Certified Peer Specialist - CTT

Position Summary:

We offer the following excellent benefits including: Loan forgiveness, Free parking, Medical, Vision, Prescription, Paid Time Off, Paid Parental Leave, Retirement Plan, Tuition Reimbursement, Dental, Life and Disability, Flexible Spending Accounts, Referral program, Employee Assistance Program and more!

CTT is mandated to provide service to those individuals within the mental health system who present the greatest degree of severity of symptoms as evidenced by their multiple physical, psychiatric and legal conditions; extensive use of services and lack of follow through with treatment. These individuals measure at the highest level of medical necessity as defined by the state Adult Environmental Matrix. The Certified Peer Specialist provides supportive services to people with serious mental illness that are assigned to Community Treatment Teams, under the supervision of the CPS Coordinator. This is accomplished through ensuring that the mission, goals and philosophy of CTT are operationalized within the team. The Certified Peer Specialist works with individuals in their community environment assisting them in their mental health recovery through self-disclosure, instilling a sense of hope, encouragement and vision in the future by assisting them to: (a) better understand their mental illness; (b) promote self-advocacy; (c) develop interpersonal skills and social support/networks; (d) reinforcement of budgeting skills to allow greater independence in management of funds; (e) develop leisure and recreational activity planning skills; (f) integrate with self-help support groups and other community avenues toward advancing their personal recovery objectives.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides daily information and feedback regarding person’s behavior, attitude and physical condition, as a part of participation in the treatment planning process and reports all changes in person’s condition to CTT management and assigned case manager.
• Serves as a role model and promotes self-advocacy so that Recovering individuals will have a voice that is fully heard in ensuring that their needs, goals and objectives are central in their dealings with provider agencies.
• Participates in the identification of community resources that support individual’s goals and interests in collaboration with case manager and other team staff, with particular focus on social networking, self-help, leisure and recreational planning, including accompanying individuals to events.
• Liaises with community groups/agencies that promote Recovery, along with other team staff, to ensure consumer access to and participation by: a) discussing possible matches and opportunities that coincide with the person’s interests; b) lining to self-help and mutual support groups; c) accompanying member to various community providers to familiarize them with potential resources; d) teaching them the skills needed to effectively and successfully utilize resources; and e) coaching to enable independent use of resources.
• Provides a 60-day transition mechanism for people graduating from the agency through participation in discharge planning, including maintaining contact via visits, telephone and email with the intent of insuring ongoing success and offering re-engagement support in partnership with others in the agency, as needed.
• Participates in daily team meetings and Clinical Care Meetings to give input on Recovery issues; attends Open Forum and other required agency meetings.
• Accompanies members to appointments (medical, dental, financial, entitlements, court and probation, etc.) to provide support and assistance, when requested.
• Attends in-service and other training in order to meet mandated training hours.
• Reads/completes required documentation in timely manner.
• Assists member to increase community tenure, enhance quality of life and attain highest level of independent functioning.
• Adheres to a flex schedule that allows for evening and weekend hours as may be required to respond to individual needs.

Skills Required:

Must have good verbal and written communication skills and work well with
people, have good, creative problem solving skills; be able to work independently and be flexible and adaptive in handling changing priorities in a fast paced work environment; must be able to use computer to record services.

Education and Experience:

High School Diploma or GED; Bachelor’s degree in the social science field preferred. Must be a current or former recipient of behavioral health services for two (2) years or more, have achieved at least one (1) year in recovery and been discharged
from services at CTT for at least one (1) year. Must have successfully completed DBH sponsored CPS Training Program.

Essential Functions:

Must be able to share office space and work as a part of a team; able to work evenings and weekends and have a good knowledge of the City transit system. Must be willing and able to self-disclose own personal journey toward recovery, to aid in the participants recovery process.

Equal Opportunity Employment:

PMHCC, Inc. is committed to equal opportunity. It is our policy to support equal
employment for all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual preferences, age, national origin, disability, behavioral health status, military status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Americans with Disabilities Act:

Employees as well as applicants who are currently, or become disabled, must be able to perform the functions of the job with either reasonable accommodation or unaided. PMHCC, Inc. will examine reasonable accommodations on a case by case basis in accordance with the law.

Website:

https://www.cttphila.org/

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $13.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• Are you fully vaccinated? If so, can you provide proof of vaccination?

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Addiction counseling: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: One location