Apply
here: https://bertnash.e3applicants.com/careers/
Pay is based on experience
starting at $16.25 - $17.30 per hour. This is a part-time position,19 hours or less per week.
Caring.
Hope. Giving back. Do these words resonate with you? If so, please keep
reading.
Our goal at the Bert Nash Center is to
build a healthier community by responding to needs and working to restore
lives. We accomplish this by believing in our team. Each person that works for
the Bert Nash Center contributes directly to the success of our clients,
organization, and community.
Our values of compassion, integrity,
equity and hope reflect in everything we do.
Responsibilities:
Peer fellows will work
collaboratively with the Jail team to provide support to BNC clients
incarcerated and recently released with the re-entry process.
Some
specific duties include but not limited to:
- Provide peer support with navigating
the treatment system. Some examples of
this includes, accompanying client to meetings with probation and parole
officers, court hearing and other legal appointments, connecting individuals to
available housing resources and outpatient mental health treatment services, attending
recovery meetings, accessing SUD outpatient treatment and other sober
activities in the community and serve as a model of maintaining successful
recovery in both substance use and mental health.
- Facilitate weekly peer groups
- Complete all paperwork and electronic
medical record (EMR) entry associated with services provided as indicated.
- Participate in
weekly supervision and training.
- Complete
additional responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications:
Including but not limited to:
- Bert Nash Center requires proof of
Covid-19 immunization prior to starting any position. Covid-19 vaccine
series must be completed or in process to be cleared for new hire
orientation.
- Lived experience with illness and recovery in mental health and
substance use, incarceration, re-entry and has successfully navigated through
the legal system with a resolve of all outstanding legal issues and is maintaining recovery in all three areas.
- High School
diploma or GED;
- Ability to pass required security
background checks;
- Reliable transportation and a valid,
unrestricted driver's license;
- Be a consumer of behavioral health
services
- Thorough understanding of confidentiality
and the unique issues that this entails in peer to peer relationship
- Complete certification to provide peer
support within 6 months of date of hire