Responsibilities:
Essential Functions:
- Participates in one-on-one meetings or treatment team meetings to discuss ideas, difficulties, suggestions, and expectations
- Provides social interaction, both individually and as a group, to help participant's families develop insight into mental illness
- Promotes recovery-oriented skills to help achieve goals created in the treatment plan
- Provides support activities that build on the strengths and resiliency traits of parents/primary caregivers
- Establishes linkages that result in the participant's family/caregiver's active use of resources in the community
- Assists participant's family/caregivers in developing empowerment skills through self-advocacy and advocates on behalf of participants when needed
- Assists staff and participants in understanding recovery and share unique experiences leading toward rehabilitation
- Serve as a role model to help staff in understanding recovery and share unique experiences leading toward habilitation
- Conducts community meetings with participants
- Plans and conducts family peer support groups focusing on topics related to recovery
- Other tasks as assigned by supervisor
Clinical Record Keeping:
- Documents in a timely fashion per AltaPointe policy
- Documents legibly and in a clear and concise manner
- Documents individualized participant responses to services provided
Supervision and Consultation:
- Seeks supervision and consultation as needed
- Accepts and employs suggestions for improvement
- Actively works to enhance skills
- Attends and participates in staff meetings as required
Courteous and respectful towards consumers, visitors and co-workers:
- Treats participants with care, dignity and compassion
- Respects participants's privacy and confidentiality
- Is pleasant and is cooperative with others
- Assists participants and visitors as needed
- Personal values don't inhibit ability to relate and care for others
- Is sensitive to the participant's needs, expectations and individual differences
- Is gentle and calm with participants and families
Administrative and Other Related Duties as Assigned:
- Actively participates in Performance Improvement activities
- Actively participates in AltaPointe committees as required
- Completes assigned tasks in a timely manner
- Follows AltaPointe policies and procedures
- Attends appropriate in-service training and other workshops
Qualifications:
High school diploma or equivalent required
Must be 23 years of age or older, maintain a valid Alabama driver's license, and must have proof of current liability insurance
Must be a parent or primary caregiver who has raised or currently raising a child/young adult with emotional, behavioral, mental health or substance abuse needs
Must be a parent or primary caregiver who has experience with navigating at least two child-serving systems (IEP, DHR, juvenile court system)
Must be willing to identify as parent/caregiver of a recipient of mental health services and speak openly regarding personal experiences
Ability to work flexible hours
Ability to attend Department of Mental Health approved Family Peer Specialist training for certification