Job title: Peer Specialist - FSP
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
A Peer Support Specialist is a person who has walked the path of recovery from mental illness and/or substance misuse and is employed to assist others in their journeys of recovery. Peers promote hope through positive self-disclosure, demonstrating that recovery is possible. They are responsible for assisting clients with developing a network of resources and providing support to people with or in recovery from a mental health or substance misuse condition.
Position Qualifications/Requirements
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- Have lived mental health and/or substance misuse experience.
- A minimum 1 year of active recovery.
- Possess knowledge of the recovery process.
- Ability to teach and engage basic problem-solving strategies to support individual clients in self-directed recovery.
- Ability to recognize signs and symptoms of mental illness and substance misuse.
- Ability to assist clients to address symptoms using coping strategies.
- Knowledge of community resources necessary for independent living.
- Possess a valid California Driver's License
Duties and Responsibilities
- Facilitates recovery using established standardized mental health processes.
- Assists with identifying person-centered strengths, needs, abilities and recovery goals
- Assists clients with achieving goals identified on clients Individual Treatment Plan (ITP)
- Supports the clients’ ability to engage in treatment by providing them with skills and knowledge necessary to support treatment goals.
- Establish rapport with clients by sharing personal experiences of recovery, sharing and supporting the use of recovery tools, and demonstrating successful recovery behaviors.
- Performs peer mentoring and case management
- Accompanies clients to needed linkages/ resources in the community
- Providing crisis services and support
- Easing the transition from emergency departments, detox, or residential settings to a safe community setting through peer bridge services
- Providing care coordination
- Promotes community socialization, recovery, self-advocacy and development of informal supports
- Participates in the client's interdisciplinary treatment teams.
- Organizes and conducts peer groups.
- Attends ongoing trainings
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned
Core Competencies
- Adaptable
- Teamwork
- Integrity
- Commitment
- Innovative
Job Specific Competencies (Knowledge, Skills, Needed for the Position)
- Accountability
- Communication
- Customer Focus
- Compliance
- Empathy
- Initiative
- Time Management
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $29.55 per hour
Expected hours: 40.00 Hours per week; 80 Hours bi-weekly
Shift availability:
Day Shift (Preferred)
Night Shift (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
Los Angeles, CA 90001 (Preferred)
Ability to Relocate:
Los Angeles, CA 90001: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
