Enclosed is a sample job description for a Peer Support Specialist Position.


SAMPLE
Job Description
Job Title: Peer Support Specialist
Department:
Hours: specify part-time, full-time, days/hours ^^~
Reports to: Identify supervisor
FLSA Status: Non-exempt
Salary Level:
Summary: As a member of the Dept., contributes in a peer support
capacity to facilitate recovery and enhance wellness. Serves as a role model for recovery, for staff and consumers. Helps consumers to develop self-help skills and build support networks. Fosters the use of needed services and helps consumers complete Wellness Recovery Action Plans (WRAP) in individual and group settings.
Job Relationships: Responsible to , interfaces with , and maintains a
cooperative relationship with the members of all of these discipline areas.
Supervision: No supervisory duties are involved in this position.
Responsibilities:
Note: These are general possibilities. The agency should consider where and in what capacity the Peer Support Specialist's time should be spent, e.g., at intake, at discharge from inpatient care/entry into acute partial or IOP, assisting with psych rehab or case management, etc..
1. Goal Setting and Attainment
• Assist consumers with setting and attaining personal recovery goals.
2. General Support and Advocacy
• Work with agency staff to identify community supports and help consumers
understand how to utilize these resources in the recovery process.
• Act as a peer support system to consumers recently discharged from inpatient or crisis
services and to consumers in Acute Partial Hospital and IOP programs.
• Provide family members information on support resources available through groups
and organizations in (name of county).
• Assist, when appropriate, family members and others to understand possible warning
signs and triggers, appropriate supportive responses, wellness measures, and the
overall recovery process.
• Provide outreach to consumers who miss scheduled sessions, appear to need support,
or have been discharged from programs.
• Assist, when appropriate, family members and others to understand possible warning
signs and triggers, appropriate supportive responses, wellness measures, and the
overall recovery process.
3. Role Model
• Model coping techniques and self-help strategies.
• Reinforce the potential for recovery to consumers and others.

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4. Recovery Tools
• Promote participation in WRAP planning among consumers.
• Help individual consumers complete WRAPs.
• Facilitate WRAP groups.
5. Administrative
• Complete all required documentation for every consumer encounter. Document group
and other services on behalf of a specific patient in her/his chart as required.
• Complete all required activity and other reports.
• Meet at least weekly with supervisor.
• Attend required trainings, in-services, staff meetings and peer support coaching
sessions and meetings.
6. Other
• Perform other tasks as assigned to support consumer recovery.
Education, Experience and Qualifications:
• Current or former recipient of mental health services in any setting and a willingness
to acknowledge this experience to consumers and others, as appropriate.
• High school diploma or GED.
• Demonstrated proficiency in reading and writing.
• Two years experience in human services, including one year of mental health direct
care experience or B A in relevant field, preferred.
• Commitment to consumer choice and empowerment.
• Ability to establish trusting relationships with peers.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team; strong interpersonal relations
and problem-solving skills.
• Successful completion of (name of county) CPS training program.
• Certification from the (name of county) CPS Program.
• Full compliance with regulatory and agency polices and procedures, including
ensuring confidentiality of verbal and written consumer information.
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