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Mental Health Peer Advocate

Catholic Charities

Westampton, New Jersey

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JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Career Counseling, Case Management, Customer Support/Service, Dietary Management, Healthcare, Medications, On Site Support, Personal Care, Program Planning, Project/Program Management, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Recreation, Registered Nurse (RN), Substance Abuse
LOCATION
Westampton, New Jersey
POSTED
30+ days ago

JOB SUMMARY: Provides peer support to individuals receiving mental health support services through the EISS program.   

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 

  1. Provides on-site support services which include but are not limited to personal care assistance (hygiene, grooming), life skill development (nutrition, money management, medication monitoring, recreation and socialization), entitlement management and advocacy, and supportive counseling (emotional support, job coach/vocational support, substance abuse support). 
  2. Participates in treatment planning, ongoing assessment and discharge review process.
  3. Responsible for maintaining accurate and current consumer records.
  4. Responsible for the development of Wellness Action Recovery (WRAP) Plans with program participants.
  5. Contributes to and participates in interdisciplinary in-service trainings and case conferences.
  6. Participates in on-going supervision and/or program development with the Program Supervisor, which may consist of field visits to consumer residences, work sites, families, etc.
  7. EISS specific responsibilities:
  8. Communicates observations and information about program participants to the program supervisor, RN and treatment team.

 

SUPERVISORY REQUIREMENTS:  No

 

About the Company

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Catholic Charities

Catholic Charities of Buffalo is the most comprehensive human service provider in Western New York, reaching all eight counties with professionally staffed locations. Catholic Charities serves Western New Yorkers without regard to age, race or religious affiliation. Today’s Catholic Charities leads the way for an integrated human service delivery system. In 2007, the agency voluntarily sought and received its first four-year accreditation from the Council on Accreditation, attesting to its adherence to the highest national professional standards and delivery of the best quality services. Catholic Charities offers programs that strive to empower individuals, children and families. Among them are comprehensive counseling services for all ages, basic emergency assistance and referrals, child and adult mental health services, chemical dependency treatment, educational and vocational services, services to the aging, parish outreach and advocacy, marriage counseling, foster care and adoption services, child and adult day care, and a variety of programs that address prevention and treatment of a number of family issues.

COMPANY SIZE
1 to 9 employees
INDUSTRY
Other/Not Classified
FOUNDED
1923
WEBSITE
http://www.ccwny.org/