Veteran Peer Specialist
Western Tidewater CSB
Date: 22 hours ago
City: Suffolk, VA
Contract type: Full time
Western Tidewater CSB is seeking Peer Support Specialists for the Service Member Veteran and Family (SMVF) Division of our organization.
- Must be a Service Member, Veteran, Military Spouse or dependent**
- Provide peer support services to consumers with serious mental illness, substance abuse, and/or intellectual disabilities
- Function as a role model to peers
- Exhibit competency in personal recovery and use of coping skills, serve as a consumer advocate, and provide consumer information and peer support for consumers in outpatient and inpatient settings
- Assists and guides consumers toward achievement of specific goals identified by the consumer and specified in the Individual Service Plan (ISP).
- Occasionally transport Veterans to outside of the agency appointments such as the Veterans Administration Hospital.
- Must be a Veteran, Dependent or Spouse of a Veteran
- Be a certified Peer Recovery Specialist or gain certification within the first 3 months of hire
- Currently possess, or can acquire, base access
- Hold a valid driver’s license with an acceptable DMV record
- Experience in using various computer software applications and/or Electronic Health Record (Preferred)
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