Peer Mental Health Specialist

Key Responsibilities

• Under supervision:
• Provides supportive assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs) through modeling, direct assistance, and coaching.
• Assists clients in obtaining basic needs.
• Assess client emotional well-being, clinical symptomology, behavioral changes and medication effectiveness.
• Provides psychosocial education for consumers related to mental illness, symptom management and medication compliance.
• Provides crisis intervention as necessary.
• Provides rotating 24 hour on call coverage as scheduled.
• Maintain relationships with state and local hospitals.
• Participate in daily treatment team meetings and weekly treatment team planning meetings.
• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Bachelor's Degree preferred
• One year of experience in the provision of social services for individuals with severe persistent mental illness
• Some lived experience

Benefits

• 12 Paid Holidays
• Birthday's Off!
• Sick Days
• Personal Days
• Accrued Vacation
• Medical/Dental/Vision
• Company paid Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability
• 403B Plan with Company Match
• Opportunities for training/education/Continuing Education Credits
• Opportunities for Public Loan Forgiveness
• Opportunities for discounted tuition at participating educational institutions
• Employee discounts through LifeMart and Tickets At Work