Mobile Response Peer Support Specialist
About the role
Crestwood has been committed for more than 50 years to creating innovative recovery programs and developing compassionate communities that support each client in their journey. The model of care focuses on a personal and self-directed process that empowers the people we serve and helps them develop the skills to thrive.
The Crestwood Behavioral Health Mobile Response Team (MRT) provides community-based interventions for those experiencing a mental health crisis. The team deploys into the community throughout Napa County — including residences, parks, shelters, schools, and hospitals — to provide crisis intervention, de-escalation, and stabilization. The goal is to de-escalate the crisis and safely connect individuals with mental health care and resources. The MRT is staffed by Licensed/Registered Mental Health Counselors and Peer Support Specialists.
Responsibilities
- Provide peer support work under the direct supervision of an LMFT, LCSW, or LPCC
- Assist and support individuals in a mobile crisis within the Mobile Response Program
- Engage in activities supporting individuals seeking recovery from substance use disorder, mental illness, or both
- Mentor and advocate for people in recovery
- Build relationships with clients
- Provide crisis intervention, de-escalation, and stabilization in community settings
- Help connect individuals with mental health care and resources
Schedule
Full-Time 12-Hour Shifts: Saturday through Monday, 9:00 PM to 9:00 AM
Qualifications
- Minimum of a high school diploma or GED
- Lived experience with mental health and/or substance use disorder
- Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist certification, or ability to obtain after hire within an agreed-upon time frame
- 80-hour Peer Support Learning (or equivalent) successfully completed within 90 days of hire, or taken within 2 years of hire
- Current techniques of behavioral intervention training within six (6) months of hire
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Life insurance
- Vacation
- Paid sick leave
- Sick leave buy-back
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Scholarship program
- Qualifying supervision for BBS associates
- Competitive pay
- Paid holidays
- Service awards
- Jury duty pay
Pay
$23.00 – $24.17 per hour (base pay range at time of posting; final salary based on skills, experience, licensure, and program acuity)
About the Campus
Crestwood's Mobile Crisis Services program through the Napa Crisis Stabilization Unit provides crisis services as part of a 24-hour crisis response continuum of care. Program services are centered on crisis stabilization utilizing evidence-based practices and featuring peer support. Mobile Crisis Services include screening, assessment, stabilization, de-escalation, follow-up, and coordination with healthcare services and other supports.