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Responsibilities

• Provide peer counseling and support to validate clients' experiences and encourage them to take responsibility for their recovery.
• Serve as a mentor to clients, promoting hope and empowerment.
• Act as an interpreter to help team members understand clients' subjective experiences.
• Provide expertise from a recovering consumer's perspective to the team regarding clients' experiences with substance use disorder, medications, treatment, and recovery.
• Collaborate with the team to foster a culture that respects client viewpoints and maximizes self-determination in treatment planning.
• Help clients identify, understand, and combat stigma and discrimination related to substance use disorder and reduce self-stigma.
• Help team members identify and understand culture-wide stigma against people with substance use disorder and develop strategies to eliminate it within the team.
• Ensure the protection of clients' rights and improve their knowledge of client rights and grievance procedures.
• Help clients learn about grievance procedures and support them with filing, mediating, and resolving complaints.
• Increase awareness of and support client participation in consumer self-help programs and advocacy organizations.
• Serve as the liaison between the team and consumer-run programs.
• Share duties in the provision of treatment and recovery services.
• Assist in assessing clients' substance use symptoms and response to treatment, suggesting treatment plan changes for at-risk clients.
• Assist in providing direct clinical services (individual, group, family) to teach symptom-management techniques and promote personal growth.
• Assist in providing individual and group treatment using a stage-based, non-confrontational model with client-determined goals.
• Share duties in the provision of rehabilitation services.
• Perform mentoring, problem-solving, encouragement, and support on and off the job site.
• Provide work-related supportive services, including assistance with clothing, grooming, wake-up calls, and transportation.
• Provide assessment, problem-solving, side-by-side services, skill teaching, support, and environmental adaptations for activities of daily living.
• Assist clients in finding and maintaining safe and affordable housing, including apartment hunting, roommate negotiation, and securing necessities.
• Assist and support clients with household activities, including cleaning and laundry.
• Assist and support clients with personal hygiene and grooming.
• Provide nutrition education and assistance with meal planning, grocery shopping, and food preparation.
• Ensure clients have adequate financial support by helping them gain employment and apply for entitlements.
• Teach money-management skills and assist clients in accessing financial services.
• Help clients access reliable transportation.
• Assist and support clients in obtaining and effectively using primary care physicians, dentists, and other medical specialists.
• Provide side-by-side support, coaching, and encouragement to help clients socialize.
• Assist clients in planning and carrying out leisure time activities.
• Organize and lead social and recreational activities to help clients structure their time, increase social experiences, and practice social skills.
• Provide practical help and support, mentoring, advocacy, coordination, side-by-side individualized support, problem-solving, direct assistance, and supervision to help clients obtain necessities of daily living, including healthcare, legal services, financial support, housing, money management, and transportation.

Requirements

• Must meet the requirements of 201 KRS 309.0831 for Temporary Registered Alcohol and Drug Peer Support Specialist.
• Submit to and pass a criminal record check, driver check, and drug screening.

Skills

• Peer counseling
• Mentoring
• Interpretation
• Consultation
• Collaboration
• Stigma reduction
• Advocacy
• Treatment planning
• Symptom management
• Problem-solving
• Support
• Skill teaching
• Environmental adaptation
• Housing assistance
• Financial management
• Transportation assistance
• Socialization coaching
• Leisure activity planning
• Recreational activity leadership

Experience Level

• At least two years of paid or volunteer work experience with adults with severe and persistent substance use disorder

Education Level

• College degree in a human services field
• High school diploma