Certified Peer Specialist - IRTS

Certified Peer Specialist - IRTS

Job Locations

US-MN-MINNEAPOLIS

ID

2025-178104

Line of Business

SpringPath Mental Health Services

Position Type

Full-Time

Pay Min

USD $22.12 / Yr.

Pay Max

USD $22.12 / Yr.

Our Company

SpringPath Mental Health Services

Overview

The Certified Peer Support Specialist works as part of the Intensive Residential Treatment Service team, which provides care and treatment for persons who are experiencing significant mental health / psychiatric symptoms, who are demonstrating significant functional impairments, and who may have co-occurring chemical dependency and or personality disorder. Peer Specialists are fully integrated team members who provide individualized and group services in the residence and the community and promote client self-determination and decision making. Peer Specialists also provide essential expertise and consultation to the entire team to promote a culture in which each person's point of view and preferences are recognized, understood, respected, and integrated into treatment, rehabilitation, and community self-help activities.

Responsibilities

Willingness to provide peer-recovery education

• Assist peers with assessing their unique strengths and abilities
• Help peers with identifying, developing and working towards recovery goals
• Assist peers with developing self-advocacy skills
• Help peers identify and access appropriate professional resources
• Act as a community liaison
• Provide education for team members regarding the recovery process
• Assist in implementing and developing treatment goal plans
• Sit in case management meetings
• Provide care and resources for clients and staff on culture
• Serves as a link to community resources, teaches and models client self-advocacy and acts as a community liaison / educator
• Reports significant / major incidents or accidents
• Medication administration
• Adheres to data privacy practices / HIPAA
• Writes progress notes and assists in summaries and discharges.
• Monitors and records, medication administration activities.
• Provides objective verbal and written critical incident analysis.
• Documents essential activities related to licensure, welfare and safety

Qualifications

About our Line of Business

SpringPath Mental Health Services, an affiliate of BrightSpring Health Services, assists individuals with emotional, behavioral, and psychiatric disorders which result in functional impairments in traditional day-to-day life activities. Our services focus on developing social skills, developing coping skills, being an active participant in the local community, offering community choice, and psychoeducation. We help individuals develop skills and access resources needed to live more positive, active and social lives. For more information, please visit www.springpathmentalhealth.com. Follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn.

Salary Range

USD $22.12 / Year