Peer Navigator

Peer Navigators (PNs) serve as role models, mentors, and advocates in building a sense of hope, improved social functioning, self-empowerment and increased overall quality of life. PN’s perform services involving recovery support, building connections to outside resources, milieu management, ensuring daily program schedule adherence, planning and implementation of recreational, therapeutic, and educational services. Job Duties Include:

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Facilitates individual and group therapeutic activities including coaching, milieu management, and case management.
• Performs outreach to build relationships with participants using a trauma informed peer support model.
• Completes intake interviews and assesses needs for medical, psycho-social, and psychiatric evaluations.
• Documents all notes and participant interactions in the EHR system and other monitoring systems as needed.
• Reviews and helps implement therapist evaluations, treatment objectives, and plans. Helps set schedules, routines, and coordination of services.
• Engages participants with intentional and skillful self-disclosure of personal experiences to help overcome challenges and build trust and rapport. Strengthens participants' hope, empowerment, and positive action.
• Offers crisis support, safety and validation and provides crisis resources as needed.
• Provides feedback to the clinical team regarding participant’s level of motivation, participation in group and social activities and milieu interactions.
• Upholds program rules, guidelines and policies and assists participants in following all rules, guidelines, and policies.
• Assists with arranging transportation to and from appointments when necessary.
• Helps to assess, collaborate and coordinate participant’s discharge planning needs and readiness for discharge with referral sources and other members of the clinical team.
• Attends all required multidisciplinary staff meetings, referral source meetings, stakeholders and court system meetings.
• Builds professional relationships and networks with community resources and service providers across systems for the populations served.
• Obtains urine drug test specimens and breathalyzer tests.
• Always maintains safety of the milieu. This includes awareness of client location and high-risk situations.
• Maintains daily program and special events schedule.
• Documents shift summary reports and sends via appropriate channels.
• Follows all requirements when dispensing and/or providing medication to participants.
• Performs light janitorial duties.
• Performs bed checks when applicable.
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATION: High school diploma or equivalent required. Bachelor’s Degree in fields related to counseling, therapy, social sciences preferred.

EXPERIENCE: Personal and/or professional experience. Work with treatment facilities and/or with addictions and mental health populations is preferred. Able to demonstrate strategic decision-making, problem solving skills and timely documentation.

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION: Peer Coach or Peer Specialist Certification preferred. Certified Addiction Technician preferred. Scholarships and reimbursement available for applicants pursuing a COPA Peer and Family Specialist Certification.

PREFERRED SKILLS

Conflict Resolution skills. Rapport building Skills. Able to maintain emotional balance in stressful/difficult situations. Computer skills. Driving ability required.

ADDITIONAL NOTES

Potential candidates must pass a background check and drug screen. We are proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply