Safe Station Peer Recovery Specialist (evenings) - Affiliated Sante Group

DO YOU HAVE PEER RECOVERY EXPERIENCE?

PLEASE JOIN OUR TEAM OF PROFESSIONAL AND DEDICATED STAFF!

EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY!!!

COMPETITIVE PAY STARTING AT $17.75 PER HOUR

NOT REMOTE (in office) 4p-12a

What We Do:

Santé Group Companies prides itself in being a leader in community-based behavioral and mental health services. Our track record of innovation and growth reflects our ability to deliver diverse and highly individualized services. We have a passion for providing empathetic and potentially life-saving care to help individuals heal, recover, and thrive, as well as live their lives in a manner that allows them to fully integrate in the community.

The Santé Group aspires to create an organization that places value on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and inclusivity. To achieve this success, it is essential that all members of our organization feel secure, welcomed, and respected. All members of our organization have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Position Intro: Santé is seeking a Full-Time Safe Station Peer Recovery Specialist (in office) Monday-Friday 4PM- 12AM shift employee, who will assess, evaluate, and perform crisis intervention techniques, and will develop a crisis plan for continuation of services related to individual clients. He or she will be responsible for all incident documentation and will be the on-site resource for any relevant clinical information, as well as the liaison for collaboration with other involved parties including families, friends, and other community providers (all under clinical supervision of an LCSW-C/LCPC).

What You’ll Do:

• Responds to Safe Station to engage consumer who is requesting assistance.
• Complete dispatch form, safety and treatment plan.
• Consult and collaborate with Mobile Crisis Team.
• Participate in warm hand off to treatment provider as needed.
• Follow up with consumers as needed.
• Communicate with Law Enforcement and First Responders.
• Community Outreach.
• Assist the Mobile Crisis Team in performing a danger assessment, a crisis assessment, an environmental assessment upon entry to the community situation and lethality assessment when needed.
• Effectively perform crisis intervention including de-escalation, crisis planning and implementation.
• Design appropriate referral recommendations using available community resources.
• Address population of child, adolescent, adult, dual-diagnosis, co-occurring and elderly.
• Work with families and involved persons to de-escalate the situation, make a crisis plan, and enlist cooperation with recommended treatment.
• Document interactions using CRS procedures.
• Must be able to work with first responders and be aware of first responder culture.
• Must familiarize oneself with police codes and language.
• Participate in and complete all required trainings.
• Provide education in the community about the agency and all components of CRS when needed.
• Check work e-mail at the beginning and end of each shift.
• Provide mentoring to interns and new staff.

What You’ll Get:

• Salary Range: $17.75-$20.50 per hour depending on certification and experience
• Mileage Reimbursement
• Peer Recovery Specialist Certification (CPRS) Must be certified within one year of employment.

What We Require:

• Peer recovery certification or willingness to be certified within one year.
• At least 3 years in full recovery and 5 years lived experience.
• Some college preferred.

We understand that no candidate is perfectly qualified for any job, and we believe that diversity of background and experience makes for better problem-solving and collaboration, which is why we are dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team. Even more important than your resume is a positive attitude, a passion for making an impact, a personal desire to grow, and the ability to help individuals heal, recover, and thrive.

The Santé Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job. The Santé Group participates in E-Verify. http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf

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