Peer Support Specialist - Behavioral Health 353
Company: Telecare Corporation
Location: San Jose
Posted on: January 26, 2023
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Job Description:
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find the contact information to request the appropriate
accommodation by visiting the following page:DescriptionFounded 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 4,300 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. The Muriel Wright Recovery Center SUTS helps people with
active substance use issues to transition out of jail more
effectively and begin the recovery process in a supportive
environment. All services are mental health-informed, using
approaches such as Motivational Interviewing and Stages of Change
to help engage people in treatment. SUTS services are heavily
group-based to build community and support, and are based on the
Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT) curriculum, a SAMSHA
Evidence-Based Practice. Additional services include Medication
Assisted Treatment (MAT), relapse prevention, physical health
screenings, etc. The Muriel Wright Recovery Center SUTS program is
an ASAM Level 3.1 service and is operated under contract with Santa
Clara County Behavioral Health Services Department. Full Time;
Shift Hours vary as needed; Days vary as neededShort Hour; NOC;
Days vary as needed 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. 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. 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: - Bicultural
background/experience preferred 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 DisabilitiesThe
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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