Peer Bridger

Emotional Health Association; Culver City (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

SHARE! Collaborative Housing in Los Angeles is seeking Peer Bridger staff to support residents in recovery-oriented housing. You will build personal recovery relationships, orient participants, and connect residents to self-help centers, groups, and funded programs.

You will collaborate with volunteers, owners, and staff to place residents, document activity, and adhere to recovery-focused policies. Flexibility for evenings/weekends and crisis support is required.

Qualifications

• Reliable transportation, driver's license, and active driver’s insurance policy.
• Proficiency in documentation and record-keeping.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Knowledge of self-help support groups, peer support practices.
• Ability to work with both sober living and non-sober living residents.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with diverse populations.
• May be on call for problems that may arise after hours.
• Flexibility to work evenings and weekends (shifts are Sunday-Thursday or Tuesday through Saturday).
• Ability to normalize difficult situations and fluency in crisis intervention and de-escalation techniques.
• Basic knowledge of cultural competency, implicit bias and microaggressions.

Responsibilities

• Develops personal recovery relationships with housing residents to help with achieving their goals.
• Works with houses to develop a culture of recovery, establish policies, structure, schedule and activities.
• Enroll and orient participants and get informed consent for data collection.
• Connects residents to SHARE! self-help centers, self-help support groups, Volunteer-to-Jobs program and activities.
• Provides linkages to the mental health system and other governmental and non-governmental resources, including self-help support group meetings, volunteer opportunities, medical and mental health resources, money management, criminal expungement, benefits and other assistance as needed.
• Works with volunteers, participants and owners to develop good neighbor relations.
• Enrolls new Collaborative Houses, develops relationship with new owners and place participants.
• Finds new placements for residents who want or need them.
• Submits program reports as needed.
• Performs case management and documentation and submits in a timely manner using various platforms like Excel, CHAMPS, Salesforce.

Skills

Reliable transportation

Documentation

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Peer support practices

Crisis intervention

Flexibility with schedule

On-call availability

Education

Higher education or certifications in social work/psychology

Medi-Cal Peer Support certified

Job description

Position Overview:Peer Bridgers support residents in SHARE! Collaborative Housing, an innovative solution to homelessness serving people in single-family homes throughout Los Angeles.Key Responsibilities:Develops personal recovery relationships with housing residents to help with achieving their goalsWorks with houses to develop a culture of recovery, establish policies, structure, schedule and activitiesEnroll and orient participants and get informed consent for data collectionConnects residents to SHARE! self-help centers, self-help support groups, Volunteer-to-Jobs program and activitiesProvides linkages to the mental health system and other governmental and non-governmental resources, including self-help support group meetings, volunteer opportunities, medical and mental health resources, money management, criminal expungement, benefits and other assistance as neededWorks with volunteers, participants and owners to develop good neighbor relationsEnrolls new Collaborative Houses, develops relationship with new owners and place participantsFinds new placements for residents who want or need themSubmits program reports as neededPerforms case management and documentation and submits in a timely manner using various platforms like Excel, CHAMPS, SalesforceRequired:Reliable transportation, driver's license, and active driver’s insurance policyProficiency in documentation and record-keepingStrong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skillsKnowledge of self-help support groups, peer support practicesAbility to work with both sober living and non-sober living residentsAbility to work independently and collaboratively with diverse populationsMay be on call for problems that may arise after hoursFlexibility to work evenings and weekends (shifts are Sunday-Thursday or Tuesday through Saturday)Ability to normalize difficult situations and fluency in crisis intervention and de-escalation techniquesBasic knowledge of cultural competency, implicit bias and microaggressionsPreferred Experience:Minimum one year of current personal experience attending self-help support groups, 2-5 years preferredMinimum one year of sobriety and/or abstinence if applicable, 2-5 years preferredMedi-Cal Peer Support certifiedHigher education or certifications in social work, psychology, or related field.Bilingual any language a plus, especially Spanish