Peer Recovery Coach II - Mental Health 623

To change lives

The Peer Recovery Coach II engages, inspires, and facilitates meaningful conversations with members to assist them in exploring, creating, and meeting their recovery goals. They also coach and guide other Peer Support professionals, provide peer services supervision, and deliver educational supervision groups on peer support services.

The Peer Recovery Coach II provides consultation to the team to promote and reinforce Telecare’s Recovery Culture, ensuring that each member’s perspective is recognized, understood, respected, and integrated into services and self-help programming. They also respond to critical situations with high-level engagement and de-escalation skills, supporting a least restrictive environment for members experiencing emergencies related to mental health or addiction challenges.

What You Bring To The Table (Must Have)

• A High School Diploma or GED
• At least 18 years of age
• A Peer Certification obtained prior to hire and maintained throughout employment
• A Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Certification through CalMHSA obtained within 120 days of your date of hire and maintained throughout employment
• Two (2) years or part-time equivalent of experience supporting individuals with behavioral health challenges
• Experience as a beneficiary of the public Behavioral Health system of care
• CPR, First Aid, and Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) certified (hands-on course) on date of employment or prior to providing direct client care and maintain current certification throughout employment
• A valid and current driver’s license and personal vehicle insurance with your name listed as a driver
• A willingness to use your personal vehicle to drive clients to appointments and groups, etc.

What’s In It For You

• Paid Time Off: Eligible employees earn PTO each pay period for vacation and personal needs, with pro-rated accrual for part-time schedules and annual carryover up to set caps.
• Nine Paid Holidays & Shift differentials for hourly staff (6% for PM Shift, 10% for Overnight Shift).
• Weekend Shift differentials for hourly staff (5% for Weekend AM Shift, 11% for Weekend PM Shift, 15% for Weekend Overnight Shift).
• Free CEUs, free Supervision for BBS Associate License, coaching and mentorship.
• Online University Tuition Discount and Company Scholarships.
• Medical, Vision, Dental Insurance, 401K, Employee Stock Ownership Plan.

Benefits

• Telecare applies geographic differentials to its pay ranges. The pay range assigned to this role will be based on the geographic location from which the role is performed.
• Starting pay is commensurate with relevant experience above the minimum requirements.

Qualifications

• A High School Diploma or GED
• At least 18 years of age
• A Peer Certification obtained prior to hire and maintained throughout employment
• A Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Certification through CalMHSA obtained within 120 days of your date of hire and maintained throughout employment
• Two (2) years or part-time equivalent of experience supporting individuals with behavioral health challenges
• Experience as a beneficiary of the public Behavioral Health system of care
• CPR, First Aid, and Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) certified (hands-on course) on date of employment or prior to providing direct client care and maintain current certification throughout employment
• A valid and current driver’s license and personal vehicle insurance with your name listed as a driver

Schedule

Shifts Available: Full-Time | AM | Shifts: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM | Days: Monday - Friday

Pay

Expected starting wage range is $21.49 - $26.25. Telecare applies geographic differentials to its pay ranges. The pay range assigned to this role will be based on the geographic location from which the role is performed. Starting pay is commensurate with relevant experience above the minimum requirements.

About Telecare

We have over 300 Peer roles at Telecare. We value this lived experience and this is what we are trying to grow within the organization. We have a career ladder specific to our Peer Workforce. Telecare's mission is to deliver excellent and effective behavioral health services that engage individuals in recovering their health, hopes, and dreams. Telecare continues to advance cultural diversity, humility, equity, and inclusion at all levels of our organization by hiring mental health peers, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, veterans, and all belief systems. Telecare has partnered with San Diego County Behavioral Health to open a program dedicated to helping individuals with untreated mental illness engage and connect to services. CARE Court Outreach is part of California’s Community, Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act, a new approach to help unhoused individuals with severe mental illness engage with and access the support they deserve. CARE Court Outreach is a person and client-centered, mission-driven program that reaches out to folks who might otherwise be unserved. Our goal is to help support people and fill the gap in our healthcare systems to create a meaningful entry into care. A referral to CARE Court can be initiated by family members, behavioral health providers, first responders, or other approved petitioners, by filing a petition with the Superior Court. Referrals to Telecare CARE Outreach are made by the County of San Diego.

EEO AA M/F/V/Disability May vary by position and location