Peer Support Specialist (PSS)

Summary/Objective

An adult peer support specialist shall:

(1) Use relevant personal stories to assist other consumers through experience;

(2) Serve as a role model to a consumer;

(3) Encourage consumer voice and choice during development and implementation of plans;

(4) Support a consumer by:

(a) Attending team meetings on behalf of the consumer at the request of the consumer; or

(b) Accompanying the consumer to meetings upon the consumer's request;

(5) Empower a consumer to have the confidence to be a self-advocate;

(6) Help providers or other individuals understand the importance of integrating consumer voice and choice in services and support within a system of care;

(7) Promote socialization, recovery, self-advocacy preservation, and enhancement of community living skills for consumers; and

(8) Complete and maintain documentation of a minimum of six (6) hours of related training or education in each subsequent year after successful completion of the adult peer support specialist training or receipt of waiver, and shall submit a list of all trainings in which the adult peer support specialist participated, the provider or presenter of the training, and the number of hours of each training to the department every three (3) years. The submission due date shall be the last day of the month of which the adult peer support specialist's initial training was completed.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.