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SpringPath Mental Health Services

Overview

The Certified Peer Specialist, works as part of the Intensive Residential Treatment Service team, which provides care and treatment for persons who are experiencing significant mental health/psychiatric symptoms, who are demonstrating significant functional impairments, and who may have co-occurring substance use disorders. Certified Peer Support Specialists are fully integrated team members who provide individualized and group services in the residence and the community and promote person served self-determination and decision making. Certified Peer Support Specialists also provide essential expertise and consultation to the entire team to promote a culture in which each person’s point of view and preferences are recognized, understood, respected, and integrated into treatment, rehabilitation, and community self-help activities.

Responsibilities

+ Willingness to provide peer-recovery education

+ Assist peers with assessing their unique strengths and abilities

+ Help peers with identifying, developing, and working towards recovery goals

+ Assist peers with developing self-advocacy skills

+ Help peers identify and access appropriate professional resources

+ Provide education for team members regarding the recovery process

+ Assist in implementing and the development of individual treatment plans

+ Participates in care coordination meetings as needed

+ Serves as a link to community resources, teaches and models client self-advocacy and acts as a community liaison/educator

+ Reports significant/major incidents or accidents

+ Medication administration and documentation

+ Adheres to data privacy practices/HIPAA

+ Assists in discharge planning

+ Demonstrates professional competency in the documentation of treatment services

+ Provides objective verbal and written critical incident analysis.

+ Documents essential activities related to licensure, welfare, and safety

+ Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

+ A GED or high school diploma is required

+ Associate of Arts degree in one of the Behavioral Sciences or Human Services preferred

+ Successful completion of the MN Department of Human Services approved Certified Peer Support Specialist training and certification exam

+ Have or had a primary diagnosis of mental illness

+ Be a current or former consumer of mental health services and/or experience in the field while maintaining professional boundaries

+ Demonstrate dedication to promoting recovery opportunities in the lives of peers

+ Demonstrate ability to utilize own lived experience of recovery to inspire recovery in the lives of peers

+ Ability to communicate (verbally and written) with all levels of personnel, internal and external to the agency

+ Excellent customer service skills

+ Must be able to work independently as well as part of a team

+ Ability to prioritize, meet deadlines and multitask

+ Proficiency with using company technology

+ Must meet all agency requirements for pre-employment as required by SpringPath and/or MN State regulations

About our Line of Business

SpringPath Mental Health Services, an affiliate of BrightSpring Health Services, assists individuals with emotional, behavioral, and psychiatric disorders which result in functional impairments in traditional day-to-day life activities. Our services focus on developing social skills, developing coping skills, being an active participant in the local community, offering community choice, and psychoeducation. We help individuals develop skills and access resources needed to live more positive, active and social lives. For more information, please visitwww.springpathmentalhealth.com. Follow us onFacebook (https://www.facebook.com/SpringPathMentalHealth) andLinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/springpath-mental-health-services) .

Salary Range

USD $22.12 / Hour

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Job LocationsUS-MN-SAINT PAUL | US-MN-MINNEAPOLIS | US-MN-ELK RIVER

ID 2025-165298

Line of Business SpringPath Mental Health Services

Position Type Full-Time

Pay Min USD $22.12/Hr.

Pay Max USD $22.12/Hr.