Police Peer or Behavioral Health Responder - MCSO

Freeman Health System; Missouri; On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Freeman Health System in Missouri is seeking a Community-Focused Peer Support Specialist (MCSO) to bridge community members with essential support services. The role emphasizes crisis intervention and collaboration with law enforcement and community partners.

The position prioritizes lived experience with mental health or substance use recovery, holistic care, and trauma-informed approaches to support individuals in crisis and connect them to needed resources.

Qualifications

• Lived experience in mental health or substance use recovery.
• Strong communication and active listening skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Community Outreach and Engagement: identify individuals in need of peer support.
• Crisis Intervention: provide emotional support and de-escalation during crises.
• Resource Connection: link clients to mental health, housing, and other services.
• Collaboration with Social Work Team: coordinate with social workers and counselors.

Skills

Lived experience recovery

Job description

Police Peer or Behavioral Health Responder - MCSO### Police Peer or Behavioral Health Responder - MCSOApply: OC Urgent Behavioral Solutions: Full time: Posted Yesterday: JR112619**Job Description Summary:**The Community-Focused Peer Support Specialist plays a crucial role in bridging community members with necessary support services. This position emphasizes community engagement, crisis intervention, and collaboration with law enforcement. Key aspects of this role include:* **Lived Experience:** Peer support specialists bring their own lived experience of overcoming mental health challenges or substance use. This unique perspective fosters empathy and understanding.* **Holistic Approach:** Peer support services focus on the whole person, considering social, emotional, and practical needs.* **Reducing Stigma:** By sharing their stories, peer specialists help reduce stigma around mental health and substance use.* **Building Trust:** Community members often feel more comfortable confiding in peers, leading to stronger relationships and better outcomes.* **Trauma Informed:** Services are delivered within trauma-informed principles**Responsibilities:*** **Community Outreach and Engagement:** + Actively engage with community members to identify those in need of peer support services. + Build relationships with local organizations, community leaders, and residents.* **Crisis Intervention:** + Respond promptly when law enforcement identifies individuals requiring peer support. + Provide emotional support, active listening, and practical assistance during crises. + Help de-escalate situations and prevent further legal entanglement.* **Resource Connection:** + Connect individuals to mental health services, substance use treatment, housing, domestic violence, housing, and other community resources. + Collaborate with social workers, counselors, and other professionals.* **Collaboration with Social Work Team:** + Work closely with other members of the Police Social Work team. + Consult and coordinate services to ensure comprehensive support for community members* Perform all other duties as assigned.**Physical Requirements:*** Typical physical demands include prolonged sitting, frequent standing, bending, and stooping.* Requires normal range of hearing and manual dexterity sufficient to operate keyboard, telephone, photocopier, calculator, and other office equipment as needed.* Requires ability to work under stressful conditions and to work irregular hours.* TB test upon hire.### Freeman About UsLocally owned and nationally recognized, Freeman Health System is a not-for-profit health system serving communities across Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas through a network of hospitals, physician clinics, outpatient locations, and specialty services. The system includes Freeman Hospital West, Freeman Hospital East, Freeman Neosho Hospital, and the Freeman Health System facilities in Bentonville, Springdale, Willow Creek, and Siloam Springs. Freeman Health System also operates Ozark Center – the region’s largest provider of behavioral health services, and offers comprehensive cancer, cardiology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, and women’s and children’s services. The system is supported by more than 7,000 employees and is the only Children’s Miracle Network Hospital in a 70-mile radius. For more information, visit Freeman Health System.