Community Peer Provider (Housing Outreach - Home Safe)

Community Peer Provider (Housing Outreach Team)

Job Overview

Location /Schedule: This position is located at the Garlington Health Center in NE Portland, OR, but is a community-based position. The schedule for this position is Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Position: Community Peer Provider  

Program: Housing Outreach Team 

  

Cascadia's Mission and Vision:   

Mission: Cascadia Health delivers whole health care – integrated mental health and addiction services, primary care, and housing – to promote hope and support the well-being of the communities we serve.  

Vision: We envision a community where everyone benefits from whole health care, experiences well-being, and has a self-directed, connected life.  

Position Description: The Community Peer Provider works independently and as a member of a team to provide community / home-based health recovery and housing support services to individuals (and household members) impacted by mental illness, while supporting a Trauma Informed Care environment. With the high prevalence of trauma among individuals receiving mental health services, it is required the incumbent understand the effects of trauma on health, coping, and other aspects of the lives of those we serve. The Community Peer Provider is responsible for conducting home / community outreach and support services, while working in collaboration with the program clinician/case manager to provide high quality coordinated services. It is essential that the Community Peer provider openly identify as a person who has lived the experience of receiving mental health services, act as a positive role model for individuals being served, show a recovery and healthful lifestyle orientation, and share own recovery story with individuals being served when appropriate.   

Essential Responsibilities:  

• Openly identify as a person who has lived the experience of receiving mental health services. Act as a positive role model for individuals being served, showing a recovery and healthful lifestyle orientation, and share your own recovery story with individuals being served when appropriate.  

• Provide therapeutic interventions aligned with mental health treatment plans and integrated healthcare objectives.  

• Offer individual and group support on health and life skills topics, potentially facilitating therapeutic groups.  

• Administer outcome measurement tools and collaborate on data collection for grant requirements.  

• Support efforts to reduce emergency department visits by tracking and engaging clients after recent visits.  

• Participate in clinical and task supervisions, staff meetings, and case conferences.  

• Comply with peer service regulations, policies, and trauma-informed practices, assisting in crisis situations without using physical restraints.  

• Maintain electronic health records and document services in compliance with agency and regulatory standards.  

• Contribute to treatment planning in collaboration with clients and case managers.  

• Support team members, advocate for clients, and represent the Peer Wellness Program at relevant events.  

• Guide clients in navigating communi