Peer Recovery Coach - Mental Health 256

Main Template • Olympia, WA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Peer Recovery Coach I engages, inspires, and facilitates meaningful conversations with members served that assist the members to explore, create, and meet their own recovery goals. Peer Recovery Coaches provide consultation to the team to promote and reinforce Telecare’s Recovery Culture as defined by the Telecare Recovery Centered Clinical System (RCCS) in which each member’s point of view and preferences are recognized, understood, respected, and integrated into services and self-help programming. Additionally, Peer Recovery Coaches respond to critical situations with high-level engagement and de-escalation skills which support a least restrictive environment for members served experiencing an emergency related to a mental health/addiction challenge.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required
• Peer Certification must be obtained prior to hire and maintained throughout employment
• Washington: obtain Certified Peer Support through HCA prior to hire date and maintained throughout employment
• Certified by the Department of Health (DOH) as an Agency Affiliated Counselor (AAC) within 60 days of employment.
• One (1) 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
• Valid and current driver’s license, and personal vehicle insurance with your name listed as a driver.
• Willingness to use your personal vehicle to drive clients to appointments and groups, etc.
• Willingness to use the company vehicle to drive clients to appointments and groups, etc.
• Willingness to use your personal vehicle to attend meetings, etc.

Nice To Haves

• Certified Peer Support Specialist in Washington State: Must have CPS or CPSS

Responsibilities

• Engage, inspire, and facilitate meaningful conversations with members served to assist them in exploring, creating, and meeting their own recovery goals.
• Provide consultation to the team to promote and reinforce Telecare’s Recovery Culture.
• Respond to critical situations with high-level engagement and de-escalation skills to support a least restrictive environment for members served experiencing an emergency related to a mental health/addiction challenge.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• Nine Paid Holidays
• Shift differentials for hourly staff (6% for PM Shift, 10% for Overnight Shift).
• Weekend Shift differentials for hourly staff (5% for Weekend AM Shift, 11% for Weekend PM Shift, 15% for Weekend Overnight Shift)
• Free CEUs, coaching and mentorship
• Online University Tuition Discount and Company Scholarships
• Medical, Vision, Dental Insurance
• 401K
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED