Peer Support/Recovery Coach, 22.5 Hrs Weekly, 1st Shift, Crisis Stabilization Unit

Cost Center

Kalamazoo Crisis Stabilization

Scheduled Weekly Hours

22.5

Work Shift

First Shift (United States of America)

Shift & Status

Who Are We?

We at Pine Rest believe in the power of healing and that everyone in our community has the right to expert care for mental health and substance use disorders. We are much more than just the third largest non-profit behavioral health system in the country, our 220-acre main campus, and our network of clinical sites across Michigan. We are a tight-knit community of healers who witness the impact of our life-changing work each day.

Each day, we are closing the gaps in access to care. We are innovating through leading-edge research, testing, programs, and treatment modalities that others replicate across the country. Our services include a state-of-the-art psychiatric urgent care center and a soon-to-be-built pediatric behavioral health center, outpatient, inpatient, partial hospitalization (day programs), assessment and testing, residential, addiction treatment and specialty services such as crisis response, employee assistance programs, forensic psychiatry and psychology, and neuromodulation. On-the-job educational programs for nurses, psychologists, advanced practice providers, psychiatrists, and chaplains are equipping the next generation of care providers.

We are passionate about serving and are honored to be a part of this incredible work.

About the unit:

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU), designed to provide immediate, compassionate care for individuals experiencing behavioral health crises. This innovative, time-limited program offers intensive support for up to 72 hours, aimed at stabilizing acute symptoms and ensuring a seamless transition to the next level of care. Join our dedicated team and play a pivotal role in delivering critical services during moments of urgent need. Be part of something truly impactful at Pine Rest!

What Will You Do?
As a Peer Support Specialist/Recovery Coach at Pine Rest, you’ll be part of tight-knit team that believes in the healing power of your expertise and compassion.  The Peer Support Specialist/Recovery Coach is an individual who possess a unique perspective to treatment, due to his/her own experience with mental illness and/or substance abuse. The Peer Support Specialist draws from his/her personal experience to carry the message of hope and recovery to the people we serve in residential and outpatient settings. Much of this support is offered in a coaching/mentoring manner, where the Peer Support Specialist/Recovery Coach cultivates and secures a connection with the person served, while teaching personal responsibility and serving as a mentor and role model on the recovery and wellness process. The Peer Support Specialist/Recovery Coach will interact, support and mentor persons served who are working to regain control over their own lives and over their own recovery process and will be an essential member of multi-disciplinary treatment teams. 

Our Peer Support Specialist/Recovery Coaches are driven to make an impact in the lives of those we serve and are motivated by the healing they witness first-hand each day. They are dedicated to excellent customer service, enthusiastic about the care we offer, and foster a sense of belonging and empowerment in a diverse workplace.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Use experiences with personal recovery to offer hope, encouragement and reassurance to the people served within the program.

• Participate as assigned in clinical and staff meetings.

• Participate in the person centered planning process as requested by persons served.

• Work with program leadership to implement programmatic changes by utilizing evidence based practices to improve the quality of our services and outcomes.

• Assist the people we serve to become active participants in their treatment and encourage self-advocacy while in the program. Encourage those served to take personal responsibility for their own recovery and wellness.

• Document interactions in the electronic medical record and coordinate with other treatment team members as necessary.

• In individual and/or group settings, provide services aimed at promoting independence, community inclusion and productivity. Services offered may include but are not limited to: Assistance in applying for benefits, assistance in finding and maintaining housing, budgeting skills, maintaining a mentoring program, Wellness Recovery Action Plan care coordination and medical advocacy and follow up after psychiatric hospitalizations and/or detox/residential admissions.

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