Peer Support Worker/Peabody

POSITION GOAL:  Peer Support (PS) services are patient centered services with a rehabilitation and recovery focus, designed to promote skills for coping with and managing psychiatric symptoms. This service will decrease the need for hospitalization and/or the need to live in an institutional setting and allow persons to live, work, and remain in the community.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. PEER SUPPORT COMPONENTS 
2. ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES 
3. PRODUCTIVITY EXPECTATIONS 
4. AGE-BASED COMPETENCY 
5. QUALITY ASSURANCE AND PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT (QAPI) 
6. CONFIDENTIALITY 
7. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
8. EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTES TO POSITIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT WITH COWORKERS AND CUSTOMERS

• Minimum Education:  High school diploma or equivalent; certification, or ability to become certified upon being hired, in the State of Kansas to provide the Peer Support Worker service, which includes criminal, abuse/neglect registry and professional background checks, and completion of a state approved standardized basic training program
• Minimum Experience:  Provider must self-identify as a present or former primary client of mental health services
• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Must have excellent communication skills listening, verbal, and written
• Must be able and willing to be flexible, a self starter, punctual, and have the ability to maintain a schedule
• Must have a valid Kansas driver’s license, be insurable through Prairie View insurance company, and be willing to provide transportation to patients as needed
• Must have ability to maintain professional boundaries with peers
• Must be proficient at basic keyboarding/word processing skills
• Must be able to pass Kansas Bureau of Investigation Screen and the Central Registry Screen for both adults and children