Peer Specialist, Baldwin

Job description

Responsibilities Primary Job Function and Responsibilities: - Promoting self-determination, recovery, self-advocacy, and self-direction; assisting individuals in identifying strengths; wellness goals; setting objectives, and identifying barriers; - Attending treatment team meetings with the individual to promote the individual's use of self-directed advocacy tools; assisting the individual in goal planning, assisting the individual in learning how to ask for appropriate services in the community; - Assisting individuals in obtaining information about their benefits (SSI, SSDI, Medicaid, etc.). - Engaging individuals in outpatient programs and services to encourage recovery; - Modeling self-advocacy skills; - Teaching wellness management strategies and helping individuals develop their own self-management plans/tools to use in their personal lives; using manualized strategies such as IMR/WMR, WRAP, and others; - Connecting to support groups in the community to learn from other peers, to promote hope, to problem-solve through work situations, and to decrease social isolation; - Providing education to other staff to increase their understanding of self-advocacy and peer support roles,...