Mental Health Peer Specialist Intern

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

1.Travels to/visits recipients' residences to provide supportive services on a schedule established by the program. Counsel recipients regarding plans for meeting

service needs, and aids the recipients to mobilize inner capabilities and environmental resources to attain goals.

2.Educates recipients about self-help techniques and self-help group processes

3.Teaches recipients effective coping strategies based on personal experience

4.Teaches symptom management skills

5.Assists in clarifying rehabilitation and recovery goals.

6.Assists in maintaining up-to-date, accurate individual case records on each assigned recipient.

7.Assists in obtaining and developing resource information for recipients in all aspects of their care; disseminates this information to recipients in a manner that is clear and understandable.

8.Assist the recipient in meeting service plan goals.

9.Helps facilitate individualized services to the recipient that meet the diverse needs of the recipient and focus on the discharge-planning goal.

10. Explains the types of clinical services, and ICL programs available to recipients; helps instruct the recipient in daily living skills, socialization skill enhancement and conflict resolution.

11. Performs crisis assessment and nonverbal and verbal crisis intervention.

12. Assists in referring recipients to community resources and other organizations. Accompanies recipients on regularly scheduled or emergency visits to medical treatment facilities, social agencies, government offices, or other locations associated with the treatment or assistance of the recipient.

13. Advocates on behalf of recipient with outside service providers and within ICL.

14. Assists resident/recipient in finding and getting into vocational training or other training opportunities, and works with other team members in addressing the needs of recipients

15. Immediately reports serious incidents, serious incident allegations, incidents, or sensitive situations to supervisors. Completes incident reports in accordance with ICL policy. Accounts for recipients and files missing person reports on recipients not accounted for in accordance with ICL policy and procedure.

16. Complies with attendance and timekeeping rules and reports reliably and regularly to work on an on-going basis.

17. Attends regularly scheduled clinical meetings, staff meetings and supervision as well as in-service training and development activities.

18. Complies with agency infection control policies.

19. .Other job-related duties that may be assigned

Key Competencies

• Ability to work with recipients/residents, families, and staff in a caring and respectful manner, and with due understanding of and consideration for cultural differences.

• Ability to serve as a role model to residents/recipients.

• Ability to complete written forms and reports in an accurate and timely manner.

• Ability to communicate effectively with staff, recipients/residents, families, and the public.

• Ability to prepare accurate and timely documentation, reports and other written material as assigned.

• Ability to secure the cooperation of and work effectively with others

• Ability to work independently, and to conform to all applicable safety and accountability measures

• Knowledge of how disabilities can adversely affect functioning and ways to cope with or overcome such effects

• Ability to read and write at least at a 12th grade level and to follow written and oral instructions

• Ability to accompany or transport residents (some assignments may require possession of a valid driver's license).

• Ability to be empathetic and supportive to residents instructing, demonstrating, modeling, and encouraging appropriate behavior and skills