$3000 Sign On Bonus! 

We’re looking for empathetic individuals dedicated to providing quality support and care to others. With your creative problem-solving skills and Eliot's cutting edge Community Behavioral Health Center (CBHC) programs, we can overcome traditional barriers in the behavioral health system. Imagine having access to trauma-informed behavioral health services in real time? Or providing coordinated care continuum? Join Eliot and get to work alongside our talented and dedicated staff specializing in housing navigation, recovery coaching, case management,peer supports and other specialized stabilization services.

CBHC Peer Specialists are members of the CBHC Team using their own lived experience to support the care coordination of persons served within the CBHC Program. Using your knowledge of supports, resources, and skills, you will work with individuals by empowering and advocating for them to increase their level of independence and strengthen their recovery and coping skills.

Responsibilities:

Empower individuals to exercise autonomy in all aspects of their life. Assist with identifying choices and developing skills in self-advocacy.
Provide guidance to individuals in the recovery process.
Provide advocacy, support, and education during orientation and throughout service delivery. 
Assist individuals with being able to identify personal methods of recovery from mental illness and to develop self- management plans to address their experiences.
Promote hope and empowerment through meetings and support with individuals.
Provide side by side interventions to individuals that focus on problem solving, skills training, modeling behavior, optimism and encouragement.
Provide peer support services using Eliot recognized modalities including IPS, WRAP, WHR and other recovery oriented treatments.
Participate in daily Team Huddles and Team Meetings.
Complete NOMS assessments and other assessments as assigned.
Qualifications:

High school diploma/ or GED
One year of paid or volunteer experience working with adults with mental illness if Certified as a Peer Specialist.
May substitute six months of experience with a college degree in the human services field.
Must be either receiving mental health services or received services in the past and have self-knowledge to manage their mental illness with an established recovery process.
Must have a strong commitment to mental health recovery.
Must have skills to establish supportive relationships with persons with mental illnesses and respect for their preferences for treatment.
Ability to provide flexible services that are community based and focused on teamwork.
Have or willingness to complete trainings such as WRAP, Intentional Peer Support or Whole Health and Resiliency.

Schedule: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm

Certified: $23.08 /hr

Bonus Breakdown:

• $1500 after 1 month of employment
• $1500 after 6 months of employment 

Eliot is committed to identifying and dismantling barriers that prevent people with marginalized racial identities from actualizing their full employment potential, assuming leadership roles, or from fully engaging at all levels in the workplace.