Peer Support Specialist-Marshall and Tate Co

Responsibilities: * Attend all meetings/trainings required by Communicare and the Department of Mental Health * Maintain certification as a Peer Support Specialist * Work collaboratively with other mental health staff * Provide peer support services for assigned individuals receiving services as determined by individual need * Assist in the orientation process for new individuals receiving services * Support individuals receiving services in transition to increase access to and utilization of supports and resources * Improve communication between individuals receiving services and service providers * Improve the team's understanding of lived experience, recovery, and resilience through modeling personal responsibility, self-advocacy, and hopefulness * Maintain current documentation of services in the individual's files * Provides crisis supports by listening to the individual and collaborating with the treatment team * Support individuals receiving services in taking an active self-directing role in their recovery * Provide group peer support services as needed * Adhere to other duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or associated Program Coordinator/Director Qualifications: * High School Diploma or GED; or, if ages 16-20, must be actively enrolled in school or GED program * Have transportation, hold a valid driver's license, have automobile insurance, and have a safe driving record.

* Identifies self as a current or former mental health consumer with a sustained period of self-directed recovery or be a first-degree family * member of a former or current consumer.

* Ability to successfully complete DMH and Center trainings PI76b613239514-29400-38779531