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Peer Support Specialist - ACT Team

Prairie Ridge Integrated Behavioral Healthcare
Marshalltown, USA
Full-time
Entry
Onsite
Discovered 6 days ago

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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Provides direct care to patients with a combination of mental health and basic living support to prevent the need for more intrusive level of care. Patient care will be provided at home or office or in other community locations to support activities of daily living.
  • Provides support and advocacy for an assigned group of patients.
  • Coordinates and monitors activities of daily living.
  • Supports patients with behavioral health symptom management.
  • Provides support for locating housing options, maintaining current housing arrangements, teaching, or supporting using skills to maintain a clean home and advocating for member support with landlords/other tenants/etc.
  • Engages ACT Team members and/or their caretakers on alternatives to emergency or hospital care.
  • Participates in a collaborative multidisciplinary team and on-call rotation.
  • Delivers crisis response as needed under the supervision of the ACT Team Lead.
  • Works cooperatively with referral agencies.
  • Helps patient with paperwork and entitlement applications.
  • Participates in patient-centered comprehensive assessment at admission and yearly after that.
  • Treat all individuals with dignity and respect while maintaining agency standards of confidentiality, professionalism, and objectivity.
  • Maintain all HIPAA and 42 CFR confidentiality requirements and regulations as outlined in CARF policies and procedures.
  • Comply with agency policies, procedures, and regulatory standards.
  • All other duties as assigned.
  • QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED FOR POSITION
  • Associates degree in Social Work, Human Services, or another Human Service-related field, preferred.
  • Actual lived experience accessing mental health services for self (required).
  • Experience with providing service to individuals with a severe and persistent behavioral health needs.
  • Valid Driver’s License
  • Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings and/or weekends if necessary.
  • Travel is required as this is a community-based job position.
  • Supportive of the mission of Prairie Ridge and the patients we serve.
  • Proficiency in oral and written communication skills, as well as documentation requirements.
  • Technology skills allowing for proficiency in use of electronic health record.
  • While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is often required to stand, reach with hands and arms, and climb or balance.
  • The employee must infrequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or more up to 35 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Qualifications

  • Experience with providing service to individuals with a severe and persistent behavioral health needs.

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