Peer Support Specialist - TAYLRD

About the role

This position at Pathways provides individual and group peer support services to youth and young adults, serving as a positive role model and promoting recovery and resilience.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual and group peer support services to youth and young adults
• Serve as a positive role model by sharing personal recovery experience and promoting hope and resiliency
• Teach effective coping skills, self-help strategies, and recovery-oriented techniques
• Support consumers in identifying strengths, goals, and community resources
• Advocate on behalf of consumers to ensure needs and concerns are addressed appropriately
• Communicate consumer-related concerns and updates to supervisor in a timely manner
• Collaborate with interagency teams and community partners to support coordinated care
• Maintain documentation and records in accordance with agency policies and applicable regulations
• Participate in trainings, meetings, and supervision as required
• Perform all other duties as assigned

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent required
• Certification as a Youth Peer Support Specialist (YPSS) required or ability to obtain certification within agency-required timeframe
• Must meet YPSS eligibility criteria of 35 years old or younger

Qualifications

• Lived experience as a consumer of mental health services
• Ability to build rapport and establish supportive relationships with youth and young adults
• Experience collaborating with interagency or multidisciplinary teams preferred
• Knowledge of or willingness to learn: System of Care principles, Care planning and Wraparound services, Cultural competency, Evidence-based practices in mental health and adolescent substance abuse treatment
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and advocacy skills
• Ability to maintain professional boundaries and confidentiality

Skills

• Ability to share personal recovery experience and promote hope and resiliency
• Effective teaching of coping skills, self-help strategies, and recovery-oriented techniques
• Ability to support consumers in identifying strengths, goals, and community resources
• Ability to advocate on behalf of consumers to ensure their needs and concerns are addressed appropriately
• Ability to communicate consumer-related concerns and updates to supervisor in a timely manner
• Ability to collaborate with interagency teams and community partners to support coordinated care
• Ability to maintain documentation and records in accordance with agency policies and applicable regulations
• Ability to participate in trainings, meetings, and supervision as required
• Ability to perform all other duties as assigned