Peer Support Specialist / Wellness & Recovery Specialist - Anthem, Inc (California)
Description
SHIFT: Day Job
SCHEDULE: Full-time
Your Talent. Our Vision.
At Amerigroup, a proud
member of the Anthem, Inc. family of companies focused on serving Medicaid,
Medicare and uninsured individuals, it’s a powerful combination. It’s the
foundation upon which we’re creating greater access to care for our members,
greater value for our customers and greater health for our communities. Join us
and together we will drive the future of health care.
This is an exceptional
opportunity to do innovative work that means more to you and those we serve.
Wellness & Recovery
Specialist - Peer Support Specialist
Work Locations – Positions available in: California: Sacramento, San Francisco and Fresno. Indiana: Valparaiso and Indianapolis. Tennessee: Nashville. New Jersey: Newark. New York: Brooklyn. You
must reside in the area or within a reasonable commuting distance.
Multiple positions
available with up to 75% of local travel.
Note:
Temporarily not doing field work. Telephonic outreach only due to the
pandemic.
The Peer Support
Specialist is an active member of the corporate Peer Support and Recovery
program and provides peer support services to clients with serious mental
illnesses and/or substance use disorders through telephonic and field based
operations. The Peer Specialist will function as a role model to members;
demonstrating expertise in personal recovery and use of coping skills; serves
as a consumer advocate, provides consumer information and peer support for
members. The peer specialist performs a range of tasks to engage, motivate and
inspire members to participate in their own recovery, regain independence
within the community and promote optimal wellness.
**This position is both
telephonic and field based with up to 75% local travel within business hours
with flexibility to meet business needs.**
Primary duties may
include, but are not limited to:
+ Teach and role model the value
of the member’s recovery experience.
+ Models effective coping
techniques and self-help strategies.
+ Serve as a recovery agent by
providing and advocating for recovery based services to assist the member
in daily living.
+ Identify opportunities for
engagement of members in forming a supportive, peer recovery network.
+ Assist members in working with
their case manager or treatment team in determining the steps he/she needs
to take in order to achieve these goals and self-directed recovery.
+ Assist members in setting up
and sustaining self-help (mutual support) groups, as well as means of
locating and joining existing groups.
+ Initiates and maintains contact
with assigned members to determine members’ engagement and response to
services.
+ Assist members understand Peer
Recovery resources available within the local community.
+ Assist members to identify
recovery resources, supports, remove barriers and facilitate connections
in local community
+ Collaborates with
interdisciplinary teams as a member advocate in discharge planning
education, resolution of barriers, and service transitions.
+ Acts as a resource for staff on
decision making and problem solving as it relates to the peer role.
+ Utilize tools such as the
Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) to assist clients in creating their
own individual wellness and recovery plans.
+ Assist clients in developing
empowerment skills and combating stigma through self-advocacy
+ This position requires you to
have a Peer Support Certification at time of application.
Qualifications
Requirements:
+ Must be located in the area
with the ability to be field based and travel up to 75%.
+ Associates degree; 2
years of experience in health services or behavioral health field or in a peer
support services role; or any combination of education and experience, which
would provide an equivalent background.
+ Peer Specialist
Certification required.
+ One year experience
working as a Peer Support Specialist, after received certification.
+ Experience working with
computers toggling back and forth through multiple screens.
+ Experience with
researching resources
+ Knowledge of the
Recovery process and the ability to facilitate recovery using established
standardized mental health processes.
+ Knowledge and skill to
teach and engage in basic problem solving strategies to support individual
clients in self-directed recovery.
+ Knowledge of the signs
and symptoms of mental illness & substance use disorders.
+ Knowledge and skill
sufficient to use community resources necessary for independent living and
ability to teach those skills to other individuals with severe mental illness.
+ Knowledge of how to
establish and sustain self-help (mutual support) and educational groups by
soliciting input from the mental health consumers on their strengths and
interests.
+ A valid driver’s license
Preferred
• 2 year experience working as a Peer Support Specialist, after
certification received
• Knowledge of care-coordination and case management concepts
• Telephonic and field based customer service
Anthem, Inc. is ranked as one of America’s Most Admired Companies among health
insurers by Fortune magazine and has been named a 2019 Best Employers for
Diversity by Forbes. To learn more about our company and apply, please visit us
at careers.antheminc.com. An Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.
REQNUMBER: PS37902-Fresno-Fresno
* This article was originally published here