Youth Peer Support Specialist - WISe Team - Temporary Assignment

Primary Responsibilities

• Use personal lived experience to validate clients' experiences, provide guidance, and encourage responsibility and participation in recovery.
• Aid clients with daily living skills, including hygiene, nutrition education, and access to healthcare.
• Provide social and interpersonal support, coaching, and engagement in community activities.
• Offer transition support from hospitalization to the community, including medication management and crisis intervention.
• Act as a liaison between clients and the treatment team, advocating for client needs and perspectives.
• Assist clients and families in identifying, understanding, and combating stigma and discrimination.
• Participate in Child and Family Team (CFT) meetings and additional support meetings as needed.
• Assist in developing self-directed recovery action plans using wraparound principles.
• Provide referrals and linkages to resources within the community.
• Transport clients and provide in-community support as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma or GED
• Experience: Experienced (minimum 2 years of job-related experience)

Preferred Qualifications

• Education: Associate’s degree (Social Work, Psychology or Behavioral Health field)
• Experience: Relevant experience working with clients with severe and persistent mental illness. Capacity to work well with children and families.

Performance Requirements

• Knowledge: Maintain a working knowledge of current trends in community mental health, including health care reform and automation of job tasks using computer technology.
• Skills: Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with other employees, clients, organizations, and the public. Communication - Communicates clearly and concisely. Computer skills - The ability to operate a personal computer, fax machine, printer, and copier proficiently.

Equipment Operated

• Standard office equipment including computers, fax machines, copiers, printers, telephones, etc.

Work Environment

• Frequent mobility and/or sitting required for extended periods.
• Mental/Physical Requirements: While performing the job duties, the employee is required to walk, sit, use hands and fingers, reach with arms, talk, or listen. Peripheral vision is also required for this position.