Peer Support/Engagement Specialist MCR Overnight

Peer Support/Engagement Specialist MCR Overnight

Salary

$33,825.00 - $38,825.00 Annually

Location

115 N County Farm Road Wheaton, IL

Job Type

Full Time (40.0 hours per week)

Do you want to make a difference in the lives of others? Your skills, experience, and passion are needed on our team.  We are looking for a new team member to join us working as a Peer Recovery Support/Engagement Specialist at the new DuPage Crisis Recovery Center on our Mobile Crisis Response Team, Saturday 9:30 PM to 7:30 AM.  Shift differential is available for this shift!

Located in our new Crisis Recovery Center on the DuPage County Campus in Wheaton, Crisis Services provides 24/7 crisis mental health services to county residents experiencing psychiatric crises or needing support for mental illness symptoms. Our team delivers top-notch care with rapid response times.  Click Dupage County CRC to learn more about the Crisis Recovery Center.

We have great benefits, including health insurance, paid vacation, personal leave, 12 federal paid holidays, tuition reimbursement and an IMRF retirement account, just to name a few.  

• Supports maintenance of a safe, therapeutic environment for clients seeking services through our Mobile Crisis Response Team. Ability to response to crisis calls with a crisis services counselor as a member of our Mobile Crisis Response Team.
• Establish rapport, share experiences, and strengthen engagement with individuals in a mental health crisis.
• Assist in de-escalation of clients experiencing a mental health crisis through engagement with client and coordination with team members providing clinical intervention.
• Willing to self-disclose personal lived experience in mental health or substance use recovery (or both) for the benefit of supporting the individuals’ receiving services.
• Role model positive recovery behaviors with clients in Crisis Programs.
• Provides skill building and case management to clients with high need.
• Maintains required training, licensure and/or certification.
• Completion of required documentation within established timeframes, through use of an Electronic Client Record
• Participates in team meetings to assess clients’ progress.
• Participates in emergency response activities as assigned.

Requirements

Two years of experience in the behavioral health field, including active participation in the recovery process; or an equivalent combination of training and experience. This role requires you to have a valid driver's license, along with your own personal vehicle that is reliable to drive to crisis responses while working in this role.  
 
 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT:
 Position requires individual with lived recovery experience and will need to obtain the Certified Recovery Support Specialist (CRSS) credential within one year of hire.  The CRSS is a credential for those who provide mental health, substance use, or co-occurring mental illness and substance use recovery support to others. A person with the CRSS credential uses unique insights gained through personal recovery experience.
 

As it is a requirement of the role, please see the following sites for more information about the CRSS credential, including the application process:  
 https://www.illinoismentalhealthcollaborative.com/consumers/consumer_crss.htm
 http://www.iaodapca.org/credentialing/recovery-support-specialist/
 http://www.iaodapca.org/jobs/post-a-job/