Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon (MHAAO)
EVOLVE- Clackamas County Mobile Crisis Response team PSS/PWS/CRM Job Description
PAY IS $25 AN HOUR
FTE: 1.0 FTE (40 hours per week) Schedule includes Saturdays.
BENEFITS: This is a benefited position as outlined in the MHAAO Employee Handbook
TITLE: Peer Support Specialist /PWS/CRM
REPORTS TO: EVOLVE Peer Delivered Services Program Manager
DEPARTMENT: Clackamas Mobile Crisis Response Team
Persons of color, LGBTQIA+ and members of all other underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.
JOB SUMMARY: Peer Support Specialist must have experience specific with mental health, addictions, and navigation of treatment and support resources. Peers shall provide Peer Support Services to Clackamas County community members, including adults, children, and families who are experiencing or supporting individuals who are experiencing symptoms of co-occurring mental health and or addiction struggles who have received services through the County’s Mobile Crisis Responsive team.
MHAAO EVOLVE Clackamas (MCRT) Mobile Crisis Response team program team will work in conjunction with Clackamas County Behavioral Health Division to promote a recovery-oriented support system that focuses on hope, choice, personal responsibility, and self-determination. The team will provide Peer Support Services in collaboration with the Clackamas County Sherriff's Office (CCSO), Behavioral Health Unit (BHU) clinicians, and Clackamas MHC's case managers working with the BHU.
The Peer Support Specialist (PSS)/Certified Recovery Mentor (CRM) will offer support to individuals experiencing a mental health crisis resulting in contact with the CCSO BHU and/or reach out to offer mental health and/or co-occurring mental health and addiction recovery peer support to individuals referred by CCSO, BHU and Clackamas MHC’s BHU case management team. The PSS/CRMs will provide support as a peer who has similar life experiences and acts as a positive role model of living in recovery. The support services will be holistic, person-directed, trauma-informed and strength-based.
Support will take place in various locations and environments including but not limited to Hospitals, Courts of Law, Clackamas MHC, and Community settings.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Expectations: MHAAO strives to honor cultural and spiritual diversity in the communities we serve as well as honoring Voice and Choice through trauma-informed practices. Being committed to Social Justice means being committed to constantly assessing our organizational values and the extent to which we are modeling or falling short of them. It also means listening to feedback from our stakeholders and others who have interacted with our organization and taking the time to understand and reflect on those interactions. This commitment is extended from the organization, as well as each employee of MHAAO.
Education: High school diploma or equivalent required.
Background Check: A background check will be conducted by MHAAO in accordance with the MHAAO background check policy before. A candidate must successfully pass the background check before being hired. A criminal record does not necessarily exclude an individual from employment with MHAAO.
Experience: Identifies as having lived experience of mental health challenges and or co-occurring mental health and addiction recovery. Understands the effect of trauma on health, coping, and other aspects of individual needs. Understands the principles of recovery, consumer-involvement and trauma-informed care.
Qualities:
Licensure/Certification: Oregon Health Authority Peer Support Specialist certification required and MHACBO Recovery Mentor certification as applicable to lived experience. If in addiction recovery this position requires at least 2 years of sustained recovery.
Valid Oregon Driver’s License and proof of automobile insurance required. Have reliable transportation expected.
Skills:
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team.
Ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
Keyboard skills and ability to navigate electronic systems applicable to job functions.
GENERAL ACCOUNTABILITIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS