Job Description

Communicare is a community mental health center in North Central Mississippi that serves Calhoun, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate and Yalobusha counties. Communicare offers specialized treatment services for adults with serious mental illness, children with serious emotional disturbances, individuals with substance abuse disorders and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Communicare is currently seeking a Peer Support at our Lafayette County Office.

Peer Support-Provides a variety of recovery-oriented services to individuals who desired peer supports, in order to improve independence, community integration, and recovery from mental illness and or substance abuse. Services provided by peers (consumers or family members) include a wide range of supports, services, and advocacy that contribute to a client\xe2\x80\x99s ability to engage in ongoing treatment and attain their individualized goals for recovery.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Attend all meetings/trainings required by Communicare and the Department of Mental Health
• Maintain certification as a Peer Support Specialist
• Work collaboratively with other mental health staff
• Provide peer support services for assigned individuals receiving services as determined by individual need
• Assist in the orientation process for new individuals receiving services
• Support individuals receiving services in transition to increase access to and utilization of supports and resources
• Transports clients as needed
• Improve communication between individuals receiving services and service providers
• Improve the team\xe2\x80\x99s understanding of lived experience, recovery, and resilience through modeling personal responsibility, self-advocacy, and hopefulness
• Maintain current documentation of services in the individual\xe2\x80\x99s files
• Make home/community visits when beneficial to client
• Accompany individuals receiving services to appointments as needed
• Provides crisis supports by listening to the individual and collaborating with the treatment team
• Support individuals receiving services in taking an active self-directing role in their recovery
• Adhere to other duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or associated Program Coordinator/Director

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• High School Diploma or GED; or, if ages 16-20, must be actively enrolled in school or GED program
• Have transportation, hold a valid driver\xe2\x80\x99s license, have automobile insurance, and have a safe driving record.
• Identifies self as a current or former mental health consumer with a sustained period of self-directed recovery or be a first-degree family member of a former or current consumer.
• Ability to successfully complete DMH and Center trainings

Because we are the people who care, Communicare offers competitive benefits for full-time employees, including health protection plans, income protection, and paid time off.

Our popular benefits:

• Medical Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Life/AD&D/Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Dental/Vision/Term Life/Cancer coverage available
• Retirement Plan
• 403-B
• 403-B matching
• 11 Holidays per year
• 15 Annual Leave days per year (18 days after 3 years of employment)
• 15 Sick Leave per year
• Professional Development leave
• Jury leave
• Military leave

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