Peer Support Counselor
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Partner with us in making a positive change!
Join a team where your work truly matters. Were proud to have been certified as a Great Place to Work for 8 years by our own employees. We invite you to partner with us in our mission to improve mental healthcare.
Job Title:
Peer Support CounselorDivision/Program:
Psychiatric Health FacilityStarting Compensation:
21.00 USD Per HourWorking Location:
Inpatient Youth Facility in Fresno CAWorking Hours/Shift:
Sunday Thursday 8:00 am to 4:30 pmWhy Join Our Team
- Competitive Compensation: Offering a salary that matches your skills and experience.
- Generous Time Off: Enjoy ample vacation and holiday pay.
- Comprehensive Benefits Package:
- Employerpaid medical dental and vision coverage.
- Additional voluntary benefits to support your lifestyle.
- Professional Growth Opportunities:
- Onthejob training with access to paid CEU opportunities.
- Career development programs designed to help you grow.
- Supervision for BBS hours for AMFT ACSW and APCC professionals (where applicable).
Employee Recognition & Rewards: A culture that celebrates and rewards your hard work and dedication
What you bring to SBHG:
- High School diploma or equivalent (e.g. GED HiSET etc.) required.
- Personal experience as a consumer in the child welfare probation or mental health systems required
- 1 year of fulltime experience performing nonprofessional consumer directed services in a mental health health care or other social services agency / organization serving people with disabilities preferred.
- Valid CPR certification required within 30 days of employment.
How you will make a difference:
- Provides oneonone support mentoring and rolemodeling to clients incorporating identified practices into services. Helps clients formulate problemsolving plans.
- Provides oneonone support mentoring and rolemodeling to clients and/or family members. Models behaviors that emphasize selfregulation and deescalation to improve PHF youth functioning.
- Conducts support educational and/or focus groups for family members to education support and normalize around mental health issues and treatment. Conducts weekly Family Groups as part of the milieu program to address psychoeducational topics parenting concerns family wellness management etc.
- Helps clients and families navigate peer support wellness services and navigation support within the behavioral health system of care other health systems and community supports.
- Links clients and families to various resources including housing food education/vocation recreation spiritual mentors mental and physical health and social as deemed appropriate in partnership with the team.
- Provides and documents services as determined necessary by the team and within the Peer scope of practice. Documents services related to specific domains from the clients perspective. Obtains consents from client and caregivers explaining California law regarding involuntary and voluntary holds.
- Maintains visual awareness of clients physical and psychiatric limitations and always ensures the safety of clients.
Division/Program Overview:
- 24/7 inpatient involuntary program
- 16bed facility for acute youth (ages 1217)
- Intensive treatment programs with individualized care plans
- Available for contracting Central Valley counties
- Moves clients through five phases: admission; engagement; learning; stabilization and linkage to resources and aftercare
Learn more about SBHG at: Additional Information:
In accordance with California law the grade for this position is 17.46 24.44. Placement within the grade is determined based on experience internal equity and other factors permitted by law.Employment Type
Full-Time
