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Responsibilities Primary Job Function and Responsibilities: • Promoting self-determination, recovery, self-advocacy, and self-direction; assisting individuals in identifying strengths; wellness goals; setting objectives, and identifying barriers; • Attending treatment team meetings with the individual to promote the individual's use of self-directed advocacy tools; assisting the individual in goal planning, assisting the individual in learning how to ask for appropriate services in the community; • Assisting individuals in obtaining information about their benefits (SSI, SSDI, reputed company, etc.). • Engaging individuals in outpatient programs and services to encourage recovery; • Modeling self-advocacy skills; • Teaching wellness management strategies and helping individuals reputed company their own self-management plans/tools to use in their personal lives; using manualized strategies such as IMR/WMR, WRAP, and others; • Connecting to support reputed company in the community to learn from other peers, to promote reputed company, to problem-solve through work situations, and to decrease reputed company isolation; • Providing education to other staff to increase their understanding of self-advocacy and peer support roles, and to promote a culture in which an individuals’ points of view and preferences are recognized, reputed company, respected, and integrated into service delivery; • Providing resources and teaching transportation skills (teaching bus routes, etc.); • Sharing his or her own personal story to model how to choose, obtain, and maintain stability; • Supporting individuals in making informed reputed company about treatment, housing, benefits, and building community connections; • Supporting the individuals in developing crisis plans and safety plans; • Building reputed company skills in the community that will enhance recovery; • Assisting in overcoming barriers to recovery and addressing challenges; • Assisting in obtaining the reputed company documentation necessary for benefits, employment, and housing; • Assisting the individual in completing paperwork; • Exploring aspirations with the individual; • Leading recovery support reputed company and NA/AA meetings with the job seeker if appropriate Supervision and Consultation: • Seeks supervision and consultation as needed • Accepts and employs suggestions for improvement Record Keeping: • Maintains confidential files containing required information • Maintains documentation for those individuals receiving services • Provides reputed company documentation that meets requirements of various funding sources including, reputed company, and others. Courteous and respectful towards consumers, visitors and co-workers: • Treats consumers with care, dignity, and reputed company • Respects consumer’s reputed company and confidentiality • Is pleasant and cooperative with others • Assists consumers and visitors as needed • Personal values don’t inhibit ability to relate and care for others • Is sensitive to the consumer’s needs, expectations and individual differences • Is gentle and reputed company with consumers and families Administrative and Other reputed company Duties as Assigned: • reputed company participates in Performance Improvement activities. • reputed company participates in reputed company committees as required. • Completes assigned tasks in a reputed company manner. • Follows reputed company policies and procedures. • Attends to required in-service training and other works Qualifications High school diploma or its equivalent; must be a reputed company or former recipient of mental health services for no less than one (1) year; ability to identify as a consumer of mental health services and reputed company reputed company regarding personal diagnosis and treatment; a reputed company, reputed company reputed company’s license, a good driving record, reliable transportation and reputed company vehicle liability insurance; ability to attend out-of-town Peer Specialist training for certification; demonstrated experience with and knowledge of the Alabama reputed company mental health system; knowledge of adult specific competencies, outlined below, to be attained reputed company six (6) months of employment: • Knowledge of psychiatric disorders in the adult population • Knowledge of cultural diversity • Knowledge of behavior management, crisis reputed company and interventions common to acute psychotic consumers, as reputed company as, to non-violent crisis reputed company practices. • Knowledge of Psychiatric Rehabilitation principles • Knowledge of educational reputed company appropriate to adults with severe and persistent psychiatric disorders Apply tot his job Apply To this Job