Peer Specialist - FSP

Tessie Cleveland Community Services Corporation; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 61,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Tessie Cleveland Community Services Corporation is seeking a full-time Peer Support Specialist in Los Angeles, CA. The role involves facilitating recovery, mentoring clients, and connecting them with community resources to support self-directed recovery.

The ideal candidate has California certification, lived recovery experience, and strong interpersonal skills to work with interdisciplinary teams and provide crisis support as needed.

Qualifications

• Must have a Peer Support Specialist Certification from the State of California.
• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Have lived mental health and/or substance misuse experience.
• A minimum 1 year of active recovery.
• Possess knowledge of the recovery process.
• Ability to teach and engage basic problem-solving strategies to support individual clients in self-directed recovery.
• Ability to recognize signs and symptoms of mental illness and substance misuse.
• Ability to assist clients to address symptoms using coping strategies.
• Knowledge of community resources necessary for independent living.
• Possess a valid California Driver's License

Responsibilities

• Facilitates recovery using established standardized mental health processes.
• Assists with identifying person-centered strengths, needs, abilities and recovery goals
• Assists clients with achieving goals identified on clients Individual Treatment Plan (ITP)
• Supports the clients’ ability to engage in treatment by providing them with skills and knowledge necessary to support treatment goals.
• Establish rapport with clients by sharing personal experiences of recovery, sharing and supporting the use of recovery tools, and demonstrating successful recovery behaviors.
• Performs peer mentoring and case management
• Accompanies clients to needed linkages/ resources in the community
• Providing crisis services and support
• Easing the transition from emergency departments, detox, or residential settings to a safe community setting through peer bridge services
• Promotes community socialization, recovery, self-advocacy and development of informal supports
• Participates in the client's interdisciplinary treatment teams.
• Organizes and conducts peer groups.
• Attends ongoing trainings
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Skills

Accountability

Communication

Customer Focus

Compliance

Empathy

Initiative

Time Management

Education

Peer Support Specialist Certification (CA)

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

APeer Support Specialistis a person who has walked the path of recovery from mental illness and/or substance misuse and is employed to assist others in their journeys of recovery.Peerspromote hope through positive self-disclosure, demonstrating that recovery is possible. They are responsible for assisting clients with developing a network of resources and providing support to people with or in recovery from a mental health or substance misuse condition.

Position Qualifications/Requirements

• Must have aPeer Support Specialist Certification from the State of California.
• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Have lived mental health and/or substance misuse experience.
• A minimum 1 year of active recovery.
• Possess knowledge of the recovery process.
• Ability to teach and engage basic problem-solving strategies to support individual clients in self-directed recovery.
• Ability to recognize signs and symptoms of mental illness and substance misuse.
• Ability to assist clients to address symptoms using coping strategies.
• Knowledge of community resources necessary for independent living.
• Possess a valid California Driver's License

Duties and Responsibilities

• Facilitates recovery using established standardized mental health processes.
• Assists with identifying person-centered strengths, needs, abilities and recovery goals
• Assists clients with achieving goals identified on clients Individual Treatment Plan (ITP)
• Supports the clients’ ability to engage in treatment by providing them with skills and knowledge necessary to support treatment goals.
• Establish rapport with clients by sharing personal experiences of recovery, sharing and supporting the use of recovery tools, and demonstrating successful recovery behaviors.
• Performs peer mentoring and case management
• Accompanies clients to needed linkages/ resources in the community
• Providing crisis services and support
• Easing the transition from emergency departments, detox, or residential settings to a safe community setting through peer bridge services
• Promotes community socialization, recovery, self-advocacy and development of informal supports
• Participates in the client's interdisciplinary treatment teams.
• Organizes and conducts peer groups.
• Attends ongoing trainings
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Core Competencies

• Adaptable
• Teamwork
• Integrity
• Commitment

Job Specific Competencies (Knowledge, Skills, Needed for the Position)

• Accountability
• Communication
• Customer Focus
• Compliance
• Empathy
• Initiative
• Time Management

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $29.55 per hour

Expected hours: 40.00 Hours per week; 80 Hours bi-weekly

Ability to Commute: Los Angeles, CA 90001 (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate: Los Angeles, CA 90001: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Tessie Cleveland Community Services Corporation