Mobile Crisis Peer Support Specialist -FBK

Overview

Join Community! Community Health Network was created by our neighbors, for our neighbors. Over 60 years later, “community” is still the heart of our organization. It means providing our neighbors with the best care possible, backed by state-of-the-art technology. It means getting involved in the communities we serve through volunteer opportunities and local initiatives. It means ensuring our dedicated caregivers can learn and grow to stay at the top of their fields and to better serve our patients.

And above all, it means exceptional care, simply delivered — and we could not do it without you.

$5,000 sign on bonus

The Mobile Crisis Peer Support Specialist will engage with individuals and families to improve their health and wellness, live self-directive lives, and strive to reach their full potential. This role is responsible for conducting crisis response with a trauma-informed approach during a crisis event, providing support and assisting with de-escalation, to individuals in the community and via the crisis response hotline.

The Mobile Crisis Peer Support Specialist performs a wide range of tasks to assist consumers engagement in treatment, in regaining control over their lives and recovery process. They will model competence in recovery and coping and are willing to utilize his/her/their own story of recovery to assist consumers toward their own recovery goals. The team will partner with first responders and community partners to reduce arrests and the need for support from emergency departments.

• Engage with individuals and families to improve health and wellness, support self-directed lives, and assist with recovery goals.
• Conduct crisis response using trauma-informed approaches during crisis events.
• Provide de-escalation support and connect consumers to treatment engagement opportunities.
• Assist with consumer engagement in treatment and recovery processes, including documentation in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) per policy.
• Collaborate with first responders and community partners to reduce arrests and emergency department utilization.

• 1+ year experience in a human service recovery field (Required).
• Current Indiana Driver's License with valid vehicle insurance.
• Verified completion of a state-approved Certified Recovery Specialist training program and passing score on certification exam, or completed Addiction Peer Recovery Coach Certification.

• Patients First:
  Collaborates as part of a multidisciplinary care team; supports psycho-social assessments and documents services in EMR; meets clients where they are (homes, community settings, crisis departments, or emergency departments).
• Relationships:
  Ability to collaborate in a team, strong communication, and problem-solving skills; assist with crisis and emergency departments when not responding to off-site crisis calls.
• Integrity:
  Complies with Behavioral Health Care Service policies and procedures.
• Inclusion & Diversity:
  Works with clients in various stages of change, sensitive to regulating thoughts and emotions; values diverse experiences among patients and caregivers.
• Excellence:
  Engages in ongoing professional development and mandatory training; completes timecards, PTO requests, mileage reports, and related documentation per policies.
• Note:
  
  Individuals may not perform all listed duties or may perform additional related duties.

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