Peer Support Specialist - Mobile Crisis Outreach Program Beaumont
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About The Position
Sycamores is partnering with the 988 mental health crisis hotline to provide support to people experiencing a mental health crisis. The 988 hotline will provide initial phone support to all callers and triage calls to the Sycamores Mobile Crisis Outreach Program for in-person support. The Mobile Crisis Outreach Program responds 7 days a week from 7:30pm to 8:30am, broken down by shifts. The Mobile Crisis Outreach Peer Support Specialist will respond, in conjunction with the Mobile Crisis Outreach Program clinician, to provide timely support including crisis stabilization, safety planning, community resources and provide follow up support. Utilizing the Mobile Crisis Outreach Program vehicle to respond to calls, this role is an integral part of the Sycamores larger Mobile Crisis Outreach Program including close partnerships with the 988-call center, Riverside County Dispatch Center, police, sheriff, psychiatric hospitals, and ambulance transport companies. The Mobile Crisis Outreach Peer Support Specialist has lived experience as a recipient of mental health services, and/or houselessness and/or system involvement, and can utilize these unique personal, practical, valuable experiences, and first-hand insight to benefit the team and consumers i.e., Adults, Youth, Children and their families as well as the community. The Mobile Crisis Outreach Program Peer Support Specialist provides the Mobile Crisis Outreach Program with expertise about the recovery process, symptom management, and consumers persistence to lead a satisfying life in society. Mobile Crisis Outreach Peer Support Specialist is also responsible for providing care, advocating for client voice and choice, self-determination, and decision-making in the planning, delivery, and evaluation of treatment, rehabilitation, and support services. Mobile Crisis Outreach Peer Support Specialist will provide consultation to consumers regarding community resources, crisis intervention, and available community services i.e., housing, mental health services, medical treatment, and substance abuse services. The Mobile Crisis Outreach Department evaluates the individual in "crisis" out in the field and takes measures to ensure the individuals safety (i.e., If clinically necessary, the Peer Support Specialist works with the Clinician in locating hospitals, ambulances, coordinating care etc.). The Mobile Crisis Outreach Program team responds to an individual's need for in person evaluation for safety within specified geographical area (i.e., Desert, Mid-County and Western Regions). The Mobile Crisis Outreach Program utilizes Sycamores vehicles to co-respond (two staff at a time) to provide added support and security measures.
