Peer Recovery Coach - Mental Health 357

Telecare Corporation; Bakersfield (CA); Sur place; USD 32 000 - 33 000; Temps partiel

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Paid Time Off

CEUs and supervision for license

Tuition discount

Résumé du poste

Telecare Corporation in Bakersfield, CA is seeking a Peer Recovery Coach I to engage and support members on their recovery journey. This on-site, part-time role shares Telecare’s recovery-centered approach and offers a clear career ladder within the Peer Workforce.

You will work to promote recovery, provide team consultation on RCCS, and respond to critical situations with de-escalation skills to maintain a safe environment for clients.

Qualifications

• 1 year or part-time equivalent experience supporting members with behavioral health challenges.
• Experience as a beneficiary of the public Behavioral Health system of care.
• Peer Certification via CalMHSA within 120 days of hire and maintained.
• Valid driver's license and personal vehicle insurance.
• Willingness to use the company vehicle to drive clients to appointments.

Responsabilités

• Engage, inspire, and facilitate meaningful conversations to help members meet recovery goals.
• Provide consultation to the team to promote Telecare's RCCS Recovery Culture.
• Respond to emergencies with de-escalation to support a least restrictive environment.

Connaissances

One year experience with behavioral/​m

Behavioral health support experience

Driver's license

Formation

High School Diploma or GED

Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Certification (CalMHSA)

Peer Support Training/Employment Training

Description du poste

Bakersfield, CA - Kern Recovery Station
Bakersfield, CA 93305, USA

• On-site
• Direct Care
• Part-Time
• Requisition #: PEERR031236

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

On-Call | Shifts and days vary as needed

AM, PM, NOC

Expected starting wage range is $23.00 - $23.71. 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
• Peer Certification must be obtained prior to hire and maintained throughout employment
  • California: Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Certification through CalMHSA must be obtained within 120 days of your date of hire and maintained throughout employment. Failure to obtain certification within this period will result in separation with the company.
• 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
• Successful completion of Peer Support Training or Peer Employment Training.
• Valid and current driver's license, and personal vehicle insurance with your name listed as a driver.
• Willingness to use the company vehicle to drive clients to appointments and groups, etc.

What’s In It For You*

• Paid Time Off: Eligible employees (20+ hours/week) earn PTO each pay period for vacation and personal needs, with pro-rated accrual for part-time schedules and annual carryover up to set caps.
• Free CEUs, free Supervision for BBS Associate License, coaching and mentorship
• Online University Tuition Discount and Company Scholarships
• Medical, Vision, Dental Insurance, 401K, Employee Stock Ownership Plan

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.

Adult residents of Kern County who are intoxicated from either alcohol or drugs, and are referred to the Recovery Station. These individuals previously may have been arrested for public intoxication and/or taken to unnecessary psychiatric crisis programs. Clinicians and peer staff will engage clients to connect with ongoing substance and/or mental health services, ensure linkage and "warm hand-offs" to other community-based services, and post-discharge follow-up.

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
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