About the job:
Responsible for assisting the residents in their daily activities and assuring residents are safe under the direction of the Transitional Living Program Manager. Transitional Living Peer Specialist will often take part in many group activities and or facilitate groups with the residents.
Here’s what you’ll be doing:
• Establish a healing and professional relationship with residents.
• Transports residents to various appointments and activities.
• Assists residents in identifying their own personal interests, goals, and strengths.
• Demonstrates understanding ethics, and boundaries.
• Assists residents with problem solving.
• Maintains resident’s records, program records and other material as required.
• Demonstrates the use of active listening techniques, motivational interviewing when communicating with residents.
• Helps identify barriers to full participation in community resources and develop strategies to overcome these barriers with mental health and/or recovery.
• Uses trauma informed care and is willing to share own personal experiences with mental health and/or recovery.
• Provides resources to help with residents’ needs.
• Provides support and advocates for clients.
What you’ll need to be successful:
• Must have achieved and maintained absolute sobriety for a minimum of two (2) continuous years
• High School diploma or equivalent required
• Must have a valid, clean driver’s license and be at least 18 years of age
• CPR certification and WI Peer Support training will be provided and as is required as a condition of employment.
• Must successfully pass all applicable background checks and drug screens.
• FCP complies with all CDC vaccine and testing recommendations for healthcare professionals. Proof of immunizations is required and immunizations/testing provided upon hire.
Preferred qualifications:
• 1 years’ work experience in halfway house, residential facility, or similar setting with AODA and mental health population preferred.
Benefits you’ll love:
• Approximately 5 weeks of paid time off annually
• 3 weeks of paid holidays
• Premium free health insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Short term disability
• Life insurance
• 401k with match
The Forest County Potawatomi Community (FCPC) is a Native Sovereign Nation located in Crandon, Wis., with operations based in Crandon and Milwaukee. FCPC is the largest employer in Forest County and offers employment and career opportunities in a wide and varied field of sectors that include: Healthcare, Education, Social Services, IT, Finance, Human Resources, Legal, and Administrative Support Services.
While FCPC provides its employees family-sustaining wages and above average benefit packages, an added plus is the rich and colorful Native American culture that’s naturally woven into the fabric that makes this community so special.
Although we cannot say this about the fine, big city of Milwaukee, life in Forest County (and the Northwoods as a whole) is a bit slower, with a simpler approach to living the dream. That’s because we live IN the dream. This is rural at its best: rivers, lakes, fresh air, wildlife, forests, and four full seasons – not to mention the fun activities that pair so well with all those things! We work hard; we play hard.
It should also be noted that some young people graduate high school and leave the Forest County nest, and for many reasons: college, career, adventure. Yet, many of them return when they begin a family. The reason is simple: This is a great place to raise kids. This is a small community with a big heart and down-to-earth values.
It must be said that the arrival of Indian Gaming and forward thinking were the main catalysts in creating those ‘family-sustaining wages and above average benefit packages’ that now exist and that allow young people to return. This was not always the case.
Having said all that, there’s just one question to ask: What are you waiting for? Take a breath of fresh air, dip your toes in the water, grab a sled and head for the hill, or take in the scenery on foot, on skis, in the car. If FCPC can provide the job, you can provide the fun!
Now is the time to take the next step toward your future.
