Peer Support Specialist - Mental Health 608
About The Position
Peer Support Specialists engage, inspire, and facilitate meaningful conversations with members served that assist the person to explore, create, and meet their own recovery goals. Peer Support Specialists 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 Support Specialists respond to critical situations with high level engagement and de-escalation skills which support a least restrictive environment for individuals experiencing an emergency related to a mental health/addiction challenge. The Serenity House program is a 13-bed, short-term intensive Crisis Residential Treatment (CRT) program serving adult residents of San Mateo County who are experiencing a mental health crisis. The program operates 24-hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Clients may be referred from the hospital, jail, community, or self-referred. The goal of the program is to help clients experiencing acute psychiatric distress avoid inpatient hospitalization and emergency services; regain their stability; and begin working toward longer-term recovery goals.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED
- Peer Certification must be maintained throughout employment
- California: Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Certification through CalMHSA must be obtained within 120 days of your date of hire and maintained throughout employment.
- Experience as a beneficiary of the Behavioral Health system of care
- Valid and current driver’s license
- Personal vehicle insurance with your name listed as a driver.
Nice To Haves
- Telecare applies geographic differentials to its pay ranges.
- Starting pay is commensurate with relevant experience above the minimum requirements.
Responsibilities
- Engage, inspire, and facilitate meaningful conversations with members served that assist the person to explore, create, and meet 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 which support a least restrictive environment for individuals experiencing an emergency related to a mental health/addiction challenge.
- Use the company vehicle to drive clients to appointments and groups, etc.
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
- Free Supervision for BBS Associate License
- Coaching
- Mentorship
- Online University Tuition Discount
- Company Scholarships
- Medical, Vision, Dental Insurance
- 401K
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
