Peer Recovery Coach for New Haven Support Services Program 391
Company: Telecare Corp.
Location: yuba city
Posted on: May 3, 2021
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Job Description:
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! New Haven Support Services provides site-based, housing-focused
case management and behavioral health services to 19 individuals
who reside at New Haven Court Permanent Supportive Housing
development, located in Yuba City. Telecare will employ a range of
housing and behavioral health interventions through a
recovery-centered and Housing First approach. This NEW program is
scheduled to open in June 2021 Status: Full Time Shift: 7: 30 am - 4 pm Days: Monday= Friday POSITION SUMMARY 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 deescalation skills which support a
least restrictive environment for members served 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/addiction challenges as a basis for engagement as a peer
with members served and to validate members' own lived experiences
* Consistently utilizes recovery language and a strength-based
approach to assist members served to reach their fullest potential
* Participates in the planning, organization and co-facilitation of
Recovery Centered Clinical Service (RCCS) materials, selfhelp and
recovery education groups * Provides education and expertise from
the perspective of a person with lived experience of mental illness
to the team concerning various mental health/addiction recovery
experiences * Travels locally to provide outreach to members served
in the community * 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 * If employed at Inpatient program, must assist
with restraint of members served in the event of assaultive
behavior and pass assault crisis/crisis prevention training * If
employed at Outpatient program, 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 * 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. (CA/AZ/NC/NE) *
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. This 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: * Demonstrated ability to perform at a consistently high level
as a support worker in a healthcare field * Bilingual/Bicultural a
plus SKILLS * Knowledge of recovery focused, strengths based work in mental
health/addiction recovery * Be willing to seek to understand
members' 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 * Have a
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 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 power
grasping. The position requires manual deviation, repetition and
dexterity. GDaniels123 EOE AA M/F/V/Disability
Keywords: Telecare Corp., Yuba City , Peer Recovery Coach for New Haven Support Services Program 391, Other , yuba city, California
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