Peer Support Worker - Santa Fe

DESCRIPTION:

Reporting to Program Director, the Peer Support Worker works as part of the interdisciplinary team to facilitate and coordinate clients’ continuum of care activities, ensuring optimum utilization of community resources, service delivery, and compliance with external agencies and referral sources requirements. The Case Manager facilitates and prepares the clients for success in their next phase of treatment and when returning to their community.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assess the needs of the clients at admission to determine with the client the goals and the level of assistance required to achieve goals.
• Continue to follow up with clients throughout treatment to ensure that basic needs are addressed, including required documentation, to allow the client to move forward and achieve goals at discharge.
• Assures clients who may discharge early are prepared with resources.
• Liaison with community services to assist the client with identified goals and needs.
• Liaison with family, friends, partners, and outside resources to create a supportive environment and ensure continuity of care.
• Educate the participants on behavioral health, promoting healthy resources and daily skills training to provide highest quality person-centered care.
• Work closely with other members of the clinical team in addressing daily concerns, intervening if crisis intervention is required, and offering additional directives for care to provide highest quality person-centered care.
• Assist participants in developing an aftercare plan so that s/he will feel confident upon exiting the program that they have the resources required to facilitate the continuity of care.
• Uphold participant confidentiality in accordance with company policies and procedures and local, state, and federal laws and regulations.
• Maintain case files and other required documentation according to agency policies
• Regularly identify and maintain relationships with new employment, housing, medical, and other community resources.
• Schedule personal business and legal appointments and general case management for clients
• Ensure all documentation is completed in a timely manner
• Other duties as assigned.

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