide crisis intervention/de-escalation and to identify and provide community referral as needed. Assist persons in warm handoff to the community referral service provider.
• Assist the Crisis Intervention Specialist in assessment of the environment and person receiving the MCORT services.
• As part of the crisis intervention plan, schedule and conduct follow-up calls to support engagement with the ongoing community service that the person was referred to or to provide additional referral.
• Ensure each person who receives MCORT services receives a satisfaction survey using the method preferred by the person per the Crisis Intervention Plan (i.e., via email, text, in-person, over the phone, postal mail, etc.).
• Maintain positive relationships with community service providers.

Requirements

• Must have lived experience and at least 2 years of continuous recovery from SMI or SUD diagnosis.
• One of the following certifications is required: CRSP-Certified Recovery Support Practitioner, CPRS-Certified Peer Recovery Specialist, NCRPSS-National Certified Peer Recovery Support Specialist, Certified Wellness Coach or Community MH Associate Certificate, and at least one year of field experience working with persons in the community.
• Two years’ experience and at least one of the years working with persons in a community setting.
• Experience working with persons with mental health and co-occurring diagnosis preferred.
• Valid driver’s license required
• No more than one moving violation within the past 12 months
• Vehicle required