Certified Peer Recovery Coach - Mental Health 161

Telecare Corporation•Anaheim, CA

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About The Position

The Peer Recovery Coach I engages, inspires, and facilitates meaningful conversations with members served to help them explore, create, and meet their recovery goals. The coach consults with the team to promote and reinforce Telecare’s Recovery Culture, as defined by the Telecare Recovery Centered Clinical System (RCCS), where each member’s point of view and preferences are recognized, understood, respected, and integrated into services and self-help programming. The role also responds to critical situations using high-level engagement and de-escalation skills to support a least restrictive environment for members experiencing a mental health or addiction-related emergency. This is a full-time, Monday–Friday daytime position with scheduled hours of 8:00 AM–5:00 PM. The expected starting wage is $23.00; geographic differentials apply, and starting pay is commensurate with relevant experience above the minimum requirements. The position is with TAO, a Full Service Partnership in Orange County, California, serving 240 adults age 18 and older with serious mental illness.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Peer certification obtained before hire and maintained throughout employment.
One year, or part-time equivalent, of experience supporting members served with behavioral health challenges.
Experience as a beneficiary of the public Behavioral Health system of care.
Successful completion of Peer Support Training or Peer Employment Training.
Valid and current driver’s license.
Personal vehicle insurance with the applicant listed as a driver.
Willingness to use a personal vehicle to drive clients to appointments and groups.
Willingness to use the company vehicle to drive clients to appointments and groups.

Responsibilities

Engage, inspire, and facilitate meaningful conversations with members served to help them explore, create, and meet their recovery goals.
Consult with the team to promote and reinforce Telecare’s Recovery Culture and the Recovery Centered Clinical System.
Recognize, understand, respect, and integrate members’ points of view and preferences into services and self-help programming.
Respond to critical situations with engagement and de-escalation skills to support a least restrictive environment.
Drive clients to appointments, groups, and other activities using a personal vehicle and the company vehicle.

Benefits

Paid time off accrued each pay period by eligible employees working 20 or more hours per week, with prorated accrual for part-time schedules and annual carryover up to set caps.
Nine paid holidays.
Shift differentials for hourly staff: 6% for PM shifts and 10% for overnight shifts.
Weekend shift differentials for hourly staff: 5% for weekend AM shifts, 11% for weekend PM shifts, and 15% for weekend overnight shifts.
Free continuing education units (CEUs).
Free supervision for BBS Associate License.
Coaching and mentorship.
Online University tuition discount.
Company scholarships.
Medical insurance.
Vision insurance.
Dental insurance.
401(k).
Employee Stock Ownership Plan.