Peer Support Specialist

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

Updated: 12 days ago
Location: Chapel Hill, NORTH CAROLINA
Job Type: FullTime
Deadline: 19 Apr 2024

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Department Psychiatry - General - 412202
Career Area Health Professional (Physician/Nurse/Other)
Posting Open Date 04/16/2024
Application Deadline 04/19/2024
Position Type Temporary Staff (SHRA)
Position Title Peer Support Specialist
Position Number 20063348
Vacancy ID S022990
Full-time/Part-time Full-Time Temporary
Hours per week 40
Work Schedule
M-F, 8am-5pm
Position Location North Carolina, US
Hiring Range $18.00 - $21.00/per hour
Proposed Start Date
Estimated Duration of Appointment 6 months not to exceed 11 months

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Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit
The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.
OUR VISION
Our vision is to be the nation’s leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.
Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.
Education: We will prepare tomorrow’s health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.
Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.
Position Summary
The Department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine seeks to a Human Services Program Support Tech to serve as a Peer Support Specialist. The Peer Support Specialist will meet identified patients with substance use disorders, provide a brief intervention and assist with their treatment. They will support Robeson County patients, especially those connected to the UNC ATLAS mobile clinic, Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE), and to Breeches Buoy Addiction Medicine Service. The Peer Support Specialist will assess case management needs and assist as needed. The Peer Support Specialist utilizes their own experiences to offer individuals assistance in achieving stability and obtaining and maintaining the level of coping and basic life skills that is consistent with their treatment goals.
Responsibilities will include the following:
* Provide Screening and Brief Intervention to patients, including a Change Assessment and interest in treatment.
* Provide recovery and peer support services, offering resources and encouragement to engage in treatment.
* Assess the patient’s case management needs and provide resources as needed.
* Attend organizational meetings and contribute to planning and workflow revision.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements
Demonstrated possession of the competencies necessary to perform the work.
Required Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience
Demonstrated possession of the competencies necessary to perform the work. Current NC Peer Support Specialist certification.
Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience
Peer Support must be delivered by individuals in recovery who have experience living with an addictive disorder. Valid drivers license. North Carolina Certified Peer Support Specialists and Peer Support Specialists in Training meet the following criteria:
(1) Self-identify as an individual with life experience of being diagnosed with a serious mental illness or addictive disorder which meets Federal Definitions, and
(2) Is well grounded and actively committed to their own recovery and
(3) Receive supervision by a Qualified Professional (QP), and
(4) Are not a family member of the individual who receives Peer Support services, and
(5) Current NC Peer Support Specialist certification.
Special Physical/Mental Requirements
Campus Security Authority Responsibilities

Not Applicable.
Special Instructions
Interested candidates may apply by going to https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/278484
and attaching a curriculum vitae and letter of application. Please include the names of 2-3 references and current NC Peer Support Specialist certification.
Quick Link https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/278484
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Equal Opportunity Employer Statement
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, race, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a protected veteran.

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