Mobile Crisis Community Support Specialist I - (Evening 4PM - 12:30 AM) + Rotating Weekends

Additional Information About the Role

• Mobile Crisis teams are expanding nationwide, aiming to support individuals who are experiencing a behavioral health crisis in real-time.
• BJC Behavioral Health is building internal teams Mobile Crisis teams to be a resource for members of our community when they need it the most.
• The goal of these teams is to provide immediate support and stabilization to individuals in crisis at the location of their crisis.
• Staff will arrive on site to assess, help to identify next steps with the person around care and resources, and work to ensure safety with the person until follow-up care is in place.
• Individuals will have access to a multi-disciplinary behavioral health team in-the-moment and will have a specific plan outlined before the end of the outreach interaction.
• This is a new Program by the Missouri Department of Mental Health for the State of MO.
• 4 PM – 12:30 AM + Rotating Weekends – offers a $1500 Sign on Bonus
• The Peer Support Specialist MUST have a MO. Peer Support Specialist Certification
• You will work with clients by providing crisis services within the communities
• Company vehicles ARE PROVIDED
• No client case load, just providing crisis outreach within the communities
• Teams will be deployed in the St. Louis County area and the St. Louis City area

Overview

BJC Behavioral Health is a community health center that provides and coordinates behavioral health services for more than 8,000 seriously mentally ill adults and seriously emotionally disturbed children in St. Louis City, St. Louis County, St. Fran�ois, Iron and Washington counties. As an Administrative Agent of the Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH), BJC Behavioral Health serves as a major point of entry for people eligible for mental health services funded by DMH and is responsible for serving as gatekeeper to the public mental health system.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Share lived experiences of recovery, sharing and supporting the use of recovery tools, and modeling successful recovery behaviors to help individuals with mental illness recognize their capacity for resilience. This is done by helping individuals who have mental illnesses and substance use disorders develop a network for information and support and to develop a sense of belonging with their communities at large. Peer support activities assist in achieving goals and objectives set forth by the individual in their individualized treatment or recovery plan, and emphasize the opportunity for individuals to support each other as they move forward in their recovery.

Responsibilities

Start and sustain mutual support groupsPromote dialogues on recovery and resilience.Teach and model symptom management skills.Teach and model problem-solving skills.Focus of duties for the different areas served :?Rehab (CTT) Teams ? Help individuals identify what will help improve their quality of life and then identify goals and barriers to achieving a better quality of life. As member of the treatment team, peer support specialists have identified interventions on the treatment plan as other team members do.?Integrated Dual Diagnosis Treatment (IDDT) ? Focus is on recovery from both mental illness and substance use. Peer Support Specialist should have had experience with addictions, either personal or family and be familiar with ways to maintain sobriety?Transitional Age Youth ? Activities are focused on skill young adults (16 to 25) need to be independent in the community, with special attention to those skills that will impact young adults most if not attended to. Must have had similar experiences and be close enough in age to be able to engage young adults.?Homeless ? Activities are focused on acquiring and maintaining safe affordable housing. Must have experienced homelessness at some point in life and have been successfully housed for the last two years.

Minimum Requirements

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Experience

No Experience

Licenses & Certifications

Certified Missouri Peer SpecValid Driver's License

Preferred Requirements

Education

Associate's Degree

Experience