Peer Support Specialist

Who are we?  For over fifty years, Aspire Health Partners, has been one of the leading non-profit behavioral health companies in the Southeast. Serving nearly 40,000 clients per year, with locations in six Central Florida counties and currently expanding into Hinesville, Georgia Aspire has delivered state-of-the-art behavioral healthcare and is regularly sought out both statewide and nationally as an expert in the field. With its mission of providing the highest quality of compassionate, comprehensive and cost effective integrated behavioral healthcare, Aspire, through its more than two dozen campus locations provides a comprehensive continuum of services for children, adolescents, adults, seniors and families. Through innovative, resourceful treatment and recovery approaches Aspire offers individuals and families the opportunity to "aspire" to healthier, happier and more independent lives. Aspire employs more than 1,200 professionals and paraprofessionals dedicated to Saving Lives, Transforming Communities and Changing the World

Who You Are: You're a Peer Support Specialist looking for an opportunity to define your own career path, connect with a supportive community of health professionals like you, and increase your earning potential. You have a passion for working in different care settings and making a difference in lives.

Summary:

As a Peer Support Specialist at Aspire Health Partners, utilizing lived experience to assist consumers engage in services, reduce harmful behaviors, and achieve and maintain recovery from substance use and/or co-occurring disorders.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for interpreting and translating behavioral health communications, both verbal and written between consumer and clinician, ensuring accurate information is relayed.
• Providing individual and group sessions utilizing lived experience to help patients and clients with their day to day needs. Assisting case managers with MAI program goals and objectives
• Conducting and documenting HIV and Hepatitis C testing including pre-test counseling on all at risk clients and providing voluntary HIV antibody testing with the written informed consent of the clients accepting testing, providing post-test counseling to all clients accepting testing (Certification for HIV 500/501 within the first 180 days of employment)
• Documenting all sessions within Aspire EHR, using DAP note documentation style.
• Effectively presenting HIV and Hepatitis education and prevention strategies to all MAI clients
• Ability to transport and drive clients to and from important appointments, including clinical and doctors appointments
• Ability to work events and conduct groups outside of a normal 9-5 Monday to Friday schedule, working events on some Saturday and Sundays will be required as part of the peer support specialist role
• Identifies client need in a collaborative team based setting, by working closely with case managers, counselors, and program managers on a day - to - day basis
• Due to the population this grant serves, an individual with bi-lingual capabilities is preferred.
• A normal 40-hour work week may include weekend hours or later hours based on client availability and scheduling.

Job functions include:

• Providing direct support to program participants.
• Working with multi-disciplinary teams to gather information and provide the best wraparound care possible for clients.
• Documenting clearly and effectively in the Electronic Health Record.
• Following all program specific protocols in relation to specified role, maintaining fidelity to program model.
• Maintaining all required credentials necessary to perform job functions.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma
• Specialized certification as a Peer Recovery Specialist or Parent Coach may also be required, based on specific program
• Pass a Level II Background clearance
• Pass a Motor Vehicle Records clearance

All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:

We are committed to providing our employees with the support they need. At Aspire Health Partners, we offer eligible staff an attractive benefit package that includes medical, wellbeing, dental and vision benefits along with some unique benefits including:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life & Supplemental Insurance, Flexible Spending & Health Savings Accounts
• Paid Time Off (PTO) (2.5 weeks your first year, up to 6 weeks at 14 years)
• Paid Diversity & Floating Holidays (2)
• Paid Holidays (6)
• 403(b) 50% employer match up to 10% (3- year vesting cliff)
• Employee Discounts including Tickets, Retail, Hotel, Car Rental/Purchase
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Insurance
• HRSA Loan Forgiveness
• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)
• Will preparation/Funeral Planning
• Concierge Services & Travel Assistance