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Certified Peer Specialist
Location:
Macon, GA
Description:
Certified Peer Specialist River Edge offers outpatient services at our Bibb, Monroe, Baldwin, and Fulton County locations. Outpatient services include behavioral health, nursing, and psychiatric assessment, stabilization and medication maintenance services as well as crisis intervention services to include awareness, education and recovery groups. Mental Illness Recovery River Edge offers a wide array of evidence-based mental health services for youth and adults journeying toward recovery. River Edge is especially skilled at assisting those with multiple challenges as well as promoting and supporting recovery for individuals and families with intensive needs. Peer Specialist (with CPS Preferred) Location/Schedule: 175 Emery Hwy, Monday Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm Duties & Responsibilities: Provides a broad range of paraprofessional social services to patients/clients/consumers and their families, participates in treatment team planning, and performs crisis intervention. Assists in dealing with personal and social problems. May provide supportive counseling to consumers and families and/or serve as a liaison for social services. Prepares lesson plans for group topics, maintains medical records and documents daily group notes. Performs case management duties, and group skills training and refers clients to needed services and resources. Minimum Training & Experience: Candidates must have a primary diagnosis of mental illness or a dual diagnosis of mental illness and addictive disease, and a willingness to identify themselves as a person with mental illness (current or former consumer of mental health services). Applicants must hold a GED or High School diploma and demonstrated strong reading comprehension and written communication skills, experience with leadership, advocacy, or governance, and be well grounded in your recovery (one year between diagnosis and application to the training). Must meet the minimum qualifications for Peer Specialist as defined by the DBHDD Peer Specialist Project and/or Consumer Health Network. Preferred Qualifications: Fully COVID vaccinated Applicant most hold a valid Certified Peer Specialist (CPS) Certification or obtain certification within 12 months of employment. All selected applicants must pass a satisfactory drug screen and background clearance. Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information on application status by phone or e-mail. All qualified applicants will be considered; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted by the hiring managers. Applicants who are not selected will receive notification via email. This position is subject to close at any time once a satisfactory applicant pool has been identified. Job Posted by ApplicantPro
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Certified Peer Specialist is a Nurse & Healthcare Certified Peer Specialist Job at River Edge located in Macon GA. Find other listings like Certified Peer Specialist by searching Oodle for Nurse & Healthcare Certified Peer Specialist Jobs.