Peer Recovery Specialist

DO YOU HAVE A PASSION FOR MAKING AN IMPACT IN YOUR COMMUNITY?

PLEASE JOIN OUR TEAM OF PROFESSIONAL AND DEDICATED STAFF!

EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY!!!

COMPETITIVE PAY UP TO 17.75-20.50. PER HOUR NOT REMOTE (this is a in office role)

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 Peer Recovery Specialists (in office) to join our frontline crisis intervention team in Centreville, MD. This position is a part-time, your shift will evenings and or weekends As a Peer Recovery Specialist, you 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).

By providing hope-filled care to those in crisis, you will make more than a living, you will make a difference.

Who You Are:

• Empathetic- you are compassionate and dedicated to understanding each client’s unique situation.
• Calm- you can remain calm in crisis situations and support clients through their struggles to come to the best solution.
• Respectful- you are polite and treat clients like you would like to be treated yourself.
• Good Listener- you listen to others carefully, attentively, and sympathetically to provide effective interventions. We meet people where they are.

What You’ll Do:

• Assist in performing a danger assessment, a crisis assessment, an environmental assessment upon entry to the community situation and lethality assessment

• Assist in performing an on scene assessment and treatment plan

• 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

• Other duties as assigned

What You’ll Get:

• Salary Range: $17.75 $20.50 per hour (depending on licensure and experience).
• Financial assistance for licensure fees.
• No cost supervision for clinical licensure.
• Opportunities for career growth, training and development, flexible work schedules and shifts.
• Company-wide wellness program.
• Paid parental leave.
• The rare opportunity to make a difference in the very community that you call home. We are leading providers in Behavioral and Mental Health!
• Smart, passionate, and engaged coworkers.

What We Require:

• Peer Recovery Specialist Certification (CPRS) or willingness to be certified within a one (1) year of employment (Sante will pay for your certification if you do not have it at the time of hire).
• High School Diploma or equivalent and at least one (1) year professional experience (experience working with children and families in a community-based program preferred).
• Three (3) years in full recovery AND five (5) years lived experience with mental illness, substance abuse, or a co-occurring disorder for yourself or your family.
• Valid driver’s license and proof of current automobile insurance..

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.

Who We Are:

Santé is a dynamic and leading community-based behavioral health services organization. Our job is to offer rapid response and compassionate care to individuals or groups through comprehensive 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.

Disclaimers:

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.

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