Peer Support Specialist-Canyon Vista 625

Telecare Corporation; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Holidays

CEUs & Supervision

Tuition Discount

Medical Insurance

401K & ESOP

Job summary

Telecare is seeking a Peer Support Specialist in Redwood City, CA to engage with members and help them pursue recovery goals. You will promote the Recovery Culture and provide crisis de-escalation as needed, in a least-restrictive environment.

Shifts available include part-time Thu–Sat 3:00 PM–11:30 PM (.6) and full-time Sun–Wed 11:00 PM–7:30 AM (.8). Starting wage is $21.38–$25.76 per hour, with geographic differentials.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required; CalMHSA Certification required by October 1, 2025; certification must remain current.
• Experience as a beneficiary of the Behavioral Health system of care.
• Valid 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.

Responsibilities

• Peer Support Specialists engage, inspire, and facilitate meaningful conversations with members served that assist the person to explore, create, and meet their own recovery goals.
• Provide consultation to the team to promote Telecare’s Recovery Culture as defined by RCCS.
• Respond to critical situations with high level engagement and de-escalation skills to support a least restrictive environment.

Skills

Driving to appointments

Behavioral health patient care

Education

High School Diploma or GED

CalMHSA Certification (by 2025)

Job description

Job Category: Direct Care

Requisition Number: PEERS030665

• Full-Time
• On-site

Locations

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Redwood City, CA - Canyon Vista Center
Redwood City, CA 94062, USA

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

Peer Support Specialists engage, inspire, and facilitate meaningful conversations with members served that assist the person to explore, create, and meet their own recovery goals. Peer Support Specialists 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 Support Specialists respond to critical situations with high level engagement and de-escalation skills which support a least restrictive environment for individuals experiencing an emergency related to a mental health/addiction challenge.

Shifts Available:

• Part Time, Thursday through Saturday, 3:00 PM to 11:30 PM (.6) PM Shift x 2 (PM SHIFTS)
• Full Time: Sunday through Wednesday, 11:00 pm to 7:30 am (.8) (OVERNIGHT)

Expected starting wage range is $21.38 - $25.76. 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
  California: CalMHSA Certification is required by October 1, 2025. Certification must remain current throughout employment.
• Experience as a beneficiary of the 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 the company 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
• 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.

Canyon Vista is a 57 unit transitional and permanent supportive housing (PSH) program serving adults in San Mateo County with serious mental illness. Telecare will provide onsite case management, housing stabilization and rehabilitative services to tenants living in transitional and PSH units. Services onsite will be available 24 hours a day, 7 days per week.

EOE AA M/F/V/Disability

*May vary by location and position type

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.

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