Care Team - Peer Support Specialist Overnight (Part-Time)

JOB SUMMARY

The City of West Hollywood intends to establish a 24/7/365 mobile support service, “West Hollywood Care Team” (Care Team), designed to rapidly respond to community members experiencing a behavioral health crisis and other unmet social service needs, within West Hollywood city limits. Care Team services may take place in private homes/apartments/condo units, schools, workplaces, or any other community-based location. Consumers served may include residents, both housed and unhoused, students, members of the local workforce and visitors.

About the role

The City of West Hollywood is designing the Care Team to integrate with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH) network of Field Intervention Teams (FIT), which is the County’s behavioral health crisis responder system served by Mobile Crisis Outreach Teams (MCOT) and Psychiatric Mobile Response Teams (PMRT).

Responsibilities

• Provide stabilization interventions
• Affirm clients’ voice and choice, self-determination, and decision-making in the planning, delivery, and evaluation of treatment, rehabilitation, and support services
• Consult with consumers regarding community resources, crisis intervention, and available community services

Requirements

• Be at least 18 years of age
• Possess a high school diploma or equivalent degree
• Self-identified as having experience with the process of recovery from a mental illness or substance use disorder, either as a consumer of these services or as the parent, caregiver, or family member of a consumer
• If the lived experience includes a history of substance use, a minimum of two (2) years of continuous sobriety prior to the date of employment is required, and ongoing sobriety must be maintained throughout the duration of employment
• Willing to share their lived experience
• Strong dedication to recovery
• Agree, in writing, to adhere to the Code of Ethics
• Certification in peer support is preferred but not required. If not certified, successfully complete the training requirements for a peer support specialist and pass the certification examination or go through the grandparenting process to become certified

Qualifications

• Maintain all required licenses and certifications
• Ability to physically manage and/or de-escalate consumers/residents
• Frequent driving in the community with consumers
• Frequent/continuous intermittent standing/walking, occasional/intermittent sitting
• Continuous use of bilateral upper extremities in fine motor activities requiring fingering, grasping, and forward reaching between waist and chest level
• Reaching at or above shoulder level may be necessary
• Bending, squatting, kneeling, pushing/pulling, twisting, and climbing
• Occasional/intermittent lifting and carrying objects/equipment weighing up to 25 pounds
• Continuous use of near vision, hearing, and verbal communication skills in handling telephone calls, interacting with customers and co-workers and performing job duties
• Physical presence in the office during shift
• Ability to practice physical intervention for safety of consumers according to training and policy
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle

Skills

• Expertise in the recovery process
• Symptom management
• Consumer persistence to lead a satisfying life in society

Benefits

Starting Pay Range: $33.80 - $34 per hour (starting pay will be based on previous work experience and educational background.) There will be an additional $2.00 per hour overnight differential.

Pay

$33.80 - $34 per hour (starting pay will be based on previous work experience and educational background.) There will be an additional $2.00 per hour overnight differential.

Schedule

Saturday - Sunday 10 pm - 6:30 am

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• The ability to physically manage and/or de-escalate consumers/residents
• Frequent driving in the community with consumers
• Frequent/continuous intermittent standing/walking, occasional/intermittent sitting
• Continuous use of bilateral upper extremities in fine motor activities requiring fingering, grasping, and forward reaching between waist and chest level
• Reaching at or above shoulder level may be necessary
• Bending, squatting, kneeling, pushing/pulling, twisting, and climbing
• Occasional/intermittent lifting and carrying objects/equipment weighing up to 25 pounds
• Continuous use of near vision, hearing, and verbal communication skills in handling telephone calls, interacting with customers and co-workers and performing job duties
• Physical presence in the office during shift
• Ability to practice physical intervention for safety of consumers according to training and policy
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle