Peer Recovery Coach - Mental Health 122
Job Description
Peer Recovery Coach - Mental Health 122
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
The Peer Recovery Coach I engages, inspires, and facilitates meaningful conversations with members served that assist the members to explore, create, and meet their own recovery goals. Peer Recovery Coaches 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 Recovery Coaches respond to critical situations with high-level engagement and de-escalation skills which support a least restrictive environment for members served experiencing an emergency related to a mental health/addiction challenge.
Shifts Available:
Full Time, 40 hours per week
2 shifts available: 8:00am - 4:30pm Monday - Friday OR 8:00am - 4:30pm Tuesday - Saturday
Expected starting wage range is $17.30 - $22.00. 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 required
- Certified Peer Specialist and/or completed Peer Support Training
- One (1) year or part-time equivalent of experience supporting members served with behavioral health challenges
- Experience as a beneficiary of the public Behavioral Health system of care
- Successful completion of Peer Support Training or Peer Employment Training.
- 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 & Shift differentials for hourly staff (6% for PM Shift, 10% for Overnight Shift). Weekend Shift differentials for hourly staff (5% for Weekend AM Shift, 11% for Weekend PM Shift, 15% for Weekend Overnight Shift)
- 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
- For more information visit: https://www.telecarecorp.com/benefits
Join Our Compassionate Team
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.
Program Type: Community-based
To Make Referrals: Telecare Gateway to Recovery ACT is a voluntary closed-referral program that assist adults and Transition Age Youth (TAY) in their recovery as they transition from long term locked treatment facilities. They also serve persons who are identified on San Diego County's current High Utilizer List.
# of Members: 235 members
Who We Serve:
- Must be a resident of San Diego County
- Adults and Transition Aged Youth(TAY) with Medi-Cal
- Must have a qualifying Title IX diagnosis and may also have co-occurring substance use diagnosis
- A county referral for persons stepping down from a long-term care facility or a person on San Diego County's high utilizer list
- Long-term care facility diversionary referrals may be considered at the County Monitor's discretion
About the Program: At Gateway to Recovery, we believe in a whatever-it-takes approach to empower your recovery from within. To achieve this, our team provides intensive, person-centered, and recovery-based services to help you navigate the mental health system and take positive steps toward the things that matter in your life.
EOE AA M/F/V/Disability
*May vary by position and location
Full Job Description will be provided if selected for an interview.
Peer Support Specialist, Peer Recovery, Peer Employment Training, PET
If job posting references any sign-on bonus internal applicants and applicants employed with Telecare in the previous 12 months would not be eligible.
To apply, visit https://recruiting2.ultipro.com/TEL1006/JobBoard/2fcbb6f4-e717-17cb-9327-3dd87a55b08d/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=1f86e3d8-5a76-4635-b738-8bcd4bd79158
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