Peer Support Specialist Certification Required

Sign-on Bonus $500

The Wellness & Recovery Specialist is responsible for care coordination activities focused on the Wellness and Recovery of members.

Location: Approximately 50% Field based and 50% Work from home position. Must live in Gwinnett, Dekalb, Fulton, or Douglas County Georgia. Must have a valid drivers license. Will perform field-based visits with members in a community setting.

Peer Specialist Certification required

How you will make an impact:

• Identifies opportunities for engagement of members and their families in forming a supportive, recovery network.

• Develops and implements provision of psychiatric discharge planning education at Recovery and Resiliency sites.

• Collaborates with Stabilization Teams as a member advocate in discharge planning education, resolution of barriers, and service transitions.

• Acts as a resource for staff on decision making and problem solving.

• Initiates and maintains contact with assigned individuals and providers to determine member's response to services.

• Teach and role model the value of the member's recovery experience.

• Models effective coping techniques and self-help strategies.

• Serve as a recovery agent by providing and advocating for recovery-based services to assist the members in daily living.

• Identify opportunities for engagement of members in forming a supportive, peer recovery network.

• Assist members in working with their case manager or treatment team in determining the steps he/she needs to take to achieve these goals and self-directed recovery.

• Assist members in setting up and sustaining self-help (mutual support) groups, as well as means of locating and joining existing groups.

• Initiates and maintains contact with assigned members to determine members' engagement and response to services.

• Assist members understand Peer Recovery resources available within the local community.

• Assist members in identifying recovery resources, supports, remove barriers, and facilitate connections in the local community.

• Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams as a member advocate in discharge planning education, resolution of barriers, and service transitions.

• Acts as a resource for staff on decision making and problem-solving as it relates to the peer role.

• Utilize tools such as the Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) to assist clients in creating their wellness and recovery plans.

• Assist clients in developing empowerment skills and combating stigma through self-advocacy.

Minimum Requirements:

• Requires AA/AS and minimum of 2 years of experience in health services or behavioral health field or in a peer support services role; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

• Peer Specialist Certification required.

Preferred Skills, Capabilities, and Experiences:

• One year experience working as a Peer Support Specialist, after receiving certification, or related equivalent experience.

• Experience working with computers toggling back and forth through multiple screens.

• Experience with researching resources.

• Telephonic customer service.

• Knowledge of the Recovery process and the ability to facilitate recovery using established standardized mental health processes.

• Knowledge and skill to teach and engage in basic problem-solving strategies to support individual clients in self-directed recovery.

• Knowledge of the signs and symptoms of mental illness & substance use disorders.

• Knowledge and skills sufficient to use community resources necessary for independent living and ability to teach those skills to other individuals with severe mental illness.

• Knowledge of how to establish and sustain self-help (mutual support) and educational groups by soliciting input from the mental health consumers on their strengths and interests.

• Proven experience in health coaching and motivational interviewing techniques.

• Demonstrated ability to work proficiently across multiple computer platforms simultaneously.

• Excellent typing skills with attention to detail.

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Knowledge of care-coordination and case management concepts strongly preferred.

• BA/BS or MBA preferred.

Please be advised that Elevance Health only accepts resumes for compensation from agencies that have a signed agreement with Elevance Health. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Elevance Health.

Who We Are

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities - and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.

How We Work

At Elevance Health, we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates. Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy, power our business outcomes and drive our shared success - for our consumers, our associates, our communities and our business.

We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.

Elevance Health operates in a Hybrid Workforce Strategy. Unless specified as primarily virtual by the hiring manager, associates are required to work at an Elevance Health location at least once per week, and potentially several times per week. Specific requirements and expectations for time onsite will be discussed as part of the hiring process. Candidates must reside within 50 miles or 1-hour commute each way of a relevant Elevance Health location.

The health of our associates and communities is a top priority for Elevance Health. We require all new candidates in certain patient/member-facing roles to become vaccinated against COVID-19. If you are not vaccinated, your offer will be rescinded unless you provide an acceptable explanation. Elevance Health will also follow all relevant federal, state and local laws.

Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, e.