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February 4, 2012 

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Certified Recovery Support Specialist (CRSS)
CRSS Home | Requirements | Performance Domains | Core Functions
Fees | How to Apply | Written Exam | Maintaining Certification | Code of Ethics

Performance Domains

ICB measures competency through the four Performance Domains, as defined by, the Recovery Support Specialist, Role Delineation Study, Final Report, March 2007, prepared by Comprehensive Examination Services (CES). CRSS professionals perform the Core Functions of each Performance Domain to various degrees. CRSS professionals are not required to be experts in the Core Functions, but are expected to gain proficiency in these functions as they advance in their careers.

ICB certification focuses on the evaluation and demonstration of professional competency, with emphasis on professional competency. Competency is defined as the ability to perform the job and to perform the required tasks. The professional competencies are cumulative as an individuals move though their professional development.

Advocacy
  • Serve as the consumer's individual advocate.
  • Advocate within systems to promote consumer-centered recovery support services.
  • Assure that the consumer's choices define and drive the recovery planning process.
  • Promote consumer-driven recovery plans by serving on the consumer's recovery-oriented team.

Professional Responsibility
  • Respond appropriately to risk indicators to assure the consumer's welfare and physical safety.
  • Immediately report suspicions that the consumer is being abused or neglected.
  • Maintain confidentiality.
  • Communicate personal issues that impact one's ability to perform job duties.
  • Assure that interpersonal relationships, services and supports, reflect the consumer's individual differences and cultural diversity.
  • Document service provision as required by the employer.
  • Gather information regarding the consumer's personal satisfaction with his/her progress toward recovery goals.

Mentoring
  • Serve as a role model of a consumer in recovery.
  • Establish and maintain a "peer" relationship rather than a hierarchical relationship.
  • Promote social learning through shared experiences.
  • Teach consumers life skills.
  • Encourage consumers to develop independent behavior that is based on choice rather than compliance.
  • Assure that consumers know their rights and responsibilities.
  • Teach consumers how to self-advocate.

Recovery Support
  • Serve as an active member of the consumer's recovery-oriented team(s).
  • Assure that all recovery-oriented tasks and activities build on the consumer's strengths and resiliencies.
  • Help the consumer identify options and participate in all decisions related to establishing and achieving recovery goals.
  • Help the consumer develop problem-solving skills so they can respond to challenges to their recovery.
  • Help the consumer access the services and supports that will help them attain their individual recovery goals.
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