Employment Peer Mentor

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Posted: 27-Mar-24

Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Salary: Open

Internal Number: 274779

Vacancy ID: P018700

Position Summary/Description:

This position serves as an Employment Peer Mentor, a fully integrated member of the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Supported Employment Team. IPS-Supported Employment is an evidence-based service model aimed at assisting individuals with SPMI/SMI to successfully gain and maintain competitive employment in market jobs. Responsibilities of the Employment Peer Mentor include:
* Promote self-determination, recovery, self-advocacy, and self-direction for individuals served by IPS.
* Assist individuals in identifying strengths, wellness goals, setting objectives, and identifying barriers related to employment.
* Explore career and educational aspirations.
* Attend treatment team meetings to promote the use of self-directed advocacy tools.
* Assist in goal planning and participate in the development of the Employment Plan.
* Model self-advocacy skills for addressing disclosure issues or requesting job accommodations.
* Teach wellness management strategies and help develop self-management plans and tools to use in and outside of the workplace.
* Use manualized strategies such as Illness Management and Recovery (IMR), Wellness Management and Recovery (WMR), Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP), Vocational IMR, and others.
* Connect individuals to support groups in the community to learn from other peers, promote hope, problem solve through work situations, and decrease social isolation.
* Provide education to increase the IPS team's understanding of self-advocacy and peer support roles and promote a culture in which beneficiary's point of view and preferences are recognized, understood, respected, and integrated into service delivery.
* Share their personal story to model how to choose, obtain, and keep employment.
* Support making informed decisions about employment and building community connections.
* Build social skills in the community that enhance job acquisition and tenure.
* Provide psychiatric rehabilitation interventions that support employment and educational goals.

Education and Experience:

Demonstrated possession of the competencies necessary to perform the work.

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