Peer Support Specialist
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Ozarks Medical Center is hiring a Peer Support Specialist. The Peer Support Specialist assists individuals in their recovery from mental illness, utilizing lived mental health experience and/or long-term addiction recovery. This role promotes coping skills, symptom management, and community living skills, providing hope for recovery. Hiring is contingent on successful completion of the Missouri Certified Peer Support training and exam.
Key focus areas include Assist individuals in recovery from mental illness, Promote coping skills for symptom management, and Facilitate utilization of natural support networks.
Successful candidates bring High School Diploma Or GED Or Higher, Certified Missouri Peer Specialist, and Current Missouri Class E Driver's License. Important skills include Recovery Focus, Coping Skills, Managing Symptoms, Community Living Skills, and Adaptability.
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An individual with lived mental health experience and/or in long term recovery from addiction. The purpose of peer support services is to assist individuals served in their recovery from mental illness. Peer support services are person-centered with a recovery focus. Peer support services promote skills for coping with and managing symptoms while facilitating the utilization of natural support and the preservation and enhancement of community living skills. Certified Missouri Peer Specialists are trained to assist their peers in the process of recovery and the power of resilience and provide hope that recovery is possible.
- Hiring is contingent on the successful completion of the Missouri Certified Peer Support training and exam.
High School Diploma, GED or higher Certified Missouri Peer Specialists (Obtained through the training and certification test set by the Missouri Department of Mental Health) Current Missouri Class E Driver's License
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