Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Certified Peer Specialist - Comcare (Multiple Positions)

This job was posted by https://www.kansasworks.com : For more information, please see: https://www.kansasworks.com/jobs/13681658 Provide goal-directed, medically necessary peer support services to adults with severe and persistent mental illness, as a member of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team to assist them to remain in the least restrictive environment. Service Provision Peer Support Services - Peer Support using identified and accepted methods to remediate symptoms of mental illness and/or improve emotional and functional well-being, while meeting the expectations of the CCBHC ACT model. - Help patients regain the ability to make independent choices and to take a proactive role in treatment. - Share lived experience and model successful behavior and strategies. - Provide transportation in personal passenger vehicle to support patient attendance in medical appointments and other therapeutic goal-related activities to include development of community resources, employment or education access, social or patient-run activities and related supports. Peer Support Group Facilitation - Peer Support will make sure that groups are self-contained and goal directed to assist consumers in minimizing or resolving the effects of mental and emotional impairments. - Peer Support will make sure that group facilitation is conducted with a recovery focus and using strategies for effective facilitation. Documentation - Complete progress notes in accordance with COMCARE and CCBHC guidelines which meet requirements for medical necessity, goal-directed treatment and patient response to treatment within prescribed timelines. - Complete Notes for Record, Precautions statements and authorizations for release of records as required and/or recommended. - Enters no show and cancellations for accuracy and completeness of medical record. - Enter AIMS data as needed. Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws. Please find more information under the following link. Apply for a Job | Sedgwick County, Kansas{target="_blank" rel="noopener"}