Veterans Peer Outreach Specialist - Start-Up Hero

Ridgeview Behavioral Health Services; Jamestown (TN); Vor Ort; USD 40.000 - 52.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Retirement plan

Long-Term Disability

Holiday Pay

Vacation and Sick Leave

Life Insurance

Wellness Plan

Zusammenfassung

Ridgeview Behavioral Health Services, a nonprofit community mental health center, seeks 5 Full Time Veterans Peer Outreach Specialists for the Call Sign HOPE suicide prevention grant. You will join the startup team, delivering peer outreach and supports to veterans across multiple clinics in Anderson, Campbell, Scott, Union, Claiborne, Fentress, Pickett, Clay, Jackson, and Putnam Counties.

Positions operate 8am-5pm local time (EST/CST) at Oak Ridge, LaFollette, and Jamestown outpatient clinics.

Qualifikationen

• Must be a person in recovery with a high school diploma or GED at minimum.
• If not a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist, must be qualified and willing to obtain Peer Specialist Certification within one year of hire.
• Requires TN driver’s license and F endorsement (may be obtained within 90 days of hire).
• Veteran status/lived experience of serving in the military highly preferred.

Aufgaben

• Provide outreach and baseline mental health screenings to eligible Veterans and their families.
• Provide peer support and assist in meeting program objectives.
• Co-facilitate support groups and adventure-based activities; conduct QPR Gatekeeper Training; provide varying supports to participants.

Kenntnisse

Peer support

Outreach

Public speaking

Ausbildung

High school diploma or GED

Jobbeschreibung

Ridgeview Behavioral Health Services, a nonprofit community mental health center, seeks 5 Full Time Veterans Peer Outreach Specialists for the Call Sign HOPE suicide prevention grant. You will join the startup team, delivering peer outreach and supports to veterans across multiple clinics in Anderson, Campbell, Scott, Union, Claiborne, Fentress, Pickett, Clay, Jackson, and Putnam Counties.

Positions operate 8am-5pm local time (EST/CST) at Oak Ridge, LaFollette, and Jamestown outpatient clinics.