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Great opportunity for a Peer Specialist in our Adult Community Clinical Services! The Adult Community Clinical Services (ACCS) assists hundreds of clients across the South Shore, who are referred by the Department of Mental Health and in need of support with their rehabilitation and recovery. The ACCS team provides multi-disciplinary support for clients managing psychiatric symptoms while living independently in apartments, family homes, shelters, and within one of 14 Aspire Health Alliance staffed residences.
Job Responsibility:
Carry out rehabilitation and support functions and assisting in treatment
Provide education, support, and consultation to families
Provide crisis intervention under the clinical supervision of staff with professional degrees
Provide mentor and outreach services to ACCS clients
Provide peer counseling and support, drawing on common experiences as a peer, to validate clients’ experiences and to provide guidance and encouragement to clients to take responsibility and actively participate in their own recovery
Provide expertise and consultation from a mental health consumer perspective to the entire team concerning clients’ experiences on symptoms of mental illness, the effects and side-effects of medications, clients’ responses to and opinions of treatment and client’s experiences of recovery
Collaborate with the team to promote a team culture in which each clients’ point of view, experiences, and preferences are recognized, understood, and respected, and in which client self-determination and decision-making in treatment planning are maximized and supported
Assist clients identify, understand, and combat stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness and develop strategies to reduce self stigma
Assist other team members to identify and understand culture-wide stigma and discrimination against people with mental illness and develop strategies to eliminate stigma within the team
Increase awareness of and support client participation in consumer self-help programs and consumer advocacy organizations that promote recovery
Serve as the liaison between the team and consumer-run programs such as self-help groups and drop-in centers
Organize and lead individual and group social and recreational activities to help clients structure their time, increase social experiences, and provide opportunities to practice social skills
Requirements:
Current or previous experience as a consumer of mental health services required
High School Diploma required
Peer Specialist Certification required within 6 months from date of hire
Valid driver’s license and access to personal vehicle required
Must have a strong commitment to the right and ability of each person with a severe and persistent mental illness to live in normal community residences
work in market jobs
and have access to helpful, adequate, competent, and continuous supports and services
Skills and competence to establish supportive trusting relationships with persons with severe and persistent mental illnesses and respect for client rights and personal preferences in treatment are essential
Has experience with recovery from psychiatric disabilities
Nice to have:
Bilingual skills and/or experience with multicultural populations
May have related training (e.g., certified occupational therapy assistant, home health care aide) or work experience (e.g.,teaching) and life experience