Peer Support Specialist - Mental Health 209
About The Position
Peer Support Specialists engage, inspire, and facilitate meaningful conversations with members served to help them explore, create, and meet their recovery goals. They consult with the team to promote and reinforce 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. They also respond to critical situations using high-level engagement and de-escalation skills to support a least restrictive environment for people experiencing a mental health or addiction-related emergency. The role is part-time on a swing shift, Friday through Sunday, from 3:00 PM to 11:30 PM. The position is with Multnomah Crisis and Treatment Center (CATC), a subacute, 16-bed, 24/7 program serving adults in Multnomah County with persistent and serious mental illness through a secure, short-term crisis program. The expected starting wage range is $16.30–$19.58; the assigned pay range depends on the geographic location where the role is performed, and starting pay is commensurate with relevant experience above the minimum requirements.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- Experience as a beneficiary of the Behavioral Health system of care.
- Peer certification must be maintained throughout employment.
- In Oregon, obtain Traditional Health Worker (THW) certification through OHA as a Peer Support Specialist or Peer Wellness Specialist before the hire date and maintain it throughout employment.
- For Oregon CATC and ACT roles, certification must be obtained within 90 days after the hire date.
Responsibilities
- Engage, inspire, and facilitate meaningful conversations with members served to help them explore, create, and meet their recovery goals.
- Consult with the team to promote and reinforce Telecare’s Recovery Culture and the principles of the Recovery Centered Clinical System (RCCS).
- Help ensure members’ points of view and preferences are recognized, understood, respected, and integrated into services and self-help programming.
- Respond to critical situations with high-level engagement and de-escalation skills to support a least restrictive environment during mental health or addiction-related emergencies.
Benefits
- Paid time off and sick leave for full-time employees.
- Nine paid holidays.
- Shift differentials for hourly staff: 6% for PM shift and 10% for overnight shift.
- Weekend shift differentials for hourly staff: 5% for weekend AM shift, 11% for weekend PM shift, and 15% for weekend overnight shift.
- Free continuing education units (CEUs), coaching, and mentorship.
- Online university tuition discount and company scholarships.
- Medical, vision, and dental insurance.
- 401(k).
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Education Level
High school or GED
