Peer Support Specialist (Full-Time Days) - North Bay (Solano County)
Company: Telecare Corporation
Location: Fairfield
Posted on: February 22, 2021
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Specialist (Full-Time Days) - North Bay (Solano County) Description
Founded in 1965, Telecare is a rapidly growing mental health care
company dedicated to making a difference for our clients, the
community, and our employees. We offer an array of mental health
services to adults with serious mental illness. We partner with
public sector entities and behavioral health organizations and have
over 155 programs and over 4,500 employees across the country. And
we're growing all the time! When you work at Telecare, you help to
empower thousands of individuals every day in their journeys of
recovery. Telecare is proud to have been recognized by The Bay Area
Business Times as the 9th Best Place To Work In the Bay Area for
2020! This is the 18th time we have made the list! As part of the
Telecare Family, the Kaiser Intensive Community Treatment (ICT)
program will be an Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) program
serving up to 195 Clients with Serious Mental Illness (SMI)
throughout the greater North Bay Area.-- At Kaiser ICT, we partner
with Kaiser Permanente psychiatrists and clinical staff to ensure
successful engagement in treatment services. Our multidisciplinary
team will provide short-term case management and services to help
members navigate the mental health system. Our program uses a
community-based model where we connect members to the proper
resources in order to help them achieve their wellness goals. All
services are recovery-focused, strengths-based, and anchored in
recovery principles.Upon arrival, a diverse clinical team will
provide an individualized assessment and work with members every
step of the way to support their goals in life. The program is
designed to meet the needs of Kaiser members who are high users of
inpatient psychiatric services or who are at high risk of acute
psychiatric hospitalizations. Services are provided in the
community. Employment Status: Full Time Shift: AM, 8:30am-5pm
Days:--Monday - Friday POSITION SUMMARY
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.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required:
--- High School Diploma or GED required
--- Successful completion of Peer Support Training / Certified Peer
Specialist or Peer Employment Training within one (1) year of
hire
--- Experience as a beneficiary of the Behavioral Health system of
care
--- Must be at least 18 years of age
--- Must be CPR, Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI), and First Aid
certified on date of employment or within 60 days of employment and
maintain current certification throughout employment
--- All opportunities at Telecare are contingent upon successful
completion and receipt of acceptable results of the applicable
post-offer physical examination, 2-step PPD test for tuberculosis,
acceptable criminal background clearances, excluded party
sanctions, and degree or license verification.--Position requires
driving, valid driver's license, a motor vehicle clearance, and
proof of auto insurance is required at time of employment and must
be maintained throughout employment. Additional regulatory,
contractual, or local requirements may apply.
Preferred:
--- Bilingual a plus
--- Bicultural background/experience preferred
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
--- Demonstrates the Telecare mission, purpose, values, and beliefs
in everyday language and contact with internal and external
stakeholders
--- Draws upon own personal recovery experience with mental
health/addiction challenges as a basis for engagement with members
as a peer, and to validate members' own lived experiences
--- Assists members with voicing their strengths, interests and
goals throughout their services including: goal plans, crisis plans
and other methods of expressing individual preferences
--- Utilizes a comprehensive resource guide and educates members
served about local community supports and resources
--- Supports members served in developing strategies to reduce
self-stigma
--- Engages and communicates with a wide range of members served
especially those who are struggling to be active in their own
recovery
--- Assists members served in all needs including Activities of
Daily Living (ADLs)
--- Actively participates in multidisciplinary team meetings
--- Participates in verbal de-escalation and physical interventions
in emergent situations and is willing and able to assist other
staff as needed to maintain a safe, healing environment for all
--- Travels locally to provide outreach to members served in the
community (program specific)
-----Must evade members served in the event of assaultive behavior
and pass assault crisis/crisis prevention training
Duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted and/or changed at
the discretion of management. Position requires transporting
Members in own personal vehicle (acceptable driving record and
vehicle inspection for safety)
SKILLS
--- Knowledge of and ability to use public transportation
--- Knowledge of the mental illness process
--- Knowledge of recovery focused, strengths based work in mental
health/addiction recovery
--- Willing to understand each member's unique circumstances,
personal preferences, and goals and incorporate them into daily
work as well as any needed crisis response to help the member
regain a sense of control
--- Strong understanding of recovery and resilience, the value of
partnerships with members and member choice, and the balance
between protection from harm and personal dignity
--- Strong knowledge of relevant community resources and methods
for accessing them
--- Strong communication, writing, and typing/computer skills
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands here are representative of those that must be
met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions
of this job.
The employee is occasionally required to stand, twist, squat, kneel
and lift and carry items weighing 25 pounds or less as well as to
frequently sit, walk, reach, bend and do simple and firm grasping.
The position requires manual deviation, repetition and
dexterity.
EOE AA M/F/V/Disability Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected
Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not
discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or
applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or
disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or
applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation
information of other employees or applicants as a part of their
essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees
or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to
compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response
to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an
investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an
investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the
contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR
60-1.35(c)
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