Senior Mental Health Certified Peer Support Specialist / Parent Partner (Throughout Riverside)

ABOUT THE POSITION

The Riverside University Health System's Behavioral Health Department is seeking aSenior Mental Health Certified Peer Support Specialist /Parent Partner .

This postingwill be used to fill current and future vacancies foropen positionsinthroughout Riverside.

This position will be working to provide assistance with mental health recovery programs depending on assignment.

May i nclude programs such as: homeless outreach, temp housing, permanent housing, enhanced care management programs and more.

Parent Partner: Has parental experience assisting your own children (18 years or younger) through mental health or substance recovery.

In order to be considered, candidates must be able to share personal experiences with others.

HOW IT WORKS
- Applicants will answer questions about personal experience, work experience, andqualifications.
- The most competitive applicants (based on specialized skills) will be referred
for interviews.
- Applicants will receive email notification once their application is no longer being
considered due to Candidate Pool expiration.

Some positions may require a law enforcement background investigation which requires completion of an extensive questionnaire, meeting with a background investigator, and submitting several references.

Competitive candidates will possess current or previous experience as a consumer of mental health or substance recovery services.

Under direction, provides the highest level of information, support and assistance and advocacy for consumers of behavioral health and/or substance abuse services; provides feedback and perspective to the behavioral health system relative to the impact and effectiveness of the services provided; provides specialized training and work direction to other Certified Peer Support Specialists; performs other related duties as required.

The Senior Certified Peer Support Specialist is the advanced level classification performing the highest level of assignments in the Behavioral Health Certified Peer Support Specialist series, and reports directly to a Peer Services Program Manager; teams with behavioral health professionals in the provision of consumer treatment, directly assisting consumers, families and caregivers in the utilization of appropriate community resources; provides education and information to consumers and the community; provides a unique consumer perspective to the behavioral health team and may act in a leadership capacity.

Incumbents provide a full range of information, training, support, encouragement, advocacy, service effectiveness assessment, and related services in order to assist the consumer in coping with immediate situations.

The consumer perspective is provided in the development of programs and services and in formulation of treatment strategies.

Incumbents do not attempt to modify or change the consumer's personality structure.

The Peer Support Specialist series differs from those in the Clinical Therapist series in tha...