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Provide goal-directed, medically necessary peer support services to adults with severe and persistent mental illness to assist them to remain in the least restrictive environment.

Service Provision Case Management Services

• Peer Support using identified and accepted methods to remediate symptoms of mental illness and/or improve emotional and functional well-being.
• Help consumers regain the ability to make independent choices and to take a proactive role in treatment.
• Share lived experience and model successful behavior and strategies.
• Provide transportation in personal passenger vehicle to support patient attendance in medical appointments and other therapeutic goal-related activities to include development of community resources, employment or education access, social or patient-run activities and related supports.

Peer Support Group Facilitation

• Peer Support will make sure that groups are self-contained and goal directed to assist consumers in minimizing or resolving the effects of mental and emotional impairments.
• Peer Support will make sure that group facilitation is conducted with a recovery focus and using strategies for effective facilitation.

Documentation

• Complete progress notes in accordance with COMCARE and CCBHC guidelines which meet requirements for medical necessity, goal-directed treatment and client response to treatment within prescribed timelines.
• Complete Notes for Record, Precautions statements and authorizations for release of records as required and/or recommended.
• Enters no show and cancellations for accuracy and completeness of medical record.
• Enter AIMS data as needed.

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