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Join Our Team as a Peer Recovery Support Specialist (PRSS)
- Starting Pay: $19/hour $2,000 Annual Crisis Program Premium
- Comprehensive Benefits Package
- Enjoy 33 Paid Days Off in Your First Year
As a Peer Recovery Support Specialist (PRSS), you'll make a real difference in the lives of individuals on their recovery journey.
Here's what you'll do:
- Empower Clients: Perform various tasks to assist clients in regaining control of their lives and recovery processes.
- Build Independence: Enhance the development of natural supports, coping skills, and other abilities necessary for clients to function independently in the community.
- Assist with Re-entry: Support clients transitioning back into the community after incarceration, hospitalization, or other institutional settings.
- Advocate and Inform: Serve as an advocate and provide valuable information and peer support in emergency, outpatient, or inpatient settings.
What We're Looking For:
- Personal Experience: Active recovery from mental illness and/or substance use.
- Education: High school diploma or equivalent required; bachelor's degree preferred.
- Experience: Working with adults with severe mental illness, either as a volunteer or paid staff member.
- Skills: Ability to work with the public and maintain effective working relationships with agency employees, professionalism, ethics, and confidentiality.
- Driver's License: Must possess a valid driver's license and use a personal automobile for travel; mileage reimbursement provided.
- Communication: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations, document activities, write reports, and effectively present information.
- Interaction: Ability to communicate and interact effectively with colleagues, clients, their families, and the public.
Why Join Us?
At Family & Children’s Services, we’re committed to transforming lives through compassionate care. You’ll work as part of a supportive team, using your unique experiences to make a real difference in the lives of others.
CCBHC Model of Care:
Family & Children’s Services works to heal hurting and abused children, strengthen families, and provide hope and a path to recovery for those battling mental illness and addiction. You will be working in an innovative and dynamic environment using a new transformative model of care Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC). This model is characterized by innovative, team-based approach and whole person care for adults and children with a range of complex mental health and substance use challenges.
Utilizing multi-disciplinary teams, staff work collaboratively to provide a coordinated effort to enhance client recovery. Robust CCBHC services often result in better client outcomes and quality of care due to:
- Increased access to care and crisis services
- Expanded traditional community mental health and substance use services.
- Added Care Coordination and physical health screening for mental health clients
- Greater access to Social Services for clients’ economic and social needs
- Increased specialized services for veterans, those most in need, and those impacted by the opioid crisis.
DRUG FREE WORKPLACE
This job is classified as a “safety-sensitive” position as defined by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act. Possession of a medical marijuana license will not exclude any applicant; however, all employees are subject to the Family & Children’s Services Drug Free Workplace Policy and understand they make not make use of this license.
Ready to make an impact? Apply today!
Salary : $2,000
