Community Reentry Peer Support Specialist / Jail Diversion and Reentry Team

We are hiring for

Type: Regular

If you are a positive and personable individual looking for a satisfying and fun opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of people with intellectual, developmental disabilities, and people facing mental health, and substance use challenges, join our team at RHA Health Services!

The Community Reentry Peer Support Specialist will provide highly individualized services in the community for individuals being released from the Buncombe County Detention Facility.

The PSS will promote individual self-determination and decision-making to individuals and provide essential expertise and consultation to the entire Jail Diversion team, to promote a culture in which each individual's point of view and preferences are recognized, understood, respected, and integrated into treatment, rehabilitation, and community self-help activities. This position may serve as an advocate for the person supported.

Performs a wide range of tasks to assist the people supported in regaining control over their own recovery processes. These interventions are strength-based and focused on promoting recovery, symptom reduction, increased coping skills, and achieving the highest level of functioning in the community. Functions as a role model of competency in recovery and ongoing coping skills.

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for providing essential expertise and consultation to the entire Jail Diversion Team to promote a culture in which each individual's point of view and preferences are recognized, understood, respected, and integrated into treatment, rehabilitation, and community self-help activities while serving as an advocate for clients.
• Meeting with clients to provide support in accordance with treatment plan.
• Assisting in peer support groups with assigned consumers on a regular basis.
• Supporting/assisting consumers in daily decision-making and resolution of minor problems.
• Assisting clients by finding resources, advising the consumer of processes, encouraging follow through with proposed resolutions, locating social activities, or providing other assistance as needed.
• Accompanying clients to meetings and participates in meetings of community groups to advocate for consumer needs, leading recovery dialogues/self-help sessions with clients.
• Fostering client's development of healthy relationships by encouraging participation in community activities
• Observing behavior and evidence of general well-being and discussing observations with the clients.
• Modeling effective coping and self-help techniques to individuals or groups of consumers.
• Providing advice to clients on empowerment skills and successful community living.
• Informing clients on community resources and how to use them appropriately, providing information to consumers and families on specific topics, as assigned.
• Position Requirements:

No Justice Involvement in the Last Two Years

• Must be a Certified Peer Support Specialist in NC or PA
• 1 year experience working with individuals with behavioral health issues preferred
• No criminal justice involvement in the past two years
• Valid driver's license, auto insurance and reliable transportation

Pre-employment screening

• Complete criminal background
• Name checked in the registries. (OIG exclusions database, Child Abuse Registry, and Offenders Against Individuals with Developmental Disabilities)
• Drug testing
• Education verification and other credentialing based on position requirements.
• Proof of employment history or references (if required)
• Positions that require driving Proof of driver's license, driver's insurance, and vehicle, IF required for providing transportation for individuals.

We offer the following benefits to employees

• Payactiv: early access to the money you've earned from hours you've already worked, before payday!
• Employee perks and discount program: to help you save money!
• Paid Time Off (full-time employees only)
• Health/Insurance (full-time employees only)
• 401(k) retirement savings program
• Wellbeing Programs: Physical, Emotional and Financial
• Chronic Disease management programs for hypertension and diabetes (for qualifying employees)
• Training: Free CPR, first aid, and job-specific training opportunities

*contract/contingent workers and interns do not qualify for any of the above benefits