Peer Support Specialist

Anderson Independent Home, LLC, is in the process of obtaining a contract with (HCBS-AMH) Home and Community Based Adult Mental Health. HCBS-AMH provides services to individuals diagnosed with (SMI) Serious Mental Illness. Our mission is to provide comprehensive and integrated mental health services that promote the health and quality of life of our clients. Our clients are those that have frequent emergency room visits, jail diversion and Long-Term Psychiatric hospitalization. We provide services in the following Counties: Harris, Fort Bend, Brazoria and Montgomery County. We are looking for service providers in ALL the counties listed above!

We are looking for Peer Support Specialist for independent contract work.

Peer support services are recovery-focused services provided by CPSs who are in recovery from mental health, SUDs, or both. Peer support services promote development of skills for coping with symptoms of SMI and SUDs, which includes the identification and development of natural supports and strengths. CPSs use their own experiences with mental health challenges, SUDs, or another cooccurring disorder, such as a chronic health condition, to help participants reach their goals.

Peer support services include:

● Helping participants make new friends and begin to build alternative social networks;

● Promoting coping skills;

● Facilitating the use of natural resources and supports;

● Enhancing recovery-oriented attributes, such as hope and self-efficacy;

● Assisting participants with tasks, such as setting recovery goals, developing recovery action plans and solving problems directly related to recovery, including finding housing; finding new uses of spare time and improving one’s job skills;

● Assisting with issues that arise in connection with collateral problems, such as having a criminal justice record or coexisting physical or mental challenges;

● Helping participants navigate the formal treatment system, advocating for their access and gaining admittance, as well as facilitating discharge planning, typically in collaboration with treatment staff;

● Encouraging participation in mutual aid groups in the community;

● Facilitating participation in educational opportunities; and

● Developing links to resources that address specialized needs, such as agencies providing services related to HIV infection or aids, mental health disorders, chronic and acute health problems, parenting young children, and problems stemming from involvement with the criminal justice system

Direct service providers of peer support services shall meet and comply with the following qualifications and requirements:

● Be 18 years of age or older;

● Be recognized under an HHSC-approved process for peer specialists;

● Maintain an HHSC approved certification for mental health or SUD peer specialists;

● Have lived experience;

● Have a high school diploma or GED;

● Be willing to appropriately share their own recovery story with recipients;

● Be able to demonstrate current self-directed recovery; and

● Pass a fingerprint-based criminal background check and applicable HHSC registry checks

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $22.00 per hour

Medical Specialty:

Psychiatry
Schedule:

Choose your own hours
Work Location: In person

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $17.95 – $22.00 per hour

Medical Specialty:

Psychiatry
Schedule:

Choose your own hours
Ability to Commute:

Conroe, TX 77301 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:

Conroe, TX 77301: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Willingness to travel:

25% (Preferred)
Work Location: In person