Peer Recovery Coach - Mental Health 357
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 coach consults with the team to promote Telecare’s Recovery Culture, as defined by the Telecare Recovery Centered Clinical System (RCCS), where each member’s perspective and preferences are recognized, understood, respected, and integrated into services and self-help programming. The coach 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. The role serves adult residents of Kern County referred to the Recovery Station after becoming intoxicated from alcohol or drugs. The program connects clients with ongoing substance use and/or mental health services, facilitates warm hand-offs to community-based services, and provides post-discharge follow-up. Peer staff may use a company vehicle to drive clients to appointments and groups. This is an on-call position with shifts and days varying as needed. The expected starting wage range is $23.00–$23.71; the assigned range depends on geographic location, 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: Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Certification through CalMHSA must be obtained within 120 days of hire and maintained throughout employment; failure to obtain it within that period results in separation.
- One year, or part-time equivalent, of experience supporting members 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 and personal vehicle insurance listing the employee as a driver.
- Willingness to use the company vehicle to drive clients to appointments and groups.
Responsibilities
- Engage, inspire, and facilitate conversations that support members in exploring, creating, and meeting their recovery goals.
- Consult with the team to promote and reinforce Telecare’s Recovery Culture and integrate members’ perspectives and preferences into services and self-help programming.
- Respond to critical situations with engagement and de-escalation skills to support a least restrictive environment.
- Connect clients with ongoing substance use and/or mental health services.
- Facilitate linkage and warm hand-offs to community-based services and provide post-discharge follow-up.
- Use a company vehicle to transport clients to appointments and groups, as needed.
Benefits
- Paid time off for eligible employees working 20 or more hours per week, accrued each pay period, with pro-rated accrual for part-time schedules and annual carryover up to set caps.
- Nine paid holidays.
- Shift differentials for hourly staff: 6% for PM shift and 10% for NOC shift; weekend differentials of 5% for Weekend AM, 11% for Weekend PM, and 15% for Weekend NOC shifts.
- Free continuing education units, free supervision for 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
