What are the responsibilities and job description for the FACT Peer Specialist position at Mental Health Resource Center, Inc.?
Benefits :
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
Benefits / Perks Full Time positions offer a comprehensive benefits package.
Part Time positions offer a partial benefits package.
Company Overview
Mental Health Resource Center is a not-for-profit Florida corporation that provides a wide range of mental health and behavioral health care services to the community such as 24-hour emergency services, inpatient psychiatric services for children, adolescents, and adults as well as outpatient services such as medication management, case management, and counseling.
Job Summary
The FACT Program is a multi-disciplinary, clinical team which assumes responsibility for directly providing needed treatment, rehabilitation and support services to adult persons with severe and persistent mental illness promoting recovery, empowerment, self-determination and decision-making for each FACT participant.
The FACT Peer Specialist has personal, practical knowledge and experiences as a recipient of mental health services and is willing to share these for the benefit of the team and the persons served by the FACT team. Provides needed peer counseling, wellness recovery, and support services to individuals served by the FACT Program in order to reduce or eliminate the need for hospitalization and to enhance their independence, autonomy and quality of life. Promotes recovery, empowerment, self-determination and decision-making for each FACT participant.
Some of the responsibilities of the FACT team include providing clinical and supportive services through advocacy, crisis intervention, assessments, evaluations, treatment planning, case management and medication management. Participants are also provided with community referrals, symptom education, work-related vocational and educational services, social and interpersonal relationship training, and support for the participants' families and care givers.
Most of a FACT team member's day is spent in the community completing many of the above duties. Only about 15% of their time is spent in the office. Company vehicles are available, however members of the FACT team also need to use their personal vehicles to provide services.
The FACT team operates beyond normal business hours, rotates holiday and weekend responsibilities, and rotates an emergency on-call cell phone.
The Mental Health Resource Center manages 8 out of the 32 FACT programs in the state of Florida : Rockledge / Brevard, Tampa, Clearwater, Kissimmee, Winter Haven, Gainesville and two teams in Jacksonville.
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Position Details Full time or Part time Shifts Available : Monday through Friday (rotating weekends, on-call, and holidays)
Renaissance Behavioral Health Systems and Mental Health Resource Center are Equal Opportunity Employers.
Thank you for your interest in joining the team at Mental Health Resource Center and Renaissance Behavioral Health Systems. We offer a variety of opportunities in the behavioral health and social services fields. We have locations in Jacksonville and throughout Florida. Employees work together and support one another in a friendly, team-oriented atmosphere that encourages professional growth. We offer an ideal workplace for individuals dedicated to providing care and services that reflect our core values of compassion, integrity, and excellence.
Mental Health Resource Center (MHRC) is a Florida nonprofit that provides a wide range of behavioral health and social services to the community. Included in MHRC's service array are 24-hour emergency services; inpatient psychiatric services for children, adolescents and adults; and numerous outpatient services, including psychiatric evaluations, medication management, counseling, psychosocial rehabilitation, state hospital liaison services, forensic services, in-jail services, a co-responder program, a therapeutic family program, and eight Florida Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) programs for adults with severe and persistent mental illness located in Clearwater, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Kissimmee, Rockledge, Tampa, and Winter Haven.
Renaissance Behavioral Health Systems and Mental Health Resource Center encourage all applicants to take advantage of opportunities for hire, and if internal applicants, transfers, promotions, and advancement, regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, handicap, disability, marital status, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. RBHS and MHRC are Equal Opportunity Employers and Drug Free Workplaces.
Salary : $200,000
