IPS Employment Peer Mentor- Guilford County, NC

IPS Employment Peer Mentor- Guilford County, NC

Full-time; posted: Thursday, Nov 9 2017

Easterseals UCP North Carolina & Virginia Send resume to:

Ketina Headen
Greensboro, North Carolina

Email: [email protected]

Basic Responsibilities:

• Provides coaching, mentoring, and consultation to the individual served to promote recovery, self- advocacy, and self-direction • Promotes wellness management strategies, which includes delivering manualized interventions (e.g., Wellness Recovery Action Planning or Illness Management and Recovery) and employment services. Assists people receiving services in developing psychiatric advance directives.  • Models recovery values, attitudes, beliefs, and personal action to encourage wellness and resilience.  • Provides consultation to team members to assist in understanding of recovery and the role of the Employment Peer Mentor, promoting a culture in which beneficiaries’ points of view and preferences are recognized, understood, respected, and integrated into treatment. • Serves as an active member of the employment team, equivalent to other team members, which includes assisting with the Person Centered Planning process. • Supports and empowers the individual to exercise his or her legal rights within the community. • Provides employment services interventions and case coordination as needed. • Prepares and submits documentation accurately and on time. • Participates in peer review. • Completes required training within prescribed timeframes. • Successfully participates in the DMH approved IPS training and provide services according to the service definition and IPS Fidelity Model.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of a high school diploma or equivalency required from an approved, accredited institution. • Must be a NC Certified Peer Support Specialist. • Must be or have been a recipient of mental health services. • Excellent oral and written communication skills. • Ability to handle multiple responsibilities and assign priorities. • Must have current, unrestricted, state-appropriate driver’s license. • Must have current, unrestricted vehicle insurance and provide own transportation for use in fulfilling job requirement.