Peer Recovery Specialist

Description

Location/Shift/Team:                                

• Towson, MD and surrounding communities/ Every other Saturday and Sunday 3pm - 11pm ET/ Mobile Response Team (MRT) - 1 position available
• Towson, MD and surrounding communities/ Every other Saturday and Sunday 7am - 3pm ET/ Youth Mobile Response Team (YMRT) - 2 positions available
• Towson, MD and surrounding communities/ Every other Saturday and Sunday 3pm - 11pm ET/ Youth Mobile Response Team (YMRT) - 2 positions available
• Dundalk, MD and surrounding communities/ Every other Saturday and Sunday 7am - 3pm ET/ Mobile Response Team (MRT) - 1 position available
• Dundalk, MD and surrounding communities/ Monday - Friday 3pm - 11pm ET/ Youth Mobile Response Team (YMRT) - 1 position available

Job Description:                     

Provides person-focused therapeutic services for individuals experiencing mental and behavioral health events of varying acuity, inclusive of substance use and/or withdrawal. Contributes to the collaborative plan of care and delivery of services to individuals through assessment, evaluation, crisis interventions, referrals, education, linkage to care, and progress toward treatment plan outcome-based goals. Works as part of an interdisciplinary team with the individual as decision-maker.

Essential Functions:   

• Work collaboratively with colleagues of the mobile services as well as community partners, providing support to individuals through the crisis and substance use recovery process.
• Work with individuals in crisis to develop a crisis plan, provide linkages to care, and introduce other crisis planning tools and professionals as appropriate and as needed, prior to the conclusion of the first engagement.
• Work with all members of the team to facilitate engagement of the individual who is in crisis; helping them feel welcome and comfortable.
• Work with individuals in crisis to assist with continuity of care by supporting connection to behavioral health, addiction, peer recovery, and other community resources.
• Builds relationships with addiction, behavioral health, peer recovery, community outreach providers supporting vulnerable populations, and other community resources.
• Performs timely and accurate documentation of all individual interactions for support, education, and advocacy, including clinically related information.
• Empower individuals to become self-advocates for their own recovery and wellness.
• Works with all individuals using a strengths-based perspective, providing support and encouragement.
• Coordinate and act as a liaison as assigned and appropriate for internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrate adherence to company policies and expectations and behavioral competencies, both explicit and implicit.
• All tasks, projects, and/or duties as assigned and authorized, as determined by your direct supervisor (or designated delegate) to be congruent with the role.

Qualifications

Education:                              

• High School Diploma, GED or Equivalent, Required
• Associate Degree in Human Services or related field, Preferred

Experience:                            

• Behavioral health and/or addiction lived experience, Required
• Knowledge of county behavioral health supports, Strongly Preferred

Additional:                             

• Valid and unrestricted driver’s license, Required
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite Products, Required
• Proficiency and familiarity with EHR/EMR systems, Preferred

Credentials:                           

• Current BLS Certification, Preferred

Physical Demands:                

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk or computer workstation.
• Prolonged periods of standing, bending, and reaching.

Psycho-Social Demands:       

• Seeks guidance / help proactively to support safety and quality care.
• Demonstrates skill of distress-tolerance to maintain calm and safety.
• Models positive regard with all members of the community of care.
• Establishes and maintains interpersonal boundaries.
• Maintains personal and situational awareness through self-reflection.
• Practices ethical, evidence-based, and person-first decision-making.                                                                                                

FLSA:                

• Non-Exempt

Reports To:             

• Behavioral Health Clinical Supervisor               

Benefits:                                           

Full-Time - Eligible
Medical Insurance: Health, Dental, Vision

Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance

Sick Leave, Vacation Leave, Personal Time Off and Additional Leave

Defined Contribution Retirement Plan (b)403

Tuition Assistance and/or Reimbursement

DIVERSITY & EQUAL EMPLOYER OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

Baltimore Crisis Response Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. BCRI will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a disability so that they can perform the essential functions of a job unless doing so causes a direct threat to the individual or others in the workplace and the threat cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation or if the accommodation creates an undue hardship to the organization.

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