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Career Opportunities with Pathways Center
Job Type: Full-Time
Location:
Pathways Center
Care Campus - Child & Adolescent Center
78 Hospital Road
Newnan, GA 30263
Responsibilities
Pathways Center provides peer support services in several programs throughout the organization. This specific program is based out of Pathways Center’s outpatient clinic in Newnan, GA. Parent peer support is a strength-based rehabilitative service provided to parents/caregivers that is expected to increase the youth/family’s capacity to function within their home, school, and community while promoting recovery. Services are rendered by a CPS-P (Certified Peer Support-Parent) who is performing the service within the scope of their knowledge, lived experience, and education. This service exists within a system of care framework and enables timely response to the needs of all family members incorporating formal and informal supports and developing realistic intervention strategies that complement the youth’s natural environment.
The Certified Peer Specialist - Parent promotes family/youth recovery. Recovery is approached as a family journey towards self-management and developing the concept of wellness and functioning while actively managing a chronic behavioral health condition. Families are supported by the CPS-P and by participating in individual and group sessions with the CPS-P, families focus on identifying and enhancing the strengths of their family to support the youth. The CPS-P articulates points in their own recovery stories that are relevant to the obstacles faced by the family and promotes personal responsibility for family recovery. Responsibilities will include but not be limited to the following:
- Facilitates peer support group sessions with families in a clinic setting and/or home based setting
- Assists families in gaining skills to promote the recovery process (self-advocacy, developing natural supports, etc.)
- Provide ongoing emotional support, modeling and mentoring during various phases of the service/support planning process
- Help families better understand choices offered by service providers
- Assist parents in coordinating with other youth-serving systems, as needed, to achieve family goals
- Support, model, and coach families to help with their level of engagement in all health-related processes
- Cultivate the parent/guardian’s ability to make informed, independent choices which will include others who have been through similar experiences
- Assist the parent/guardian in understanding the various system processes and how these relate to the youth’s recovery process and the value of the parent/guardian role
- Assist the parent/guardian in understanding what a behavioral health diagnosis means and what a journey to recover may look like
- Assist the parent/guardian in understanding the role of prescribed services and medication in diminishing/managing the symptoms of the condition while increasing resilience and functioning in living with the condition
- Identify the importance of self-care, addressing the need to maintain family whole health and wellness in order to ultimately support the youth
- Document client progress and interventions in the electronic health record system within established time frame for quality of care and billing purposes
Certified Peer Specialists work from the perspective of their lived experience to help build environments conducive to recovery. They promote hope, personal responsibility, empowerment, education, and self-determination in the communities where they serve. CPSs are trained to assist others in skill-building, problem-solving, setting up and maintaining self-help mutual support groups, and building self-directed recovery tools. A critical role of the CPS is supporting others in developing their recovery goals, and specific steps to reach those goals.
Minimum Qualifications
Qualified candidates must the be parent or legal guardian of a child living with mental illness, substance abuse and/or co-occurring diagnosis; have a high school diploma or GED; have experience navigating complex public health or child-serving systems of care; willing to provide 30-40 hours per week of direct parent peer support services
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in a human service field; Three years of experience in a Social Service field
Job Type: Full-Time
Location: Care Campus - Child & Adolescent Center
78 Hospital Road
Newnan, GA 30263
Responsibilities
Pathways Center provides peer support services in several programs throughout the organization. This specific program is based out of Pathways Center’s outpatient clinic in Newnan, GA. Youth peer support is a strength-based rehabilitative service provided to youth/young adults that is expected to increase the youth/family’s capacity to function within their home, school, and community while promoting recovery. Services are rendered by a CPS-Y (Certified Peer Support-Youth) who is performing the service within the scope of their knowledge, lived experience, and education. This service exists within a system of care framework and enables timely response to the needs of the youth and all family members incorporating formal and informal supports and developing realistic intervention strategies that complement the youth’s natural environment.
The Certified Peer Specialist-Youth promotes family/youth recovery. While the identified youth is the target for services, recovery is approached as a family journey towards self-management and developing the concept of wellness and functioning while actively managing a chronic behavioral health condition, which enables the youth to be supported in wellness within his/her family unit. Youth are supported by the CPS-Y by participating in individual and group sessions focused on learning to live life beyond the identified behavioral health condition. As part of this service, the CPS-Y articulates points in their own recovery stories that are relevant to the obstacles faced by the youth/young adult. Responsibilities will include but not be limited to the following:
- Facilitates peer support group sessions with youth/young adults in a clinic setting and/or home based setting
- Assists youth/young adults in gaining skills to promote the recovery process (self-advocacy, developing natural supports, etc.)
- Provide ongoing emotional support, modeling and mentoring during various phases of the service/support planning process
- Help youth/young adults better understand choices offered by service providers
- Assist youth/young adults with the acquisition of the skills and knowledge necessary to sustain an awareness of their needs as well as his/her strengths
- Support, model, and coach youth/young adults to help with their level of engagement in all health-related processes
- Cultivate the youth/young adult’s ability to make informed, independent choices which will include others who have been through similar experiences
- Assist the youth/young adult in understanding the various system processes and how these relate to the recovery process and their valued role
- Assist the youth/young adult in understanding what a behavioral health diagnosis means and what a journey to recover may look like
- Assist the youth/young adult in understanding the role of prescribed services and medication in diminishing/managing the symptoms of the condition while increasing resilience and functioning in living with the condition
- Identify the importance of self-care, addressing the need to maintain family whole health and wellness in order to ultimately support the youth
- Document client progress and interventions in the electronic health record system within established time frame for quality of care and billing purposes
Certified Peer Specialists work from the perspective of their lived experience to help build environments conducive to recovery. They promote hope, personal responsibility, empowerment, education, and self-determination in the communities where they serve. CPSs are trained to assist others in skill-building, problem-solving, setting up and maintaining self-help mutual support groups, and building self-directed recovery tools. A critical role of the CPS is supporting others in developing their recovery goals, and specific steps to reach those goals.
Minimum Qualifications
Qualified candidates must 18-26 years of age (valid Georgia ID) and have a mental health condition, substance use disorder, or a co-occurring diagnosis and a strong desire to identify themselves as a person living with a mental illness or substance use diagnosis; must be well grounded in recovery wellness and be able to share own personal story in a safe and appropriate way; have a high school diploma or GED; willing to provide 30-40 hours per week of direct youth/young adult peer support services
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in a human service field; Three years of experience in a Social Service field
Please use the link below to view full job posting and apply.
Career Opportunities with DeKalb Community Service Board
DeKalb Community Service Board (CSB) is an innovative, community-based behavioral health and developmental disabilities services organization located in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, offering a full range of mental health services, developmental disabilities programs and substance abuse treatment to more than 11,000 citizens annually who are uninsured and underinsured.
As a public, not-for-profit organization, the DeKalb CSB operates more than 20 locations in DeKalb County with a diverse workforce of more than 500 direct-care and support staff.
Our staff of physicians, nurses, clinicians and support personnel is dedicated to helping our clients and their families recover from these debilitating disabilities and resume productive lives. We strive to provide the highest quality, evidence-based services in the least restrictive settings, and we envision a community in which disabilities no longer limit potential. DeKalb CSB is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). Read more on our recent CARF accreditation here.
CERTIFIED PEER SPECIALIST - YOUTH |CLIFTON SPRINGS MHC – SYSTEM OF CARE 464
JOB SUMMARY:
Community support staff focused on the Emerging Adult and Adolescent populations. As a part of the System of Care grant from DBHDD will provide services that consist of rehabilitative skills building, the development of environmental supports and resources coordination considered essential to assist a person in improving functioning, gaining access to necessary services in creating environments that promote recovery and support the emotional and functional improvement of the individual. The CPS-Y will also participate in the engagement and coordination of care of children, adolescents, and young adults with other systems and internal providers.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Staff will serve as the primary coordinator of behavioral health services and will provide linkage to the community; general entitlements and psychiatric, substance use/abuse, medical services, crisis prevention and interventions services. Staff will have contact with the individuals on his/her caseload weekly. Staff will meet with consumers face to face a minimum of twice a month with at least 50% of contacts being face to face and 80% of contacts outside of the clinic.
SKILL, COMPENTENCY AND EDUCATION AND/OR LICENSURE REQUIREMNTS:
Certified Peer Specialist-Youth in Georgia. Must have a current driver’s license.
INTER-RELATIONSHIPS:
Able to work closely with other staff within the center, including clinicians, prescribers, and front desk staff, as well as other community providers for client referrals and linkage.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Must be able to drive, climb stairs and walk at least 1 block. Services will be provided in home or in the community to include public buildings such as the library and government agencies. Hours of availability can vary based on need of clients to include late evenings and weekends.
NEEDED ATTRIBUTES:
Must be able to work with diverse populations and culture of people, able to communicate effectively, multi-task, be self-motivated and organized.
Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by ADA requirements for applicants and employees to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The job requires lifting and carrying up to 5lbs
Pre-employment drug screening may be required. Selected applicant will be subject of an FBI Criminal History Record Check, and the applicant has the right to challenge the contents of their Criminal History Record Information, should they choose to do so.
For more information visit www.dekcsb.org/careers
DeKalb CSB is an equal opportunity employer regarding disability under VEVRRA and ADA
As a part of the pre-employment process, the selected applicant will undergo an FBI Criminal History Records check, Motor Vehicle Report (MVR) check and drug screening. Direct Care positions may require Tuberculosis (TB) testing.
DeKalb Community Service Board participates in E-Verify (Company ID: 226305).
Our Mission: DeKalb Community Service Board strives to provide the right service, for the right person, at the right time.
Our Vision: The DeKalb Community Service Board envisions a community in which disabilities no longer limit potential.
Our Values:
•Providing inspirational leadership in marshaling resources to achieve our vision
•Being an industry leader in public sector service delivery
•Having talented and well trained staff that is client and mission focused
•Offering a full service continuum with a collaborative spirit
•Being the provider of choice, the employer of choice and the board of choice
Please use the link below to view full job posting and apply.
Career Opportunities with Department of Juvenile Justice
DJJ is currently looking to hire a Youth-Certified Peer Specialist to work with our youth who successfully complete our Residential Substance Abuse Treatment program and our released back into the community. The position will be serving youth released back to the Metro Atlanta area.
Requisition ID: AUD008P
Number of Openings: 1
Advertised Salary: $30.00/hour
Shift: Day Job
Posting End Date: Sep 15, 2022
Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) Certified Peer Specialist – Youth (CPS-Y
JOB SUMMARY:
The Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) staff and the CPS-Y will focus on the Emerging Adult and Adolescent who successfully completes the RSAT program and are released back into their communities. As part of the RSAT Grant program and the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) will provide services that consist of rehabilitative skill building, the development of environmental supports and resources coordination considered essential to assist a young person in improving functioning, gaining access to necessary services in creating environments that promote recovery and support the emotional and functional improvement of the individual. The CPS-Y will also participate in the engagement and coordination of care of children, adolescents, and young adults with other systems and internal DJJ providers.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
CPS-Y staff will serve as the primary coordinator of behavioral health services and will provide linkage to the community; general entitlements and psychiatric, substance use, recovery supports, mental health medical services, educational services, crisis prevention and intervention services. CPS-Y staff will also partner with the Office of Re-entry Services and attend their assigned youths’ Youth Centered Re-entry Team meetings. Staff will have contact with the individuals on their caseload weekly. Staff will meet with consumers a minimum of twice per month with at least 50% of contacts being face to face and these contacts will be documented in the Juvenile Tracking System (JTS) per DJJ policy.
SKILL, COMPENTENCY AND EDUCATION AND/OR LICENSURE REQUIREMNTS:
Certified Peer Specialist-Youth in Georgia. Must have a current driver’s license.
INTER- RELATIONSHIPS:
Able to work closely with other staff within the Youth Development Campuses and RSAT Programs, including but not limited to Office of Behavioral Health (OBHS) clinicians, prescribers, Juvenile Probation and Parole Specialists and DJJ administrative staff, as well as other community providers for client referrals and linkage.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Must be able to drive personally owned vehicle and have auto insurance. Be able to climb stairs and walk at least 2 blocks. Services will be provided in DJJ secure facilities, court service offices, home or in the community to include public buildings such as libraries and government agencies. Hours of availability can vary based on need of clients to include late evenings and weekends.
NEEDED ATTRIBUTES:
Must be able to work with diverse populations and culture of people, able to communicate effectively, multi-task, be self-motivated and organized.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Highschool diploma/GED AND valid driver’s license.
Must have a Certified Peer Specialist-Youth in Georgia
PREFERRED MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
(1) Certified Peer Specialist-Youth in Georgia
Experience working with youth in a juvenile justice system.
Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by ADA requirements for applicants and employees to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
THIS IS A CONTRACT POSITION.
THE SELECTED APPLICANT FOR THE POSITION WILL BE SUBJECT TO A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK, WHERE APPLICABLE
PLEASE INCLUDE ALL RELEVANT JOB INFORMATION ON THE APPLICATION FOR CONSIDERATION. ALL APPLICATIONS WILL BE PRESCREENED.
DJJ IS AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Please use the link below to view full job posting and apply.
Career Opportunities with Highland Rivers Behavioral Health
A career at Advantage Behavioral Health Systems is rewarding on so many levels. Working at Advantage is about learning, growing, and caring for others. We all have been impacted by mental health issues – either your own personal struggle or watching the struggle of family or friends. Advantage Behavioral Health provides access to mental health, developmental disability, or substance abuse services. As a Community Service Board (CSB), Advantage provides services to Northeast Georgia. We operate six behavioral health outpatient clinics and seven clinical sites for individuals with intellectual developmental disabilities. There is no such thing as an average day working at Advantage. We offer you a breadth of practical work experience and invest in training our employees in a diverse work environment. Our staff is made up of compassionate, mission-minded individuals who make a difference in the community and the lives of others daily. Come – join us and make a better tomorrow!
Job Type: Part Time
Rate of Pay:
Location: Clarke County -BH (Pavilion) - Athens, GA
SUMMARY: Under direct supervision of the Director of Clinical Training & Youth Specialty Services, provides a broad range of paraprofessional social services to youth and their families in the APEX, Remix Clubhouse, & System of Care Programs that promote recovery, empowerment & self-efficacy.
Job Responsibilities & Performance Standards:
Through positive relationships with health providers, promoting access and quality services to the youth/family, utilizing lived experience as a guide for interventions.
- Assisting with identifying other community and individual supports that can be used by the family to achieve their goals and objectives-; these can include friends, relatives, and/or religious affiliations.
- Assisting the youth and family accessing strength-based behavioral health, social services, educational services and other supports and resources required to assist the family to attain its vision/goals/objectives
- Helping the family identify natural supports that exist for the family
- Working with families to access supports which maintain youth in the least restrictive setting possible; and
- Working with the families to ensure that they have a choice in life aspects, sustained access to an ownership of their treatment plan and resources developed.
- In partnership with the multi-disciplinary team, working with the provider community to develop responsive and flexible resources that facilitate community- based interventions and supports that correspond with the needs of the families and their youth.
Physical Demands: 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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment: The work environment characteristic described her are representative of those and employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Entry Qualifications: High school diploma or GED AND eligibility to become trained as a Certified Peer Specialist-Parent (CPS-P)
Preferred Qualifications: Certified Peer Specialist-Parent (CPS-P)
Advantage is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.
Please use the link below to search for jobs under the category of Outpatient. To apply for a job you will need to create an account.
One of Georgia’s largest behavioral healthcare providers, Highland Rivers Behavioral Health provides compassionate, professional treatment and recovery services to adults, children, families, and veterans affected by mental health issues, substance abuse and addiction, and intellectual and developmental disabilities. Our purpose is to help every individual recover and live independent, successful, and fulfilling lives.
Career Opportunities with Highland Rivers Behavioral Health
Seeking a Certified Peer Specialist - Parent to work in Bartow and Floyd counties in the ROC Clubhouse and the Choices Clubhouse.
SUMMARY: The CPS-P services are geared toward promoting self-empowerment of the youth, and families, enhancing community living skills and developing/ enhancing natural supports. The team member focuses on building respectful partnerships with families, identifying the needs of the youth/families, and helping the youth recognize self-efficacy while strengthening good communication within the families and good partnerships with communities and system stakeholders in achieving the desired outcomes. This service provides the training and support necessary to promote engagement and active participation of the youth in the supports/treatment/recovery planning process for the youth and assistance with the ongoing implementation and reinforcement of skills learned throughout the treatment/support process.
Services are rendered by a CPS-P (Certified Peer Support-Parent) who is performing the service within the scope of their knowledge, lived experience, and education. The position involves engaging individuals, providing linkage to community resources, assisting with discharge planning and providing direct services and may include sharing one's own personal journey to encourage and inspire others as they continue on their own recovery journey.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assists youth/young adults in gaining skills to promote the recovery process (self-advocacy, developing natural supports, etc.)
- Provide ongoing emotional support, modeling and mentoring during various phases of the service/support planning process.
- Facilitates peer support group sessions with families in a clinic setting and/or home-based setting
- Assists families in gaining skills to promote the recovery process (self-advocacy, developing natural supports, etc.)
- Provide ongoing emotional support, modeling and mentoring during various phases of the service/support planning process
- Assist parents in coordinating with other youth-serving systems, as needed, to achieve family goals
- Support, model, and coach families to help with their level of engagement in all health-related processes
- Cultivate the parent/guardian’s ability to make informed, independent choices which will include others who have been through similar experiences
- Assist the parent/guardian in understanding the various system processes and how these relate to the youth’s recovery process and the value of the parent/guardian role
- Assist the parent/guardian in understanding what a behavioral health diagnosis means and what a journey to recover may look like
- Assist the parent/guardian in understanding the role of prescribed services and medication in diminishing/managing the symptoms of the condition while increasing resilience and functioning in living with the condition
- Identify the importance of self-care, addressing the need to maintain family whole health and wellness in order to ultimately support the youth
- Document client progress and interventions in the electronic health record system within established time frame for quality of care and billing purposes.
- May assist with coordination of the services and activities of additional support programs and community integration activities as well as child & adolescent services treatment programs.
REQUIREMENTS:
- High school diploma or GED AND Three years of experience in a social service-related position.
- Must be a Certified Peer Specialist or eligible.
- Computer skills, organizational and teaching skills, ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Must be able to pass a background investigation, drug screen and have good 7yr. motor vehicle report.
Seeking a Certified Peer Specialist - Parent to work in Cobb County in the Bright Changes Clubhouse and the Teams Clubhouse.
SUMMARY: The CPS-P services are geared toward promoting self-empowerment of the youth, and families, enhancing community living skills, and developing/enhancing natural supports. The team member focuses on building respectful partnerships with families, identifying the needs of the youth/families and helping the youth recognize self-efficacy while strengthening good communication within the families and good partnerships with communities and system stakeholders in achieving the desired outcomes. This service provides the training and support necessary to promote engagement and active participation of the youth in the supports/treatment/recovery planning process for the youth and assistance with the ongoing implementation and reinforcement of skills learned throughout the treatment/support process. Services are rendered by a CPS-P (Certified Peer Support-Parent) who is performing the service within the scope of their knowledge, lived experience, and education. The position involves engaging individuals, providing linkage to community resources, assisting with discharge planning and providing direct services and may include sharing one's own personal journey to encourage and inspire others as they continue on their own recovery journey.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Assists youth/young adults in gaining skills to promote the recovery process (self-advocacy, developing natural supports, etc.)
• Provide ongoing emotional support, modeling and mentoring during various phases of the service/support planning process.
• Facilitates peer support group sessions with families in a clinic setting and/or home-based setting
• Assists families in gaining skills to promote the recovery process (self-advocacy, developing natural supports, etc.)
• Provide ongoing emotional support, modeling and mentoring during various phases of the service/support planning process
• Assist parents in coordinating with other youth-serving systems, as needed, to achieve family goals
• Support, model, and coach families to help with their level of engagement in all health-related processes
• Cultivate the parent/guardian’s ability to make informed, independent choices which will include others who have been through similar experiences
• Assist the parent/guardian in understanding the various system processes and how these relate to the youth’s recovery process and the value of the parent/guardian role
• Assist the parent/guardian in understanding what a behavioral health diagnosis means and what a journey to recover may look like
• Assist the parent/guardian in understanding the role of prescribed services and medication in diminishing/managing the symptoms of the condition while increasing resilience and functioning in living with the condition
• Identify the importance of self-care, addressing the need to maintain family whole health and wellness in order to ultimately support the youth
• Document client progress and interventions in the electronic health record system within established time frame for quality of care and billing purposes.
• May assist with coordination of the services and activities of additional support programs and community integration activities as well as child & adolescent services treatment programs.
REQUIREMENTS:
• High school diploma or GED AND Three years of experience in a social service-related position.
• Must be a Certified Peer Specialist or eligible.
• Computer skills, organizational and teaching skills, ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to pass background investigation, drug screen and have good 7yr. motor vehicle report.
Seeking a Certified Peer Specialist - Youth to work in Bartow and Floyd counties with The ROC Clubhouse and the Choices Clubhouse.
SUMMARY: The CPS-Y services are geared toward promoting self-empowerment of the youth, enhancing community living skills, and developing/enhancing natural supports. The team member focuses on building respectful partnerships with families, identifying the needs of the youth and helping the youth recognize self-efficacy while strengthening good communication within the families and good partnerships with communities and system stakeholders in achieving the desired outcomes. This service provides the training and support necessary to promote engagement and active participation of the youth in the supports/treatment/recovery planning process for the youth and assistance with the ongoing implementation and reinforcement of skills learned throughout the treatment/support process. The position involves engaging individuals, providing linkage to community resources, assisting with discharge planning and providing direct services and may include sharing one's own personal journey to encourage and inspire others as they continue on their own recovery journey.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Engage and assist youth/young adults in identifying strengths which aid and barriers that impede the recovery process.
• Facilitates peer support group sessions with youth/young adults in a clinic setting, community and/or home-based setting
• Assists youth/young adults in gaining skills to promote the recovery process (self-advocacy, developing natural supports, etc.)
• Provide ongoing emotional support, modeling and mentoring during various phases of the service/support planning process.
• Help youth/young adults better understand choices offered by service providers.
• Assist youth/young adults with the acquisition of the skills and knowledge necessary to sustain an awareness of their needs as well as his/her strengths.
• Support, model, and coach youth/young adults to help with their level of engagement in all health-related processes.
• Cultivate the youth/young adult’s ability to make informed, independent choices which will include others who have been through similar experiences.
• Assist the youth/young adult in understanding the various system processes and how these relate to the recovery process and their valued role.
• Assist the youth/young adult in understanding what a behavioral health diagnosis means and what a journey to recover may look like.
• Assist the youth/young adult in understanding the role of prescribed services and medication in diminishing/managing the symptoms of the condition while increasing resilience and functioning in living with the condition.
• Identify the importance of self-care, addressing the need to maintain family whole health and wellness in order to ultimately support the youth.
• Document client progress and interventions in the electronic health record system within established time frame for quality of care and billing purposes.
• May assist with coordination of the services and activities of additional support programs and community integration activities as well as child & adolescent services treatment programs.
REQUIREMENTS:
• High school diploma or GED AND Three years of experience in a social service-related position.
• Must be a Certified Peer Specialist or eligible.
• Computer skills, organizational and teaching skills, ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to pass background investigation, drug screen and have good 7yr. motor vehicle report.
Seeking a Certified Peer Specialist - Youth to work in Cobb County with The Bright Changes Clubhouse and the Teams Clubhouse.
SUMMARY: The CPS-Y services are geared toward promoting self-empowerment of the youth, enhancing community living skills, and developing/enhancing natural supports. The team member focuses on building respectful partnerships with families, identifying the needs of the youth and helping the youth recognize self-efficacy while strengthening good communication within the families and good partnerships with communities and system stakeholders in achieving the desired outcomes. This service provides the training and support necessary to promote engagement and active participation of the youth in the supports/treatment/recovery planning process for the youth and assistance with the ongoing implementation and reinforcement of skills learned throughout the treatment/support process. The position involves engaging individuals, providing linkage to community resources, assisting with discharge planning and providing direct services and may include sharing one's own personal journey to encourage and inspire others as they continue on their own recovery journey.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Engage and assist youth/young adults in identifying strengths which aid and barriers that impede the recovery process.
• Facilitates peer support group sessions with youth/young adults in a clinic setting, community and/or home-based setting
• Assists youth/young adults in gaining skills to promote the recovery process (self-advocacy, developing natural supports, etc.)
• Provide ongoing emotional support, modeling and mentoring during various phases of the service/support planning process.
• Help youth/young adults better understand choices offered by service providers.
• Assist youth/young adults with the acquisition of the skills and knowledge necessary to sustain an awareness of their needs as well as his/her strengths.
• Support, model, and coach youth/young adults to help with their level of engagement in all health-related processes.
• Cultivate the youth/young adult’s ability to make informed, independent choices which will include others who have been through similar experiences.
• Assist the youth/young adult in understanding the various system processes and how these relate to the recovery process and their valued role.
• Assist the youth/young adult in understanding what a behavioral health diagnosis means and what a journey to recover may look like.
• Assist the youth/young adult in understanding the role of prescribed services and medication in diminishing/managing the symptoms of the condition while increasing resilience and functioning in living with the condition.
• Identify the importance of self-care, addressing the need to maintain family whole health and wellness in order to ultimately support the youth.
• Document client progress and interventions in the electronic health record system within established time frame for quality of care and billing purposes.
• May assist with coordination of the services and activities of additional support programs and community integration activities as well as child & adolescent services treatment programs.
REQUIREMENTS:
• High school diploma or GED AND Three years of experience in a social service-related position.
• Must be a Certified Peer Specialist or eligible.
• Computer skills, organizational and teaching skills, ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to pass background investigation, drug screen and have good 7yr. motor vehicle report.
Submit Completed State of Georgia
application to Recruiter:
Armanda Spears
New Horizons Behavioral Health
1215 2nd Ave
Columbus, Georgia 31901
Fax: (706) 317-5004
Email: jobs@nhbh.org
Career Opportunities with New Horizons Behavioral Health
In order to be considered for employment, a state of Georgia application must be submitted, along with proof of your highest level of completed education of the required entry-level. All documents MUST be submitted together. Also, we do not consider or hold applications for positions that are not listed. If an application does not include a job title, it will not be forwarded.
Job Type: Full-Time
Rate of Pay: $26,000 per year
Program: Work Enforcement Grant
Location: PCC/Boxwood PL
Posting Date: 04/20/2022
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
Position Open to: All qualified applicants
The CPS-P offers emotional support, shares knowledge, works with individuals to identify tools of wellness/resiliency/recovery available for everyday life, provides practical assistance, and connects people with resources, opportunities, and communities of support.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Have a mental health (MH) condition, substance use disorder (SUD), or a co-occurring diagnosis; and a strong desire to identify themselves as a person living with a mental illness or substance use diagnosis;
- Be able/willing to actively seek and manage your own appropriate care;
- Be able to share their own personal story in a safe and appropriate way;
- Must be well grounded in recovery wellness
- One year between diagnosis and application to training
- If the individual has a substance use condition, there must be one year continuous abstinent from substance use
- Have a high school diploma or GED; provide a copy of these
documents; - Provide (2) letters of reference.
Preferred Qualifications:
Completion of a high school diploma or GED. Experience in working with individuals with mental disorders and/or addictive diseases is preferred.
Notes:
The selected applicant must furnish the required documentation authorizing work in the United States as well as pass a criminal background investigation and drug screening.
New Horizons Community Service Board does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its program or activities. An applicant who has a disability which requires special accommodations should contact this office.
APPLICATIONS WILL BE SCREENED AT THE PREFERRED LEVEL.
Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information on application status by phone or e-mail. We are also unable to contact applicants who are not selected for a position. All qualified applicants will be considered, but may not necessarily receive an interview. Selected applicants will be contacted by Human Resources to continue the hiring process. This position is subject to close at any time once a satisfactory applicant pool has been identified.
ENTRY SALARY may be adjusted depending upon the selected candidate’s qualifications and agency budget
considerations.
Job Type: Full-Time
Rate of Pay: $26,000 per year
Program: Work Enforcement Grant
Location: PCC/Boxwood PL
Posting Date: 04/20/2022
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
Position Open to: All qualified applicants
The CPS-P offers emotional support, shares knowledge, works with individuals to identify tools of wellness/resiliency/recovery available for everyday life, provides practical assistance, and connects people with resources, opportunities, and communities of support.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Be 18-26 years of age,
- Have a mental health (MH) condition, substance
use disorder (SUD), or a co-occurring diagnosis; and a strong desire to
identify themselves as a person living with a mental illness or substance
use diagnosis; - Be able/willing to actively seek and manage your own
appropriate care; - Be able to share their own personal story in a safe and
appropriate way; - Must be well grounded in recovery wellness
- One year
between diagnosis and application to training - If the individual has a
substance use condition, there must be one year continuous abstinent from
substance use - Have a high school diploma or GED; provide a copy of
these documents; - Provide (2) letters of reference.
Preferred Qualifications:
Completion of a high school diploma or GED. Experience in working with individuals with mental disorders and/or addictive diseases is preferred.
Notes:
The selected applicant must furnish the required documentation authorizing work in the United States as well as pass a criminal background investigation and drug screening.
New Horizons Community Service Board does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its program or activities. An applicant who has a disability which requires special accommodations should contact this office.
APPLICATIONS WILL BE SCREENED AT THE PREFERRED LEVEL.
Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information on application status by phone or e-mail. We are also unable to contact applicants who are not selected for a position. All qualified applicants will be considered, but may not necessarily receive an interview. Selected applicants will be contacted by Human Resources to continue the hiring process. This position is subject to close at any time once a satisfactory applicant pool has been identified.
ENTRY SALARY may be adjusted depending upon the selected candidate’s qualifications and agency budget
considerations.
Job Type: Part-Time
State Pay Grade: negotiable
Program: EMERGE (LIGHT-ETP)
Location: Muscogee County
Posting Date: 04/22/2021
Application Deadline: Open Until
Filled
Position Open to: All qualified
applicants
Educate on diagnosis and co-occuring disorders. Support Case
Manager/Employment Specialists. Maintain updated list of local
resources. Attend outreach events. Conduct groups/social events. Track
and schedule contacts with clients as needed. Attend trainings. Population
served: Ages 16-30; first time psychosis. Monday – Friday; hours varies.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Certified Peer Specialist or CARES certified/Licensed Counselor in the state of Geogia.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience working with individuals in Recovery.
Notes:
The selected applicant must furnish the required documentation authorizing work in the United States as well as pass a criminal background investigation and drug screening.
New Horizons Community Service Board does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its program or activities. An applicant who has a disability which requires special accommodations should contact this office.
APPLICATIONS WILL BE SCREENED AT THE PREFERRED LEVEL.
Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information on application status by phone or e-mail. We are also unable to contact applicants who are not selected for a position. All qualified applicants will be considered, but may not necessarily receive an interview. Selected applicants will be contacted by Human Resources to continue the hiring process. This position is subject to close at any time once a satisfactory applicant pool has been identified.
ENTRY SALARY may be adjusted depending upon the selected candidate’s qualifications and agency budget
considerations.
Career Opportunites with View Point Health
Requisition ID: HEA07H7
Number of Openings: 0
Advertised Salary: $16K $31.5k Annually
Shift: Day Job
Posting End Date: Jul 27, 2022
A Certified Peer Specialist ~ Parent will work as an integral part of our teams. You will be working with two teams, under supervision, to provide support to parents of clients offering the lived experience perspective. The following are among the wide range of specific interventions and supports which are expected and allowed in the provision of this service.
Minimum Qualifications:
- High School Diploma
- Willingness to share personal lived experience with a child with mental health or substance needs
- Must be credentialed as a Certified Peer Specialist ~ Parent or be eligible for Certified Peer Specialist ~ Parent certification
- Master's degree in a related field from an accredited college or university OR Bachelor's degree in a related field from an accredited college or university AND Two years of related experience OR One year of experience at the lower level Behavioral Hlth Counselor 1 (HCP100) or position equivalent. Note: Some positions may require certification or licensure.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with individuals who have experienced symptoms of psychosis
Equal Opportunity Employer
View Point Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of View Point Health to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.