Recovery Coach - Psychosis Program
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**Organization:**
Psychiatry - General
**Job Summary:**
JOB SUMMARY
The Vanderbilt Serious and Persistent Mental Illness Clinic (SPMI) is looking to fill an exciting positions that provides an array of professional experiences and a chance to work with world-renowned researchers and clinicians. The SPMI clinic provides quality clinical care for individuals experiencing chronic mental health issues such as Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia. Our team offers specialized, team-based care to each of our patients through medication management, psychotherapy, and peer support. The certified peer recovery coach acts as a professional advocate for each patient's individual recovery goals.
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This position provides peer recovery support services to patients with chronic psychotic disorders and will assist patients in achieving and sustaining mental health recovery as defined by each individual patient. This position will facilitate recovery by leading peer recovery groups, supporting patients in the community, and engaging with family and/or other natural supports. The recovery coach maintains ongoing patient support regardless of relapse and will serve as a motivator, ally, role model, sounding board, and advocate.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Serves as a liaison between the community, the treatment team, and the patient’s family to facilitate supported mental health recovery. Will meet with patients in community settings to understand their needs and personal goals, support the exploration of potential positive and negative consequences associated with personal goals, and work collaboratively with the patient to remove obstacles that might interfere with goal attainment. Educates patients about psychosis treatment and, when necessary, co-occurring addiction, by utilizing motivational enhancement techniques to explore ambiguity and tip the scales towards healthy decision-making.
• Meet with patients and family and/or other natural supports to create a specific and actionable recovery support plan.
• Provide transportation resources for patients who need support with activation and engagement in the community.
• Build rapport with patients in community settings by utilizing their unique recovery experiences to establish and maintain a peer relationship rather than a hierarchical relationship.
• Model effective coping techniques and evidenced-based self-help strategies while understanding the unique needs of each individual’s recovery.
• Use evidenced-based curriculum to facilitate peer-led support groups; will also assist with documentation.
• Attend and support facilitators in weekly family group sessions.
• Encourage participants to engage in all services offered, such as group therapy, employment support, etc.
• Impart relevant skills needed for self-management of symptoms and prevention of relapse.
• Provide and promote recovery-based services (e.g., BRIDGES, WRAP®, 12-Step Groups, etc.) when needed.
• Attend weekly supervision to obtain support with individual cases and to engage in professional and personal development.
• Attend twice weekly treatment team meetings to advocate for patient recovery goals.
• Collaborate with team members to provide coordinated specialty care for each individual patient.
Experience Requirements:
+ Demonstrates ability to maintain 2 years of sustained and uninterrupted recovery at time of hire required; 3-5 years of sustained and uninterrupted recovery preferred
+ Lived experience with severe mental illness (psychotic disorder, mood disorder, substance use disorder, etc.)
Education Requirements:
+ High school diploma or GED required
+ CPRS certification preferred
+ Willingness to obtain CPRS certification required
TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
• Clinical Counseling (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate clinical counseling in practical applications of moderate difficulty.
• Patient Assessment (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate patient assessments in practical applications of moderate difficulty.
• Peer Leadership (Novice): The ability to show leadership and influence people of equal rank in an effort to accomplish team goals.
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**Core Accountabilities:**
Organizational Impact: Delivers job responsibilities that impact own job area/team with some guidance. Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Uses existing procedures, research and analysis to solve standard job related problems that may require some judgement. Breadth of Knowledge: Requires subject matter knowledge within a professional area to meet job requirements. Team Interaction: Individually contributes to project/ work teams.
**Core Capabilities** **:**
Supporting Colleagues: - Develops Self and Others: Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities.- Builds and Maintains Relationships: Seeks to understand colleagues priorities, working styles and develops relationships across areas. - Communicates Effectively: Openly shares information with others and communicates in a clear and courteous manner. Delivering Excellent Services: - Serves Others with Compassion: Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others and how to provide excellent service. - Solves Complex Problems: Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns to supervisors in a timely manner. - Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support. Ensuring High Quality: - Performs Excellent Work: Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards.- Ensures Continuous Improvement: Shows eagerness to learn new knowledge, technologies, tools or systems and displays willingness to go above and beyond. - Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department. Managing Resources Effectively :- Demonstrates Accountability: Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work/service. - Stewards Organizational Resources: Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources. - Makes Data Driven Decisions: Uses accurate information and good decision making to consistently achieve results on time and without error. Fostering Innovation: - Generates New Ideas: Willingly proposes/accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them.- Applies Technology: Absorbs new technology quickly; understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action. - Adapts to Change: Embraces changes by keeping an open mind to changing plans and incorporates change instructions into own area of work.
**Position Qualifications:**
**Responsibilities:**
**Certifications:**
**Work Experience:**
Relevant Work Experience
**Experience Level :**
Less than 1 year
**Education:**
High School Diploma or GED
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