Job Description

• Complete Wellness Recovery Action Plans WRAP, safety, crisis intervention and relapse prevention plans
• Identify the treatment services consumers should receive based on severity of stage of change, immediate needs and recommend treatment objectives for the consumer’s treatment plan
• Assess and provide services to consumers to address housing, income support, education and vocational training, social supports, employment, and primary care needs
• Recommend treatment objectives for the consumer’s service plan
• During the assessment obtains information: a) to establish the degree risk for poor self-care, social relations and associated harmful behaviors, and interventions required to promote progress towards recovery, and b) lead the FACT team in daily meetings and weekly clinical meetings around peer support needs and incorporate findings into service plans
• Use motivational interviewing, recovery and trauma-informed approaches when delivering peer services
• Involve family and significant others in the consumer’s treatment with the FACT team
• Complete progress notes within 24-hours of delivering a service and ensure progress notes are available to be read in the daily organizational meeting
• Provide individual peer support and wellness counseling, harm reduction counseling based on motivational interviewing
• Work effectively with the consumer’s support system, and self-help groups providing services to FACT consumers.
• Link consumes to peer support and self-help recovery resources
• Achieve the minimum required face to face service contacts in the community each month.
• Act as advocate and liaison for consumers in income support and access to resources to support service plan goals
• Provide 24-hour crisis intervention on-call services on rotating basis
• Provide 80 percent of treatment contacts in the community
• Provide culturally competent services in accordance with CASES policies and practice

Qualifications

•    Eligible to obtain Peer Certification •    At least 2 years of work experience providing peer support to individuals with serious mental illness and criminal justice involvement •    Graduate of a recognized peer specialist training program such as the Howie the Harp Peer Advocacy and Training Center Peer Specialist Program •    High school diploma •    Lived experience using mental health treatment and/or substance use treatment services •    Individuals with previous criminal justice experience are eligible •    Proficiency with computer and electronic health records •    Spanish speaking a plus. Salary: Commensurate with experience. 35-hour week with excellent benefits  

Additional Information

Only applicants selected for interviews will be contacted.

CASES is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment with CASES is based solely on qualifications and competence for a particular position, without regard to race, color, ethnic or national origin, age, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or marital, military, or citizenship status. We also actively recruit individuals with prior involvement in the criminal justice system. Your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.