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Peer Support Specialist Mh Focus

3 months ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada St. Michael's Hospital Full time
The FOCUS Community Mental Health Team is an innovative partnership program between St. Michael's Hospital and Cota.

The program relies on an inter-professional team to provide a continuum of integrated intensive case management (ICM) and Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) services to meet both the immediate and future intensity of services required by the client.

Services are organized to allow for flexibility of movement between levels of services (between ICM and ACT) while maintaining continuity of care.

The FOCUS Community Mental Health team at St.

Michael's site is looking for a part time peer support specialist with lived experience of mental illness to engage with individuals receiving outreach services from the team.

The Peer Support Specialist will be knowledgeable around peer support values and principles and be skilled in offering both individual and group peer support.


DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Provides social, emotional and instrumental support to individuals receiving inpatient mental health care
  • Collaborates with the interprofessional team, service users and support network in the development, implementation and evaluation of comprehensive care plans
  • Facilitates recovery by providing hope, encouragement and selfdetermination to patients in the FOCUS team
  • Shares personal recovery experiences to support and engage individuals receiving inpatient mental health care
  • Engages individuals receiving mental health care about accessing followup services available in the community
  • Provides a unique perspective for the community mental health team through efforts aimed at bridging the gap between service users and service providers
  • Facilitates peer support groups including artbased groups, activity groups and WRAP
  • Facilitates 1:1 peer support sessions
  • Engages in community outreach visits to support effective community reintegration
  • Acts as a role model for service users and educating staff on the service user point of view
  • Participates in clinical care planning conferences and team meetings
  • Participates in continuous quality improvement strategies
  • Participates in research and evaluation activities related to peer support services
  • Provides education to stakeholders regarding the peer support specialist role
  • Participates in ongoing continuing education

Qualifications Include:

  • Peer Support related training required
    (WRAP Facilitator Certificate preferred or a willingness to obtain within 6 months of hire)**:
  • Past personal mental health system experience required
  • Peer Support Canada Peer Support Certification Preferred
  • Strong knowledge of local community resources and past advocacy experience preferred
  • Good verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to work well within a team environment, including giving and receiving feedback
  • Ability to assume a supportive role in clientworker relationship using the recovery approach
  • Interest and/or experience in leading Peer Support Groups (ex: WRAP groups, social skills training groups, peer support groups, recreational outings)
  • Interest and/or experience in educational activities to promote the Peer Support role (both within the Health Centre and external community partners)
  • Comfortable working with clients in diverse external locations
  • Strong computer skills, specifically Microsoft Office, Outlook and a comfort using electronic charting records
  • Good attendance record.