Peer Recovery Specialist

Sante Group Companies; Cambridge (MD); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading company in mental health services is seeking a Peer Recovery Specialist for part-time weekend shifts in Cambridge, MD. The role involves crisis intervention, assessment, and collaboration with community providers. The ideal candidate will have a passion for helping others and a commitment to professional growth.

Benefits

Financial assistance for licensure fees

Paid parental leave

Company-wide wellness program

Qualifications

• Peer Recovery Specialist Certification required or willingness to obtain.
• At least one year of professional experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist in performing danger and crisis assessments.
• Document interactions using CRS procedures.
• Work with families to de-escalate situations.

Skills

Crisis Intervention

Communication

Mentoring

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

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Sante Group Companies provided pay range

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Base pay range

$17.75/hr - $20.50/hr

Who We Are

Santé Group Companies prides itself in being a leader in community-based behavioral and mental health services. Our track record of innovation and growth reflects our ability to deliver diverse and highly individualized services. We have a passion for providing empathetic and potentially life-saving care to help individuals heal, recover, and thrive, as well as live their lives in a manner that allows them to fully integrate in the community. The Santé Group aspires to create an organization that places value on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and inclusiveness. To achieve this success, it is essential that all members of our organization feel secure, welcome, and respected. All members of our organization have a responsibility to uphold these values.

What We’re Looking For

Santé is seeking a Part-Time Weekend Peer Recovery Specialists (in office) Shits needed to fill either 8pm - 4am, 4am - 12pm, and 12am - 8pm Saturday and Sunday ONLY to join our frontline crisis intervention team in Elkton, MD.As a Peer Recovery Specialist, you will assess, evaluate, and perform crisis intervention techniques, and will develop a crisis plan for continuation of services related to individual clients. He or she will be responsible for all incident documentation, and will be the on-site resource for any relevant clinical information, as well as the liaison for collaboration with other involved parties including families, friends, and other community providers (all under clinical supervision of an LCSW-C/LCPC). NOT A REMOTE POSITION. IN PERSON ONLY.

What You’ll Do

• Assist in performing a danger assessment, a crisis assessment, an environmental assessment upon entry to the community situation and lethality assessment.
• Assist in performing an on-scene assessment and treatment plan.
• Effectively perform crisis intervention including de-escalation, crisis planning and implementation.
• Design appropriate referral recommendations using available community resources.
• Address population of child, adolescent, adult, dual-diagnosis, co-occurring and elderly.
• Work with families and involved people to de-escalate the situation, make a crisis plan, and enlist cooperation with recommended treatment.
• Document interactions using CRS procedures.
• Must be able to work with first responders and be aware of first responder culture.
• Must familiarize oneself with police codes and language.
• Participate in and complete all required training courses.
• Provide education in the community about the agency and all components of CRS when needed.
• Check work e-mail at the beginning and end of each shift.
• Provide mentoring to interns and new staff.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

What We Require

• Peer Recovery Specialist Certification (CPRS) or willingness to be certified within one (1) year of employment (Sante will pay for your certification if you do not have it at the time of hire).
• High School Diploma or equivalent and at least one (1) year professional experience (experience working with children and families in a community-based program preferred).
• Three (3) years in full recovery AND five (5) years lived experience with mental illness, substance abuse, or a co-occurring disorder for yourself or your family.
• Valid driver’s license and proof of current automobile insurance.
  
  

What You’ll Get

• Salary Range: $17.75to $20.50 per hour (depending on licensure and experience).
• Financial assistance for licensure fees.
• No cost supervision for clinical licensure.
• Opportunities for career growth, training and development, flexible work schedules and shifts.
• Company-wide wellness program.
• Paid parental leave.
• The rare opportunity to make a difference in the very community that you call home. We are leading providers in Behavioral and Mental Health!
• Smart, passionate, and engaged coworkers.
  
  

We believe that diversity of background and experience makes for better problem-solving and collaboration, which is why we are dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team. Even more important than your resume is a positive attitude, a passion for making an impact, a personal desire to grow, and the ability to help individuals heal, recover, and thrive.

Disclaimers

The Santé Group aspires to create an organization that places value on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and inclusiveness. To achieve this success, it is essential that all members of our organization feel secure, welcome, and respected. All members of our organization have a responsibility to uphold these values.

The Santé Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job. The Santé Group participates in E-Verify. http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

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  Other

• Industries

  Mental Health Care

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