Crisis Peer Partner I

Overview

Schedule: Monday through Friday, from 4pm to 1am.

Compensation We Offer: The initial compensation for this position ranges from $25.31 to $31.12 per hour; depending on experience, location, and internal equity considerations. 8% License Differential for LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, PsyD., and select Peer Certifications. 7.5% Bilingual Differential for qualified positions.

Benefits We Offer: Benefits Eligibility starts on day ONE. We provide a robust benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, and See our Benefits Page HERE. 401K Employer Match up to 4%. Competitive Time Off Plans. Must meet eligibility requirements based on employment status.

Job Summary

About our Program: CSU: Is a 23hr 59min unit for adults 18+ who require Intensive stabilization services. The goal is to divert from 5150 and psychiatric hospital stays. We are looking for a compassionate and collaborative team members to help launch our new Nevada County CSU to provide strengths-based, culturally respectful, and trauma-informed stabilization support services. Oversees a program that provides 24/7 crisis response and stabilization services to individuals experiencing a mental health crisis. Intervenes with crisis behaviors while developing the individuals strengths and interests. Responsible for linking to community resources. Helps to create permanent connections for individual. May search, locate, and engage individuals' natural supports. Assists with transitioning individual to the lowest level of care needed.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct services individuals in crisis in community setting
• Provides direct billable mental health services, documents in alignment with MediCal regulations, and achieves set productivity expectations
• Engages and builds alignment and relationships with individuals' family, and natural supports
• Utilizes strengths of individuals and natural supports to assist in the implementation and achievement of goals and outcomes
• Understands and takes advantage of therapeutic opportunities in crisis situations
• Conducts observations regarding specific target behavior of individual or youth to support their intended identified outcome
• Assists individuals in developing a hypothesis of function and underlying unmet need to develop individualized, strength-based strategies and interventions that will result in positive behavior change
• Works individuals and/or family/natural supports to create strength-based planning and crisis interventions
• Develops and implements safety and skill refinement plans
• Drives to individuals in crisis in the location identified

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required, or equivalent combination of education and experience (two years of relevant experience equals one year of education)
• Minimum 18 years of age required
• Must know or quickly acquire extensive knowledge of local community resources
• Able to articulate the experience and perspective of an individual with complex needs involving mental health, homelessness, or probation services

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop; kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Driving Required

May have unsupervised contact with children. Requires full background check and TB Exam.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, which includes providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with a disability.