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Human Services Specialist I/ Peer Support
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DMH: High School Diploma or GED equivalent and be a current or former consumer of mental health services, plus have one year participation in local or national consumer movement or demonsratable recovery expertise. STATE: Experience in a social service program.
Employee will be required to complete and pass certification training approved and sponsored by SCDMH and continuing education programs required by the Office of Consumer Affairs, along with training required by the local mental health center as a provider site.
This position will be supervised (immediate to generally) by a Mental Health Professional. An evaluation of Peer Support Services will be made at six months and annually by the MHP for each client served.
Peer support specialist will provide services in client’s current living situation, any natural environment, and in traditional settings
A Peer Support Service is a structured and scheduled therapeutic activity with an individual client or group provided by a trained, self-identified consumer of mental health services. A Peer Support Specialist guides clients toward the identification and achievement of specific goals defined by the client and specified in the Individual Treatment Plan. Peer Support Services promote community socialization, recovery, self-advocacy, self help, and development of natural supports.
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This position is supervised by a Mental Health Professional who assures that all services rendered by a Peer Support Specialist are provided in accordance with the certification training standards established by the SCDMH and with accepted standards of clinical practice.
1. Peer Support Specialist will serve as an active member of the client’s treatment team. They will advocate for services requested by the client. They will cultivate the client’s ability to make informed, independent choices, to set goals, and assist the client in gaining information and support from the community. A Peer Support Specialist will plan activities with the client that lead to improved self concepts through empowerment and self determination opportunities. Peer Support Specialists will teach and role model the importance of medication monitoring, clear communication with doctors and other caregivers, developing a WRAP plan, Psychiatric Advance Directive, and/or crisis plan to facilitate or avoid/shorten hospitalization. They will assist the client with learning how to maintain stable housing and employment. Peer Support Specialists will provide support and encouragement to both the client and their family members, when it is the choice of the client to do so.
2. Peer Support Specialist will offer clients hope of recovery from mental illness by sharing their own recovery stories and by teaching clients how to tell their own recovery stories effectively. They will use their unique recovery experience to model the value of every individual’s recovery experience and to teach effective coping techniques and self-help strategies.
3 With assistance from a supervising MHP, the Peer Support Specialist will document the following on the client’s treatment plan:
A. Identified, person-centered strengths, needs, abilities and recovery goals.
B. Interventions to assist the consumer with reaching their goals for recovery.
C. Progress made towards goals.
4. Will maintain a working knowledge of current trends and developments in the areas of mental health through relevant materials and through continuing education when offered by the Office of Human Affairs and SCDMH.
REV. SEPT 99 DMHF-HRS140a
(CG - Forms Mgmt. 9/99)
REC. SCHED. MH-AHRS-PBS-1 C:\Documents and Settings\sgf93\My Documents\Project - Forms Creation\HRS140 Position Description\DMHF-HRS140_PSPI.doc