Peer Recovery Coach - Mental Health 646

Telecare Corporation•San Bernardino, CA

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), recognizing, understanding, respecting, and integrating each member’s point of view and preferences into services and self-help programming. The role also responds to critical situations with 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 morning-shift role, with scheduled hours of 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. The position is part of San Bernardino ACT, a community-based program serving adults with serious mental illness in San Bernardino County. The role requires driving clients to appointments and groups using personal and company vehicles, and using a personal vehicle to attend meetings. The expected starting wage is $23.00. Telecare applies geographic differentials to pay ranges, and the range assigned to the role depends on the geographic location from which it is performed. Starting pay is commensurate with relevant experience above the minimum requirements.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Peer Certification must be obtained before hire and maintained throughout employment.
California-specific: 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 from the company.
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.
Personal vehicle insurance with the employee’s name 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.
Willingness to use a personal vehicle to attend meetings.

Responsibilities

Engage, inspire, and facilitate meaningful conversations with members to support them in exploring, creating, and meeting their recovery goals.
Consult with the team to promote and reinforce Telecare’s Recovery Culture as defined by the Recovery Centered Clinical System (RCCS).
Recognize, understand, respect, and integrate members’ points of view and preferences into services and self-help programming.
Respond to critical situations using high-level engagement and de-escalation skills to support a least restrictive environment during mental health or addiction-related emergencies.
Drive clients to appointments, groups, and other activities using personal and company vehicles.
Use a personal vehicle to attend meetings.

Benefits

Paid time off for eligible employees working 20 or more hours per week, accrued each pay period for vacation and personal needs; part-time accrual is prorated, with annual carryover up to set caps.
Nine paid holidays.
Shift differentials for hourly staff: 6% for PM shifts and 10% for NOC shifts; weekend differentials: 5% for Weekend AM, 11% for Weekend PM, and 15% for Weekend NOC 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.