Are you a compassionate and motivated Behavioral Health Peer Support Mentor? Come join our team and make a positive impact in the lives of our clients. As a Peer Support Mentor, you will use your personal experience with mental health recovery to provide support, guidance, and mentorship to clients participating in our IPS program. You will work closely with clients to help them overcome barriers to employment, build confidence, and achieve their career aspirations. Your role will be instrumental in fostering a supportive and empowering environment that promotes recovery and self-sufficiency. Join us in creating a supportive environment where everyone's journey is valued and respected!
The Behavioral Health Peer Support Mentor must have one year lived experience as a recipient of services and certification as a Peer Support Specialist. The Peer Mentor is responsible for support of any individual and/or group of clients within the facility, community and employment sites. Work hours vary according to the needs of the client(s) and may consist of 10 – 40 hours per week.
Essential functions include but are not limited to the following:
- Attends staffing and plan development meetings to promote the use of self-directed advocacy tools, teaching and supporting individuals to ask for services that meet individual needs and understand components of individual plans.
- Provides education, self-advocacy and skills training and resources to the client(s)
- Plans and coordinates wellness, self-advocacy, transportation, social skills training and/or support groups and teaches strategies and self-management strategies for use in employment and/or daily living.
- Maintains current documentation of required qualifications and certifications for employment as outlined by program guidelines.
- Completes documentation on individual and group-related activities, progress and reports, employer feedback, etc.
- Provides delivery of skill-building activities such as daily and community living skills, socialization, employment, adaptation, symptoms monitoring, and management skills.
- Supports individuals in overcoming job-related concerns, community integration, and building social skills that will promote job acquisition and tenure.
- Provides client transportation as required.
Minimum Requirements:
Required: High School Diploma or equivalent and one year lived experience as a recipient of services and certification as a Peer Support Specialist.
- Complete required training and execute methods of intervention.
- Basic academic skills to conduct training teach skill-building activities and document and maintain required records.
- Ability to communicate in oral and written form.
- General knowledge and lived experience, as a recipient or former recipient of services, with a mental illness, substance use and/or developmental disability.
- Ability to assist the client (s) in achieving and maintaining rehabilitative and recovery goals to successfully address employment and daily living goals.
- Ability to model self-advocacy skills and support vocational choices and needs in order to contribute to the individual plan.
- Ability to be perceptive of client(s) needs and link to resources and provide training as necessary for employment and attainment of personal goals