CCBHC Certified Peer Specialist - COMCARE

Job description

Department: COMCARE Job ID: 12770: Pay: $18.54 per hour: Work Schedule: Varied schedule, Monday-Saturday, 40 hours per week, between 7:00am - 7:00pm Sedgwick County offers a comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees that includes health coverages, paid leave, regular compensation reviews, retirement plans, and professional development opportunities. For more detailed information, please visit our benefits page at SCBenefits . Provide goal-directed, medically necessary peer support services to adults with severe and persistent mental illness, as a member of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team to assist them to remain in the least restrictive environment. Service Provision Peer Support Services: - Peer Support using identified and accepted methods to remediate symptoms of mental illness and/or improve emotional and functional well-being, while meeting the expectations of the CCBHC ACT model. - Help patients regain the ability to make independent choices and to take a proactive role in treatment. - Share “lived experience” and model successful behavior and strategies. - Provide transportation in personal passen...