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Network 180 Crisis Center Recovery Coach / Peer Support Specialist in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Position: Crisis Center Recovery Coach / Peer Support Specialist Req.#: 25-25 FTE: Full-time, Non-Exempt Unit: UAW Department/Location: Crisis Center Wage range: $17.24 -- $22.86 Offer rate commensurate with experience Additional Compensation: 10% premium pay and $2 shift differential
*Crisis Center Recovery Coach / Peer Support Specialist *
Network180 employees make a difference in people's lives every day, making our community a better place to live. We are the behavioral health community organization responsible for the delivery of mental health, substance abuse treatment coordination, and developmental disabilities services for Kent County. We need individuals who are passionate about making a difference by helping others.
We are seeking a Crisis Center Recovery Coach / Peer Support Specialist to work as part of a multidisciplinary team-based service. This role will provide interventions for clients experiencing a behavioral health crisis and assist clients in understanding and accessing substance use disorder services. The Recovery Coach will model competency in recovery and demonstrate on-going coping skills. This will occur in the context of the Crisis Center, which includes a Brief Intervention Clinic and Crisis Stabilization Unit.
Network 180's Behavioral Health Crisis Center is a 24/7 facility that serves adults 18 years and older and includes a walk-in Brief Intervention Clinic and a secure Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU). The setting provides assessment and unscheduled clinical services designed to prevent or resolve mental health or substance-related crises. The Crisis Center aims to provide these services to individuals whose crisis will typically resolve within a few hours, however, may require up to seventy-two (72) hours of treatment; and where services can be voluntary or involuntary.
The CSU fills a key gap in the Kent County Crisis Continuum of Care and provides more efficient, effective, equitable crisis behavioral health care in a setting designed and staffed to provide this type of treatment.
The CSU also aims to divert individuals from jail, emergency departments, and inpatient psychiatric hospital settings to an appropriate least restrictive treatment setting whenever it can be achieved safely and successfully.
This position is 40 hours a week, Monday through Thursday, 2:00 pm to 12:00am. This assignment is in person at 260 Jefferson Ave Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503
Network180 has made the safety of our employees a priority. We provide Personal Protection Equipment to our employees and thorough safety and cleaning protocols are in place. Job interviews are being conducted in person or via the internet.
*MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR RECOVERY COACHES: *
High School diploma or general education degree (GED).
Must be at least 18 years old.
At least two years of relevant work experience; may include volunteer work.
Actively working in a recovery program (12-step, church/spiritual, or other recovery support group).
State of Michigan Certified Peer Recovery Coach or be eligible to become certified by the State as a Peer Recovery Coach within 90 days of hire, which requires an individual to have:
Long-term, stable recovery from alcohol and other drugs; or
Able to identify with other individuals based on their shared life experiences to promote recovery by removing barriers and obstacles to recovery; or
Has been a recipient of mental health and/or substance abuse services for at least one year, with a substantial life disruption due to their substance abuse condition; or