Certified Intentional Peer Support Specialist (CIPSS)
Assistance Plus
Summary
The Certified Intentional Peer Support Specialist (CIPSS) will work with the behavioral home team to ensure that well-coordinated and integrated care is delivered to the youth and families served. The CIPSS will provide leadership and technical assistance in developing and implementing the BHHO peer support services. A willingness to share experiences with co-workers and community providers is essential for success in this position.
Job description
This position must be able to work flexible hours, which may include weekends, evenings, and holidays.
Duties include and are not limited to:
- Identifying individual needs for peer supports through interaction with the BHHO team and clients
- Providing individual and group peer support to BHHO team clients and other clients
- Acting as a peer role model, demonstrating effective interpersonal communications and community integration strategies
- Assisting clients with understanding their rights and responsibilities as recipients of mental health and co-occurring use disorder services
- Networking with current programs and advocating for new opportunities for client in community supports, programs, and activities of their choice
- Assisting clients with understanding their experience of mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorder through shared common experience as peers
- Understanding and actively supporting the mission of the BHHO model, the client directed outcome informed client model, and the principles of recovery
- Providing a unique perspective as a participating member of the BHHO, helping staff to understand mental illness through the client experience
- Attending and actively participating in all BHHO staff and team meetings and supervisions
- Providing volunteer peer services outside of regular business hours
- Receiving required individual supervisions as required by the CIPSS program
- Assisting clients with transportation in conjunction with the goals on their ISP
- Accepting and following through on guidance for professional growth and performance improvement in clinical and administrative supervisions
- Providing added individual and program consultations around any area in which you demonstrate special expertise
- Participating in required and elective staff development activities in accord with the individual staff development plan
Requirements
- Proof of vehicle insurance at $50K/$100K
- Valid Maine driver's license
- Must be 18 years of age or older
- High school diploma or equivalent
- CIPSS certification or CIPSS provisional certification
- Self-identified mental health consumer who has personally experienced a severe and persistent mental illness
Benefits
- Mileage reimbursement
- Flexible schedule
- Paid time off
- Working within 30 miles of home
- No vaccine requirement
- Work/life balance
- Job specific trainings
Company overview
Assistance Plus is a comprehensive home health care and behavioral health services provider based in Benton, Maine, established in 1993. As a family-run organization, it offers a wide range of services including in-home personal care, behavioral health support, intellectual/developmental disability services, and substance use treatment. The company serves over 107 towns across central Maine with a dedicated staff of more than 260 professionals. Their services encompass personal support for activities of daily living, companionship programs, behavioral health home services for adults and children, case management, daily living support, and medication management. Assistance Plus operates multiple offices in Augusta, Benton, Waterville, Wilton, and Winslow, providing community-based care that emphasizes independence, safety, and quality of life for clients. The organization is licensed by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services and maintains strong community partnerships while adhering to rigorous standards of care and professional certification requirements for all staff members.