Job Description

Level Experienced Job Location Crisis Diversion Center - San Angelo, TX 76903 Position Type Part Time Salary Range $13.26 - $13.26 Hourly

At MHMR Concho Valley, our mission is “Working together to help people help themselves.”

If you are serious about making a difference, we guarantee you’ll love being a part of the MHMR Concho Valley.

Job Title: Peer Support Specialist Jail Liaison - Crisis Diversion Center

Dept Code: 2630

Bi-Weekly salary $13.26/hour

Status: Part-Time (Up to 29 hours a week)

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

Under the supervision of the Director of Forensic Services the Peer Support Specialist uses their lived experience in mental health recovery to assist other adults in their mental health recovery. The peer support specialist will provide peer support for individuals involved in the criminal legal system while experiencing mental health challenges as they navigate incarceration, bond, probation, and or/diversion docket conditions. The Peer Support Specialist will continue to provide peer support after they are released from incarceration during their reentry process.

To those engaging in services at the Diversion Center or at Crisis Respite, the Peer Support Specialist assists in providing individual skills training in addition to completing intake protocols and instilling hope while assisting clients progress towards their goals. This position will utilize center vehicles in order to facilitate aftercare services at the Crisis Diversion Center and link clients to appropriate resources and services. This position partners successfully with law enforcement, the medical community, schools, families, and social services agencies in a collaborative effort to assist persons in crisis and find placement as needed.

The ideal candidate possesses strong knowledge of the practices of working with individuals experiencing a psychiatric crisis within the community and must have the ability to communicate effectively with diverse cultures and socio-economic populations. The role uses skills and experience in working with integrated computer database programs to access files and document treatment services and the ability to organize and prioritize work assignments. This position includes a flexible workday and is the best fit for a person able to work both independently and collaboratively. This position supports other crisis programs, including Crisis Respite Unit, as needed.

EDUCATION, TRAINING, & EXPERIENCE

Minimum

Qualifications: Lived experience with recovery from mental health challenges, High School Diploma or equivalent, Must have a valid Texas Driver’s License. Must be willing to become a certified peer specialist within 6 months of hiring.

Prefer one-year experience in like or similar position, either public or private.

• Experience in mental health and/or criminal justice and knowledge about community resources and social services is preferred.

• Preferred - Clinical and administrative experience working with individuals with a mental illness and/or co-occurring substance abuse disorder in an emergency setting; bilingual (English/Spanish).

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

Consistently upbeat and energetic attitude, ability to maintain focus in a dynamic environment with many interruptions and distractions, self-starter, creative thinker, encouraging demeanor, maintain a high level of energy for up to 8 hours, manage competing demands on time, keep space and tasks well organized, analyze tasks and spaces for barriers to utilization and develop interventions to address them, remain relaxed and nonreactive when others are upset, stand and move for long periods, stay alert, energetic, and positive for long periods, engage with small and large groups, utilize and be responsible for a company credit card, use standard office equipment, use standard kitchen equipment.

REQUIREMENTS

• Valid Texas Driver License required.

• Must not have more than 3 moving violations in the last 3 years.

• Must be insurable on the Center’s insurance.

• Must be able to pass a background check.

• Must be able to complete all MHMR Concho Valley training.

SHIFT HOURS

Rotating Shifts / As needed / Evenings, Weekends

APPLICATION PROCEDURES

All applicants applying for positions at MHMRCV, please select "Apply On Company Site", then follow the steps and attach resume.

CLOSING DATE

Open until filled.

For questions, please email Jobs@mhmrcv.org

Convictions related to any sexual assault, aggravated assault, drug related offense, murder, theft, battery, or any other crime involving personal injury; injury to a child, elderly individual, disabled individual, or threat to another person; abandoning or endangering a child; and aiding suicide, may make you ineligible for employment in positions, in direct contact with consumers of MHMR Services for the Concho Valley. The names of all prospective employees are cleared through the Texas Department of Public Safety to determine the existence of such records. Falsification of the application for employment is grounds for dismissal. Ask the personnel office for further information. For insurance purposes, driving records will be checked on all employees that are required to drive as stated in their position description. If an employee is determined to be uninsurable, employment may be dismissed.

MHMR Concho Valley is a trauma informed organization dedicated to creating and maintaining a safe, calm, and secure environment with supportive care, a system-wide understanding of trauma prevalence and impact, recovery and trauma specific services, and recovery-focused, consumer-driven services that applies to all staff, volunteers, contracted providers, and community partners. MHMR Concho Valley has made an implicit commitment to prevent and reduce suicide deaths among individuals served by the Center through applying the elements of safer suicide care outlined the Zero Suicide Framework (lead, train, identify, engage, treat, transition, improve).

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