Peer Support Specialist

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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
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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.

UNC Horizons-Wake seeks a part-time Gender-responsive SUD and Reentry Peer Support Specialist to serve as a reentry lead to help women impacted by substance use, trauma, violence, and incarceration meet their reentry and/or recovery goals, with support focusing on release and treatment completion. The primary duties for this position include conducting screenings, working within an interdisciplinary team meeting, meeting with clients monthly (will have a shared clinical caseload with other clinical supports for this task) and documenting services provided, and comprehensive discharge planning and follow-ups for clients enrolled in services.

Additionally, this person will assist with evaluating the services of the program. This includes working closely with the Program Director of Community Engagement and Integrated Treatment Services/Director of Gender-responsive SUD and Reentry Services to ensure that the program is meeting its evaluation milestones. This includes compiling behavioral health information gathered services provided and entering that information within federal and state reporting databases.

Specifically, provide peer support services to clients engaged in Gender-Responsive Substance Use Disorder Reentry Services:

a) Engage in ethical service delivery and practices as required by all auditing bodies (certification and licensure boards, UNC University, UNC Horizons)
b) Foster hope and healing among individuals impacted by SUD, trauma, violence, and incarceration through story-telling and strengths-based skills
c) Serve as a member of Horizons' interdisciplinary team, Reentry Clinical Team and Evaluation Team
d) Assist clients at the time of release from incarceration, 1:1 monthly session, and ensuring a detailed comprehensive discharge planning
e) Attend Horizons' weekly interdisciplinary meetings and individual supervision, and other team meetings
f) Document services delivered in adherence to program productivity standards. All contacts for peer support must be documented with a daily service note. The note must indicate purpose of the intervention, the specific intervention providing how effective the intervention was, and how much time was spent providing the intervention

Associate's degree in a related Human Services discipline and two years of experience related to the area of assignment, or equivalent combination of training and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.

* Must be proficient in Microsoft Office
* Strong interpersonal and organizational skills, and have the ability to connect with individuals/clients at the time of reentry.
* Must be knowledgeable of the impact of trauma, stigma, substance use, and incarceration among pregnant, parenting, and single women
* Must have a valid driver's license

* Direct experience or knowledge of substance use during pregnancy, substance use and incarceration, and exposure to social work or counseling experience; or experience with the substance abuse population
* Hold an addiction credential from the NCSAPPB ( CADC, CADC-R, LCASA)
* Experience working within an interdisciplinary team

If you experience any problems accessing the system or have questions about the application process, please contact the Office of Human Resources at (919) 843-2300 or send an email to employment@unc.edu

Please note: The Office of Human Resources will not be able to provide specific updates regarding position or application status.

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.