Peer Recovery Coach - Mental Health 646
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 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. The position is with San Bernardino ACT (Assertive Community Treatment), a community-based program serving adults age 18 and older with serious mental illness in San Bernardino County. The program currently serves over 100 members. The schedule is full-time, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Expected starting wage is $23.00; pay ranges vary by 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: CalMHSA Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Certification must be obtained within 120 days of hire and maintained throughout employment; failure to obtain it within that 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.
- Valid and current driver’s license.
- Personal vehicle insurance with the employee listed as a driver.
- Willingness to use a personal vehicle to drive clients to appointments and groups and to attend meetings.
- Willingness to use a company vehicle to drive clients to appointments and groups.
Responsibilities
- Engage and inspire members served through meaningful conversations that help them explore, create, and meet 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 using engagement and de-escalation skills to support a least restrictive environment.
- Use a personal vehicle to drive clients to appointments and groups, as needed.
- Use a company vehicle to drive clients to appointments and groups, as needed.
- Use a personal vehicle to attend meetings, as needed.
Benefits
- Paid time off accrued each pay period for 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.
- Hourly staff shift differentials: 6% for PM shift and 10% for NOC shift.
- Hourly staff weekend shift differentials: 5% for weekend AM shift, 11% for weekend PM shift, and 15% for weekend NOC shift.
- Free continuing education units (CEUs).
- Free supervision for BBS Associate License.
- Coaching and mentorship.
- Online University tuition discount and company scholarships.
- Medical insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- 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
