PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST - HOC BPSR

Career Opportunities with Neighborhood House Association

About NHA:

The Neighborhood House Association is a non-profit organization. Head Start positions are funded in whole or in part by money provided through the State and Federal Government. Additionally, some Social Service Program positions may be funded in whole or in part through grant funds. Because positions and salaries may be funded through grants, and State and Federal funds ongoing employment will be contingent upon the continued receipt of these funds.


Our EEO Policy:

Neighborhood House Association is an equal opportunity employer (Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans). We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law. To read more about this, view the EEO is the Law poster and this EEO is the Law Poster Supplement.


Benefits:


Eligible employees receive the following benefits:

• 15 Holidays Days
• 401(K) Retirement 6% Match
• Paid Vacation and Sick Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement up $2,500
• 2 Personal Days
• Group Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance Agency-Paid Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Live Well Program
• 4 Paid Days Annual Bereavement (Note Total of 5 days of bereavement leave per loss)
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSAs)
• Voluntary Benefits: Life and AD&D Accident, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness Insurance
• Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)


**Medical and dental benefits are provided to regular employees who work a minimum of 30 hours per week.**


POSITION TITLE: PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST

POSITION PURPOSE: The Peer Support Specialists provides peer support services that include case management and transition support services and provides information that will help clients regain control over their own life and recovery and rehabilitation process. The PSS refers and connects clients to community services.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIP: The Peer Support Specialists reports to the Healing Oaks Clinic (BPSR) Urgent Walk-In Manager.

PROGRAM SUMMARY FOR HEALING OAKS HYBRID OUTPATIENT CLINIC INCLUDING URGENT WALK-IN, ADMINISTRATION, AND MOBILE OUTREACH
The Healing Oaks Hybrid Outpatient Clinic (HOC), a Short-Doyle Medi-Cal certified (SD/MC) and Drug Medi-Cal (DMC-ODS) Program, that will provide outpatient psychiatric and behavioral health services to individuals ages 18+ with severe mental illnesses (SMI), including co-occurring disorders (COD), in the Central Region of San Diego of zip-code 92114. As a hybrid outpatient and Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), HOC will provide evidence-based services to include psycho-social rehabilitation practices with a strengths-based emphasis that include psychosocial rehabilitation, psychiatric medication management, individual and group counseling, employment support, peer support, urgent walk-in and assessment, mobile outreach, case management, MAT, ambulatory withdrawal management, recovery services, and both outpatient and intensive outpatient substance use treatment. These services have been designed to help residents in San Diego County with specialized care for transitional-aged youth (TAY), justice involved individuals, and individuals with co-occurring disorder to include severe mental illness. Through these services, HOC will help residents of the community increase their functionality, live more fulfilling lives, transition into lower levels of care and ultimately achieve a sustained recovery from substance use and mental illness. HOC’s services also include specialized programs for TAY, Older Adults, and individuals with COD that are person-centered, individualized, clinically effective, outcomes-driven, culturally responsive, gender-specific, trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate, and inclusive of Evidence-based treatment, rehabilitation, and recovery service approaches.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:
• Engages and assists clients to connect with and obtain needed services in the community such as medical services, employment, substance use treatment services and housing services, that suit the individual’s needs;
• Engages individuals to actively utilize the bio-psychosocial rehabilitation services for determining personal objectives/goals for recovery and steps that need to be taken to achieve these goals;
• Connect with clients and their families to medical clinic providers, as well as other clinic and community-based services;
• Arrange transportation, utilizing LYFT services or personal vehicles, and accompany clients to office visits as needed; Use motivation