Caring. Hope. Giving
back. Working on a team doing groundbreaking work in crisis care, utilizing all
the components of the best practice crisis continuum here in Douglas County. 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.
Pay is commensurate with experience within a range of $18.75 - $23.32 per hour. This position is full time, non-exempt, benefits eligible. Flexible hours. Eligible for Retention bonus of $4,000, based on fulfillment of 1 year of service. Contact HR for additional details. Bert Nash offers excellent benefits which include medical, dental, vision, KPERS retirement, life insurance, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providing free counseling and resources, and generous PTO.
Responsibilities:
The primary
responsibility of the Mobile Crisis Response Team Peer Support Specialist will
be to provide assistance and support to Douglas County Community members in
crisis and through their recovery process.
Some specific duties include but not limited to:
- Functioning as a member of the Mobile Crisis Response Team;
- Responding to community members in
crisis in their homes, workplaces, schools, or other community settings;
- Helping consumers develop a
network for information and support from others who have been through
similar experiences.
- Specific activities may
include:
- Working with individuals and
groups to identify what works in their recovery.
- Modeling successful behaviors
and strategies and share personal experience with recovery.
- Helping consumers access new
resources and practice new skills in the community.
- Connecting consumers with
other consumers, consumer run organizations and the community at large.
- Helping consumers regain the
ability to make independent choices and take a proactive role in
treatment.
- Helping consumers discuss
questions or concerns about medications, diagnosis, or treatment
approaches with their treating clinician.
- Helping consumers articulate
in their own words their goals and aspirations in the development of
their individualized plan.
- Assisting consumers with
identifying and effectively responding to or avoiding identified precursors
or triggers that result in functional impairments.
Qualifications:
Including but not
limited to:
- High School diploma or GED.
Prefer college education in social work or related field, but not
mandatory.
- Must be a consumer of mental
health services with a minimum of one year in the active stage of recovery
(i.e., did not require services more intense than medications services,
individual therapy, or group therapy.
- Reliable transportation; and a
valid, unrestricted driver's license
- Knowledge of how to manage
confidentiality and boundaries in the context of a peer-to-peer
relationship.
- Knowledge of mental health and
substance abuse issues including best practices in the treatment of these
conditions.
- Prior computer experience and
basic computer fluency.
- Flexibility in assigned working
hours.
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.