Peer Recovery Coach - Mental Health 268 - BONUSES AVAILABLE!

Telecare; Tukwila (WA); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a compassionate Peer Recovery Coach to engage and inspire individuals on their recovery journey. In this vital role, you will facilitate meaningful conversations and provide support to members facing mental health and addiction challenges. You will play a key role in promoting a culture of recovery, ensuring that each member's preferences are respected and integrated into services. This position offers a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of others while enjoying a supportive work environment that values your contributions and experiences. Join a team committed to excellence in behavioral health services and help change lives for the better.

Benefits

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Free CEUs

Tuition Discounts

Medical Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

401K

Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Qualifications

• Must have a High School Diploma or GED and be a Certified Peer Specialist.
• One year of experience supporting individuals with behavioral health challenges.

Responsibilities

• Engage and inspire members to meet their recovery goals.
• Provide consultation to promote Telecare’s Recovery Culture.

Skills

Engagement Skills

De-escalation Skills

Communication Skills

Behavioral Health Support

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Certified Peer Specialist

Job description

We have over 300 Peer roles at Telecare. We value this lived experience and this is what we are trying to grow within the organization. We have a career ladder specific to our Peer Workforce.

What You Will Do to Change Lives

The Peer Recovery Coach I engages, inspires, and facilitates meaningful conversations with members served that assist the members to explore, create, and meet their own recovery goals. Peer Recovery Coaches provide consultation to the team to promote and reinforce Telecare’s Recovery Culture as defined by the Telecare Recovery Centered Clinical System (RCCS) in which each member’s point of view and preferences are recognized, understood, respected, and integrated into services and self-help programming. Additionally, Peer Recovery Coaches respond to critical situations with high-level engagement and de-escalation skills which support a least restrictive environment for members served experiencing an emergency related to a mental health/addiction challenge.

Shifts Available:

Full Time; AM 8:00 am - 4:30 pm OR 8:30 am - 5:00 pm; Monday - Friday

• Sign-On Bonus: $1,000.00 [Bonus will be disbursed after three consecutive calendar months from date of hire.]
• Retention Bonus: $1,500.00 [Bonus will be disbursed after nine full consecutive calendar months.]
• Referral bonuses in the amount of $750.00 are also available to current staff who refer a new employee to the program.

Expected starting wage range is $21.10 - $22.52. The full wage range goes up to $26.36. Telecare applies geographic differentials to its pay ranges. The pay range assigned to this role will be based on the geographic location from which the role is performed. Starting pay is commensurate with relevant experience above the minimum requirements.

What You Bring to the Table (Must Have)

• High School Diploma or GED required
• Certified Peer Specialist and/or completed Peer Support Training
• One (1) year or part-time equivalent of experience supporting members served with behavioral health challenges
• Experience as a beneficiary of the public Behavioral Health system of care
• Valid and current driver’s license, and personal vehicle insurance with your name listed as a driver.
• Willingness to use your personal vehicle to drive clients to appointments and groups, etc.

What’s In It For You*

• Paid Time Off: For Full Time Employee it is 16.7 days in your first year
• Nine Paid Holidays & Shift differentials for hourly staff (6% for PM Shift, 10% for Overnight Shift). Weekend Shift differentials for hourly staff (5% for Weekend AM Shift, 11% for Weekend PM Shift, 15% for Weekend Overnight Shift)
• Free CEUs, coaching and mentorship
• Online University Tuition Discount and Company Scholarships
• Medical, Vision, Dental Insurance, 401K, Employee Stock Ownership Plan

For more information visit: https://www.telecarecorp.com/benefits

Join Our Compassionate Team

Telecare's mission is to deliver excellent and effective behavioral health services that engage individuals in recovering their health, hopes, and dreams. Telecare continues to advance cultural diversity, humility, equity, and inclusion at all levels of our organization by hiring mental health peers, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, veterans, and all belief systems.

Forensic Housing and Recovery through Peer Services (FHARPS) follow the Housing First Model, an integrated safe/affordable housing based on a Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) . PSH is decent, safe, and affordable community-based housing that provides tenants with the rights of tenancy under state and local landlord-tenant laws. It is linked to voluntary and flexible support and services designed to meet tenants' needs and preferences. PSH makes housing affordable to individuals with disabilities and low (or no) income.

EOE AA M/F/V/Disability

*May vary by position and location

Full Job Description will be provided if selected for an interview.

If job posting references any sign-on bonus internal applicants and applicants employed with Telecare in the previous 12 months would not be eligible.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)