PD PEER NAVIGATOR - TRUST **On-call position**

The Peer Navigator provides support, wellness and recovery services to clients and their support networks in the community. The Peer Navigator is an entry level, unlicensed paraprofessional who has experience navigating the mental health system.

Requirements

• High School diploma, GED, or equivalent education
• Personal experience in a mental health setting preferred
• Human services experience such as facilitating groups; developing consumer-run, self-help activities; providing peer support
• Personal experience receiving mental health services and willingness to share that perspective with others within the context of providing peer support
• Proven problem-solving skills and abilities
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and demands
• Ability to engage and communicate effectively
• Ability to work independently and in a small team environment
• Engage and communicate effectively with others in both verbal and written English
• Monitor and support developmental growth and the recovery process
• Employ tact and diplomacy, exercise good judgment, and act calmly in emergency situations
• Work from a strengths-based, harm-reduction, social rehabilitation model
• Work effectively with persons differing in value systems, ethnicity, cultural backgrounds, language capabilities and disabilities
• Work collaboratively with individuals identified as those with serious mental illness who meet the following criteria: histories of hospitalization, institutionalization, substance abuse, low engagement in medication treatment, and difficulty in participating in structured activities and living independently
• Work with populations identified as high risk and/or considered under-represented in the County Mental Health system, with multiple barriers
• Knowledge of specific needs of the target population, as well as serious mental illness, substance abuse, other dual diagnoses, homelessness and the justice system
• Mental Health Services Act (MHSA)
• Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP), or willing to learn
• Community resources, including those required to meet the non-mental health needs of the target population
• Exhibit exemplary customer service, compassion, and care in the execution of all duties and interactions

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching
• Retirement Plan
• Visa Sponsorship
• Four Day Work Week
• Generous Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Relocation Assistance