Mobile Crisis - Peer Support Specialist - Evening Shift + alternating weekends

BJC HealthCare•St. Louis, MO

8d•Onsite

About The Position

BJC Behavioral Health is a community health center serving adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbance across several Missouri counties. The Mobile Crisis Response program supports people of all ages who have contacted 988 and need in-person assessment and support. Staff travel to the person in crisis wherever they are in the community, using a company vehicle. The touchdown location is BJC Commons, while client work may take place in homes, parks, stores, bus stations, streets, or other community locations. Peer Support Specialists draw on lived experience of recovery to share recovery tools and model successful recovery behaviors. They help people with mental illness and substance use disorders build support networks, develop a sense of community, and pursue goals in their individualized treatment or recovery plans. When dispatched as a primary member of a Mobile Crisis Response team, the specialist takes point on assessments, documents those assessments, and participates in clinical decisions. The team operates 24/7/365 and includes mental health professionals at different levels of training. The position is scheduled for 4 PM–12 PM with alternating weekends. The role calls for comfort managing stress and change, a solutions-oriented approach focused on client strengths and resources, and the ability to collaborate with staff and leaders. A sign-on bonus of up to $2,000 is offered.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Certified Missouri Peer Specialist credential.
Valid driver's license.
No experience is required.
For the IDDT focus, experience with addiction, personal or family, and familiarity with ways to maintain sobriety.
For the Transitional Age Youth focus, similar lived experience and sufficient closeness in age to engage young adults.
For the homeless-services focus, prior experience with homelessness and successful housing for the last two years.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with clients in crisis.
Associate's degree.
Less than two years of experience.

Responsibilities

Start and sustain mutual support groups.
Promote dialogue about recovery and resilience.
Teach and model symptom-management skills.
Teach and model problem-solving skills.
Share lived experience and recovery tools, and model successful recovery behaviors.
Help individuals develop support networks and a sense of belonging in their communities.
Support individuals in achieving goals and objectives in their individualized treatment or recovery plans.
For Mobile Crisis Response dispatches, take point on assessments, document assessments, and participate in clinical decisions.
On rehabilitation (CTT) teams, help individuals identify quality-of-life improvements, goals, and barriers; contribute identified interventions to treatment plans.
For Integrated Dual Diagnosis Treatment (IDDT), support recovery from mental illness and substance use, drawing on relevant experience with addiction and knowledge of maintaining sobriety.
For Transitional Age Youth, support community independence skills for young adults ages 16–25, with attention to skills that have significant effects if not addressed.
For homeless services, support obtaining and maintaining safe, affordable housing.

Benefits

Up to a $2,000 sign-on bonus.
Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, and legal services, available the first day of the month after hire.
Disability insurance paid for by BJC.
Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution.
401(k) plan with BJC match.
Tuition assistance available on the first day.
BJC Institute for Learning and Development.
Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.
Paid Time Off combining vacation, sick days, holidays, and personal time.
Adoption assistance.