OCRP Certified Peer Specialist

Job Title: OCRP Certified Peer Counselor FLSA: Non-Exempt

Compensation: $24.75 - $27.47 per hour

Supervisor: OCRP Supervisor

Here at Community House Mental Health Agency, we strive to provide a supportive family atmosphere in Seattle and King County for people with severe and persistent mental illness. Each person who walks through our door has a unique story, and we believe that everyone deserves to feel welcomed and valued.

Within our Diversion Services is the Outpatient Competency Restoration Program, better known as out OCRP team. The OCRP program moves individuals from local jails or restoration centers into community-based services and aims to address the individual's barriers to competency. Their services in social skills, behavioral health, and education on the legal process are designed for the individual to reach the point where they can participate in their own defense. This program works closely with the Health Care Authority and DSHS Forensic Navigators.

Our Diversion Services here at CHMHA has a fantastic opening for an OCRP Certified Peer Counselor.

Our Certified Peer Counselor will serve as an advocate and provide peer support services to individuals in our community who have been deemed not competent to stand trial. This program works closely with the Health Care Authority as well as DSHS Forensic Navigators in regaining control over their own lives and over their own recovery process. The Certified Peer Counselor will model competency in recovery and ongoing coping skills.

At Community House, we value a strong work-life balance and aim to provide the best support for our workers. As a CHMHA employee, you will have access to a range of unique benefits, such as company-paid medical/dental/vision/disability insurance, a 403B retirement plan with employer match, continuing education credit, a personal unlimited ORCA card, and an employee assistance program with financial, mental, and legal assistance.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in articulating enrolled individual's personal goals and identifying problems and barriers for recovery when requested
• Assist in determining objectives needed to reach recovery goals
• Understanding and utilizing specific interventions necessary to assist in recovery goals
• Teach enrolled individual how to identify and combat issues such as negative self-talk and fears
• Assist in setting up and sustaining self-help (mutual support) groups
• Provide housing assistance and support to enrolled individual when requested
• Model effective coping techniques and self-help strategies
• Utilize and teach problem solving techniques with enrolled individual and groups
• Utilize personal recovery experience to role model the value of recovery
• Develop and share recovery-oriented material with other CPCs at continuing education assemblies
• Review daily log and documents after each shift and communicate other staff members of any emergency situations
• Chart relevant daily interaction with clients within the peer support day program and/or support groups which provide support and assess their progress
• Attend all relevant seminars, meetings, and trainings
• Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

• Current First Aid/CPR certification
• Have legible handwriting
• Ability to do simple mathematics
• Ability to read and comprehend agency/client charts
• Valid driver's license and clean driving record in order to use agency vehicles
• Completion and graduation from the Washington State Peer Counselor training or approval by Health Care Authority
• Experience with target population or ability to acquire specialized training to work with target population
• Ability to perform duties outlined in description within reasonable accommodation

ACKNOWLEGEMENT STATEMENT:

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