Hospital Transition Team Peer Support Specialist Job at Therapeutic Alternatives, Raleigh, NC

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  • Therapeutic Alternatives
  • Raleigh, NC

Job Description

Overview:

The Hospital Transition Team provides short term services designed to help people maintain psychiatric progress made in psychiatric hospitals or progress related to recovery made in residential substance abuse treatment programs, connect with services and benefits quickly after hospital discharge, and receive support for returning back to their home and community.

Responsibilities:

1. Peer Support Specialist may not provide services to a family member.

2. Required knowledge, skills, and abilities: Knowledge of basic principles of MH/SA, ability to work with persons who may be different from me in areas of ability, age, economic status, etc; empathy and understanding of consumer problems and ability to respond to these problems; ability to determine consumer needs; ability to secure the cooperation of consumer.

3. Implement individual habilitation plan involving instructing the consumer in daily living skills, socialization, leisure and/or recreational activities.

4. Document the service provided in progress notes. The basic data included in these notes will include observations, consumer participation and progress, behavior changes or any pertinent information relating to the consumer. All documentation must be completed on the day the service is provided and completed in BLACK INK only. Use of white-out is not acceptable.

5. Adhere to company policy that prohibits leaving consumer unattended in a vehicle or any other public place.

6. Supervise/assist consumers in general daily living skills such as meal preparation, grooming, bathing, eating, money management, etc.

7. Provide transportation for the consumer to community services/activities when required.

8. Encourage consumer to make decisions on his own, as appropriate, to maximize independent living skills. (May include making and keeping appointments)

9. Monitor progress notes, charts, programming materials. Maintain all required records.

10. Submit all required documentation by the deadlines specified by the Hospital Transition Team

Job Tags

Temporary work,

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