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Acadia Healthcare
Baltimore, MD, United States
Location: Location: Peer Support Specialist in Baltimore, MD at Acadia Healthcare **Location:** **Job Description** Overview **Our Passion:** We are improving the lives we touch. We need passionate, talented people working together who share our desire to provide the best quality care to our patients and lead the fight against the opioid epidemic.
Job Source: Acadia HealthcareJohns Hopkins Medicine
Baltimore, MD, United States
**Community Support Assistant/Peer Support Specialist** **Requisition #:** 450103 **Location:** Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21201 **Category:** Rehab **Work Shift:** Day Shift **Work Week:** Full Time **Weekend Work Required:** No **Date Posted:** Dec. 13, 2021 Join an amazing global healthcare organization! Excellent compen
Job Source: Johns Hopkins MedicineTransformation Healthcare
Baltimore, MD, United States
Summary of Position Responsibilities: The Peer Specialist is responsible for delivering supportive services to clients of the Transformation Healthcare INC (THI) ACT Team by utilizing THI's Harm Reduction Tool to identify and remove barriers to securing and maintaining permanent housing. The Peer Specialist will identify clients who require ad
Job Source: Transformation HealthcareVolunteers of America Chesapeake and Carolina's (V
Baltimore, MD, United States
Job Details Job Location PACA House - Baltimore, MD Position Type Full Time - 40 Plus Benefits Education Level High School Diploma Obtained Job Shift Day Job Category Behavioral and Mental Health Services Description JOB SUMMARY: The Peer Recovery Specialist (PRS) provides support, guidance, and advocacy to individuals and families on the re
Job Source: Volunteers of America Chesapeake and Carolina's (VCraft Consulting LLC
Baltimore, MD, United States
Description In search of a Peer Recovery Specialist in Baltimore, MD who can effectively incorporate their personal journey into the treatment plans and services of our clients. The ideal candidate will champion a wellness-focused, drug-free methodology to support recovery within both our residential and outpatient programs. Responsibilities •Ut
Job Source: Craft Consulting LLCVolunteers of America Chesapeake & Carolinas
Baltimore, MD, United States
The Peer Recovery Specialist (PRS) provides support, guidance, and advocacy to individuals and families on the recovery continuum with addiction, mental illness, co-occurring disorders, and family/allies of behavioral health. Utilizing their lived ex Recovery, Specialist, Behavioral Health, Peer, Healthcare, Support
Job Source: Volunteers of America Chesapeake & CarolinasMdcoalition
Odenton, MD, United States
Title:Family Peer Support Specialist - Anne Arundel CountyLocation:Annapolis **We offer:** **flexible schedules remote work great benefits including generous paid time off****Who We Are** Founded in 1999, Maryland Coalition of Families (MCF) is a statewide nonprofit with a central office in Columbia, Md., and staff located in communities throughout
Job Source: MdcoalitionMdcoalition
Glen Burnie, MD, United States
Title:Family Peer Support Specialist - Anne Arundel CountyLocation:Annapolis**This is an excellent opportunity if you have *personal experience (not work related)* as a parent or primary caregiver of a youth with mental health or substance use challenges.** **Who We Are** Founded in 1999, Maryland Coalition of Families (MCF) is a statewide nonprofi
Job Source: MdcoalitionCrownsville, MD, United States
SUMMARY: The Peer Support Specialist provides support for our clients as they look to overcome substance abuse and mental health disorders. Peer Support Specialist responsibilities include conducting support meetings, developing recovery strategies, and responding to patient emergencies as needed. Ultimately, you will work directly with our residence to help them address substance abuse and mental health disorders while they are at our facility.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :
Provide individualized, ongoing guidance, coaching and support.
Provide training in the use of personal and community resources.
Assist in developing formal and informal community supports.
Assist the person served in increasing social support networks of relatives, friends and/or significant others.
Offer encouragement in times of crisis.
Advocate on behalf of persons with behavioral health problems to protect the client's rights and to assist in reducing associated stigma.
Work in cooperation with other providers, family members or significant others involved in the client's recovery plan.
Attend Agency staff meetings, Case Conferences and Individual and Group Supervision.
Attain established standards of productivity.
Observe all rules of confidentiality relating to clinical information and treatment, both internally and when dealing with external agencies and/or individuals.
Responsible for understanding clients rights policy and procedures.
Participate in staff training and development.
Serve on designated committees within the agency.
Maintain professional standards at all times.
Observe the guidelines established within the Code of Ethics and Conduct.
Perform other related duties as assigned.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Proven work experience as a Peer Support Specialist or similar role
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
High School Diploma or GED required
Highly compassionate and attentive to details
The ability to be on call for emergencies and work on weekends and public holidays
Relevant training and/or certifications as a Peer Support Specialist
Excellent computer skills, including the Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
Exceptional writing, editing, and proofreading skills
Familiarity with Chrysalis House, Inc. or other non-profit organizations and the financial/wealth management industry is a plus
Excellent organization and time-management skills
OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Past or present consumer of mental health or substance abuse services with a history of managing one's own illness. Awareness of the importance of recovery in living with a mental illness or addictions problem. Past experience working directly with people in a service oriented field is beneficial. Active membership in a consumer advocacy or self-help group.
Ability to work well with others.
Ability to interact with various types of people.
Sound understanding of mental health and/or substance abuse problems and treatments. Personal traits which
Patience, tolerance, caring, mature and understanding.
Must demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Must demonstrate understanding of special treatment needs of women substance abusers in a residential treatment setting and show evidence of empathy, sensitivity, and maturity.
Must demonstrate highest professional ethical standards and adhere to Chrysalis House Core Values and Code of Ethics.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to walk; sit and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Chrysalis House, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, age, national origin, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability or any other protected class.
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