Peer Engagement Specialist - (Cincinnati, OH)

Peer Engagement Specialist Provides support to consumers and families in recovery. This support enhances the development of natural supports, coping skills, and other skills necessary to allow consumers to function as independently as possible in the community, including, but not limited to assisting re-entry into the community after a hospitalization or other institutional settings. Peer Engagement Services are based on an individualized, recovery-focused service philosophy that allows individuals and their families the opportunity to learn and manage their own recovery and advocacy process. The Peer Engagement Specialist is a person with lived background who is able to demonstrate their own hopefulness and recovery. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS ? With appropriate consent, interviews consumers, family members, treatment advocates, and others to gain a comprehensive view of the needs of the identified consumer and families.