Peer Support Counselor - Crisis Mobile Response Team (San Bernardino)

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Job Title:
Peer Support Counselor
Division/Program:
Victorville: High Desert Crisis Walk In Center
Starting Rate:
28.00
Working Location:
San Bernardino: Casa Paseo Crisis Residential Treatment
Working Hours/Shift:
NOC shift
What SBHG brings to you (benefits):

• Competitive compensation
• Company paid benefits package including medical, dental and vision and many other voluntary benefits for employees
• Generous vacation and holiday pay
• On the job training including paid CEU opportunities and career development
• AMFT, ACSW and APCC's receive supervision for BBS hours (when applicable)
• Click here to learn more: https://www.starsinc.com/careers/employee-benefits

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
• One (1) year of full-time experience performing non-professional, consumer directed services in a
• mental health, health care, or other social services agency / organization serving people with disabilities preferred

How you will make a difference:
The position has primary responsibility for using their lived experience and knowledge of the system to provide outreach and engagement, support, advocacy, and direct services to program clients of all age ranges. Peer Support Counselors are people who have lived experience in the mental health, judicial, and/or social service systems in some capacity. They serve as role models, companions, educators and advocates to our clients. The Peer Support Counselors will support clients in moving toward recovery, creating a meaningful role in their life, which is separate from their illness.
Mobile crisis services are a community-based intervention designed to provide de-escalation and relief to individuals experiencing a behavioral health or substance use-related crisis wherever they are, including at home, work, school, or in the community. Mobile crisis services are provided by a multidisciplinary team of trained behavioral health professionals. Mobile crisis services provide rapid response, individual assessment and community-based stabilization to individuals who are experiencing a behavioral health crisis.
Mobile crisis services are designed to provide relief to beneficiaries experiencing a behavioral health crisis, including through de-escalation and stabilization techniques; reduce the immediate risk of danger and subsequent harm; and avoid unnecessary emergency department care, psychiatric inpatient hospitalizations and law enforcement involvement.
Division/Program Overview:

• The Valley Star Crisis Mobile Response Team offered from 7pm to 7Am
• Rapid mental health assessment and crisis intervention
• All age groups - children, adolescents, adults, and older adults - who need immediate access to crisis mental health services.
• The program provides important services to those in need of immediate crisis intervention and stabilization

Learn more about SBHG at: https://www.starsinc.com/stars-inc/
For Additional Information:
EastRegionRecruitment@starsinc.com
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Grade pay range: 17.46 - 24.44 USD Hourly