Lead Peer Navigator - Outreach & Recovery Advocate

LaneHelp; Oregon; On-site; USD 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, vision, and dental

Short-term and long-term disability

Life insurance

Employee Assistance and Life Programs

401K retirement program

Pet Insurance

Paid time off and paid holidays

Job summary

Ideal Option in Oakridge, OR seeks a Lead Peer Navigator to engage with individuals facing homelessness and behavioral health challenges. The role focuses on outreach, advocacy, and care coordination to connect people with housing, MAT, mental health services, and essential resources.

The position requires lived recovery experience, strong engagement skills, and ability to collaborate with EMS, law enforcement and community partners. Benefits and a supportive team culture are highlighted.

Qualifications

• The ideal candidate brings strong engagement skills, lived experience in recovery, and the ability to build trust with individuals experiencing homelessness, substance use disorders, justice system involvement, and other barriers to care.

Responsibilities

• Respond alongside EMS, law enforcement, correction systems and community partners to assist individuals with non-medical social and behavioral health needs.
• Conduct outreach and engagement with individuals experiencing homelessness, substance use disorders, mental health challenges, and food insecurity. Connect individuals to community resources including: Emergency and transitional housing, Substance use treatment programs, Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) services, Mental health services, Food and clothing resources, and Transportation and benefits assistance Provide peer support, encouragement, and recovery-oriented coaching.
• Assist individuals in navigating complex systems and overcoming barriers to services. Advocate for clients with community providers and partner agencies. Maintain accurate and timely documentation of client interactions, referrals, and follow-up activities. Identify data gaps and workflow improvements; prepare internal dashboards and summaries for supervisor review.
• Assist Supervisor with learning collaborative preparation, participation, follow-up action items, and dissemination of lessons learned to outreach staff. Train staff on documentation procedures and promote consistent, confidential data practices. Collaborate with EMS, law enforcement and correctional system personnel, hospitals, behavioral health providers, shelters, and community organizations.
• Participate in team meetings, case coordination, ...

Job description

Ideal Option in Oakridge, OR seeks a Lead Peer Navigator to engage with individuals facing homelessness and behavioral health challenges. The role focuses on outreach, advocacy, and care coordination to connect people with housing, MAT, mental health services, and essential resources.

The position requires lived recovery experience, strong engagement skills, and ability to collaborate with EMS, law enforcement and community partners. Benefits and a supportive team culture are highlighted.