Who We Are
People are our passion and purpose. Come work where you are appreciated for who you are not just what you can do. Memorial Medical Center is a 199-bed hospital offering a spectrum of care, including diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitative services, both on an inpatient and outpatient basis.
Where We Are
From national parks and monuments to one of the top-rated farmer’s markets in the country, Las Cruces offers a world filled with natural wonder, year-round excitement, and historic proportions of fun. We are known for our safe and affordable living conditions, outstanding educational system, and friendly people.
Why Choose Us
- Health (Medical, Dental, Vision) and 401K Benefits for full-time employees
- Competitive Paid Time Off / Extended Illness Bank package for full-time employees
- Employee Assistance Program – mental, physical, and financial wellness assistance
- Tuition Reimbursement/Assistance for qualified applicants
- Professional Development and Growth Opportunities
- And much more…
Position Summary
The Peer Specialist provides peer support services as a parent, consumer or young adult with lived experience in navigating mental health /substance abuse services. Serves as an advocate, shares coping skills, and provides recovery and resiliency related information for peers. The peer specialist performs a wide range of tasks to assist and support people in directing their own lives and their personal recovery process. This means supporting people to live self-directed lives in self-determined roles are socially included in communities of their choices. The peer specialist will role model competency in resiliency and recovery and ongoing coping skills.
Essential Functions
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- Will serve as member of the Care management team and will:
- Assist his or her peers to identify recovery goals
- Provide information and support to assist peers to effectively participate in developing a plan of care, engage in team-based planning and facilitate co-creating of Wellness Recovery Action Plans (WRAP) as needed based on recipient choice.
- Model and collaborate to develop problem solving techniques with individuals
- Collaborate to assist peers how to:
- Identify their strengths and needs;
- Identify and combat negative self-talk
- Identify and overcome fears
- Employ coping strategies and relapse prevention skills
- Share resiliency and recovery-oriented educational materials
- Employ strategies to engage parents of children and adult peers who do not keep important follow-up appointments to identify barriers & obstacles and collaborate to find solutions
- Assist peers on inpatient units to prepare a comprehensive plan for discharge that includes relapse prevention strategies
- Link peers to community-based peer, parent, and family support services
- Serve as liaison with advocacy organizations regarding peer support training and implementation initiatives.
Non Essential Functions
Candidate must be able to work effectively and prioritize in a fast-paced environment in order to meet the demands of the organization. Candidate must role model competency in recovery and ongoing coping skills.