Kentucky Peer Support Specialist (PSS)
Addiction Recovery Care
- Pippa Passes, KY
- Permanent
- Full-time
- High school graduate or GED
- Valid driver's license
- Self motivated
- Availability to work some evening, overnight and/or weekend shifts
- Good communication skills
- Ability to meet deadlines and stay on schedule
- Ability to enforce program requirements
- Problem solving abilities
- Basic computer skills
- Ability to complete and submit reports
- Conduct peer support group sessions for the clients of the center
- Maintain confidentiality and comply with company, state, federal and HIPPA rules and regulations
- Charting for insurance purposes
- Maintain a positive, professional attitude toward clients, staff and volunteers
- Handle crisis situations in a calm supportive manner
- Complete drug screening
- Comply with random employee drug screening
- Supervise residents for extended time periods
- Monitor residents activities, groups, chore lists, weekly phone calls, etc.
- Transport clients to various appointments
- Acts as a liaison to all areas of persons served/client care; medical staff, admission staff, nursing staff and clinical staff.
- Directly assists and supports medical, admission, nursing and clinical staff ensuring seamless transition for persons served/clients to and from detox.
- Performs follow-ups to persons served/client referral sources as directed by supervisor.
- Demonstrates punctuality, organization and proficiency in all areas of scheduling, filing, meetings, presentation and persons served/client relations.
- Demonstrates initiative, personal responsibility, and ownership of work to meet monthly, quarterly and annual goals in both written and verbal formats.
- Orientate the persons served/client on admission.
- Ability to coordinate and manage.
- Health, Life and Dental Insurance
- Optional company sponsored retirement savings plan (401k)
- Paid vacation and holidays
- Opportunity for advancement and professional growth with an expanding company
- Safe, friendly work environment