Crisis Care Peer Engagement Specialist

One Hope United; Mount Vernon (IL); On-site; USD 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition assistance up to $2500 per yer

Vacation days (up to 4 weeks)

Personal days (up to 6)

Sick days (up to 5)

Mental health day

Medical, dental, vision

403b Retirement

Flexible Spending Accounts

Health Savings Account

Life Insurance

Pet Insurance

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Job summary

One Hope United in Mt. Vernon, IL seeks an Engagement Specialist to support the Crisis Care service team and individuals in crisis. You will provide crisis response, engage and advocate for clients, and maintain follow-up and community linkage to promote crisis stability.

The role requires the ability to work outside regular hours, weekends, and holidays as needed, with collaboration across agencies and professionals in the field.

Qualifications

• Funder-required lived experience as a consumer of mental health or substance abuse services.

Responsibilities

• Provides crisis response during on-call rotation within the required response timeframe.
• Engage, advocate for, and support individuals and families during crises.
• Maintain a direct working relationship with clients, including follow-up and community linkage to support crisis stability.

Skills

Lived experience in mental health/subs

Job description

One Hope United in Mt. Vernon, IL seeks an Engagement Specialist to support the Crisis Care service team and individuals in crisis. You will provide crisis response, engage and advocate for clients, and maintain follow-up and community linkage to promote crisis stability.

The role requires the ability to work outside regular hours, weekends, and holidays as needed, with collaboration across agencies and professionals in the field.