Job Description
Job Details Job Location LSC - Columbia Office - Columbia, SC
Remote Type Hybrid
Position Type Full Time
Salary Range $38,000.00 - $40,000.00 Salary/year
Travel Percentage Up to 25%
Job Shift First Shift
Description The Peer Support Specialist (PSS), under the supervision of the Peer Support Services Manager, will provide valuable insight and coaching to recovery clients by sharing some of his/her own recovery process. He/she is expected to help consumers avoid episodes of crisis care; achieve/maintain recovery from substance use issues; meet basic sustenance needs; and provide education, motivation and guidance on how to improve their overall quality of life. ThePeer Support Specialist will be hired to work specifically in one of more of the following counties: Sumter, Kershaw, Calhoun, Orangeburg counties.
Essential Functions :
- Represent Lutheran Services in the Carolinas in a professional manner.
- Maintain active membership in a consumer advocacy or self-help group.
- Attending agency staff meetings, Case Conferences and Individual and Group Supervision as required.
- Create and maintain a caseload of clients with substance use disorder. Monitor progress, identify and respond to client's needs.
- Conduct weekly pop-events in their designated work are while distributing Narcan and Fentanyl test strips to individuals in the community.
- Providing support services and resources to individuals in the recovery process ie. arranging medical appointments, therapy sessions, employment advocacy, and referring to support groups.
- Advocate on behalf of persons with substance use/misuse issues to protect the client's rights and to assist in reducing associated stigma.
- Work in cooperation with other providers, family members or significant others involved in the client's recovery plan.
- Maintain all client records according to established guidelines.
- Other duties as requested by supervisor.
Qualifications Education:High School diploma or GED required.
Experience: Must be actively in recovery from substance misuse for at least 1 year.Experience working directly with people in a service-oriented field preferred.
Specific skills/abilities: Must have initiative and be willing to work in a team and independently. Must be knowledgeable of substance misuse recovery. Must possess awareness of the importance of recovery in living with a mental illness or substance use disorder. Display kindness, be compassionate, sensitive, have passion and understanding of recovery. Ability to balance hybrid working environment (community setting and home office). Should have effective communication skills. Must be comfortable speaking and engaging in public settings. Can form lasting relationships with people who may have difficulty trusting. Ability to cope with stress (with support from Team members). Be committed to client rights and personal preferences in treatment
Specialized knowledge, licenses, etc: Peer Support Certified or willing to be certified to provide individual, family, and/or group services as identified for peer support services. Must have a valid driver license and reliable transportation. Must be 21 years of age.
Job Tags
Full time, Remote job, Home office, Shift work, Day shift,