Full Time Peer Recovery Coach (AM) - Mental Health 326
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 own recovery goals. The role consults with the team to promote Telecare’s Recovery Culture, as defined by the Telecare Recovery Centered Clinical System (RCCS), recognizing, understanding, respecting, and integrating each member’s point of view and preferences into services and self-help programming. Peer Recovery Coaches also respond 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. The position is based in the Telecare Riverside Mental Health Urgent Care program, which offers voluntary treatment 24/7 to adults ages 18 and above experiencing a mental health crisis who wish to avoid a locked setting. The program provides a welcoming, home-like environment to assess and soothe individuals and connect them with resources to help avoid future crises. Services are recovery-oriented and delivered through a multidisciplinary team approach with a high level of peer-to-peer services. Schedule: Full-time, AM shift, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM, Sunday–Thursday. Expected starting wage is $23.00; geographic pay differentials apply, and starting pay is commensurate with relevant experience above the minimum requirements.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- Peer Certification obtained before hire and maintained throughout employment.
- For California: CalMHSA Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Certification obtained within 120 days of hire and maintained throughout employment; failure to obtain it within this period results in separation from the company.
- 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.
Responsibilities
- Engage, inspire, and facilitate meaningful conversations with members served to support their recovery goals.
- Consult with the team to promote and reinforce Telecare’s Recovery Culture 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 during mental health or addiction-related emergencies.
Benefits
- Paid time off for eligible employees working 20 or more hours per week, accruing each pay period for vacation and personal needs; part-time accrual is prorated, with annual carryover up to set caps.
- Nine paid holidays.
- Hourly shift differentials: 6% for PM shifts and 10% for NOC shifts.
- Hourly weekend shift differentials: 5% for weekend AM shifts, 11% for weekend PM shifts, and 15% for weekend NOC shifts.
- Free continuing education units (CEUs).
- Free supervision for a BBS Associate License.
- Coaching and mentorship.
- Online University tuition discount and company scholarships.
- Medical, vision, and dental insurance.
- 401(k).
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
