Join our team and immerse yourself in a rewarding career for years to come!

Oaks Integrated Care is currently seeking a Peer Support Specialist to work within our Crisis Screening program. Crisis Screening and stabilization services are provided 24/7, 365 days per year. Team members work to safely resolve behavioral health crisis through intervention, assessment and stabilization.

The ideal candidate must be able to work in a fast paced environment and maintain quality and evidence-based care of adults & children in mental health distress, including but not limited to being a dangerousness to themselves and/or other.

Responsibilities:

• Support to individuals experiencing acute psychiatric distress
• Assist individual in identifying consumer supports and exploring social and recreational activities
• Increase individual’s self-determination and self-respect
• Participates in Team Meetings and supervision
• Promotes consumer-driven services and recovery-orientated environment; assists individual and their family in making decisions, taking action and treatment planning. Provides education and information to the individual and their family
• Performs other related duties as necessary

Benefits:

• Competitive salaries
• Supplemental income
• Vision and dental insurance
• Pro-rated PTO plan
• Team Oriented Environment – we practice the FISH! Philosophy

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent  and 1 year of experience in providing peer support required
• Certification in peer support preferred
• Knowledge of recovery-based concepts and interventions
• Valid driver’s license

All positions require a valid driver’s license in good standing, pre-employment drug screening and criminal background check. All candidates, if hired, will be expected to cooperate with Oaks Integrated Care and The Department of Human Services in all inspections and investigations. Oaks Integrated Care considers applicants for all positions without regard to: race; color; religion; sex; national origin; age; sexual orientation; marital or veteran status; the presence of a medical condition, genetic information or handicap, unrelated to performing the tasks of the job; or any other legally protected status.