Peer Support Worker - Behavioral Health Support (Part-time)

Company: Memorial Medical Center
Location: Las Cruces
Posted on: January 14, 2021

Job Description:

Memorial Medical CenterThe Peer Specialist provides peer support services as aparent, consumer or young adult with lived experience in navigating mentalhealth /substance abuse services. Serves as an advocate, shares coping skills,and provides recovery and resiliency related information for peers. The peerspecialist performs awide range of tasks to assist and support people indirecting their own lives and their personal recovery process. This meanssupporting people to live self-directed lives in self-determined roles are sociallyincluded in communities of their choices. The peerspecialist will role model competency in resiliency and recovery and ongoingcoping skills.ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS? Will serve as member of the Care management team and will:? Assist his or her peers to identify recovery goals? Provide information and support to assist peers toeffectively participate in developing a plan of care, engage in team-basedplanning and facilitate co-creating of Wellness Recovery Action Plans (WRAP) asneeded based on recipient choice.? Model and collaborate to develop problem solvingtechniques with individuals? Collaborate to assist peers how to:? Identify their strengths and needs;? Identify and combat negative self-talk? Identify and overcome fears? Employ coping strategies and relapse prevention skills? Share resiliency and recovery-oriented educationalmaterials? Employ strategies to engage parents of children and adultpeers who do not keep important follow-up appointments to identify barriers& obstacles and collaborate to find solutions? Assist peers on inpatient units to prepare a comprehensiveplan for discharge that includes relapse prevention strategies? Link peers to community-based peer, parent, and familysupport services? Serve as liaison with advocacy organizations regardingpeer support training and implementation initiatives.NON-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS? Candidate must be able to work effectively and prioritizein a fast-paced environment in order to meet the demands of the organization.Candidate must role model competency in recovery and ongoing coping skills.Job Requirements:Minimum Education: High school diploma or equivalent. Certification: Possess and maintain a Peer Support Worker Certification from the New Mexico Office of Peer Recovery and Engagement. Equal opportunity and affirmative action employers and are looking for diversity in candidates for employment: Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran

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