Peer Navigator

Job Title

This at-will direct service position within a program assists Stanislaus County Behavioral Health Clients with serious mental illness and their families to gain access to primary preventative and specialty health care services.

Job Description

Under the administrative supervision of the team lead or program director, this position will lead our members in non-clinical activities that engage, educate, and offer support to individuals, their family members, and caregivers in order to successfully connect them to culturally relevant health services including prevention, diagnosis, timely treatment, recovery-management, and follow-up. Specific assistance with medication management, housing, counseling, support, and advocacy will be provided as needed.

Duties include:

• Providing leadership and direction for clients in the absence of the Behavioral Health Supervisor or Program Manager.
• Providing emotional support to alleviate fears of and barriers to accessing quality health care.
• Assisting assigned clients to identify and progress toward achievement of their chosen goals.
• Motivating and educating individuals/families/caregivers about the importance of preventative services, medical conditions, and recovery strategies.
• Advocating for and assisting clients and their families in accessing and receiving mental health treatment, medical care, housing, food, and clothing as indicated.
• Developing individual service plans for each client with their input whenever possible.
• Engaging members in the field including meeting regularly with clients at Turning Point sites, at jobsites, homes, board and care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, psychiatric facilities, and other appropriate sites.
• Providing direct crisis intervention on behalf of clients including, but not limited to telephone, walk-in services, and outreach services to program clients.
• Consulting with or meeting regularly with the client's family, care provider or other significant persons with client's consent.
• Coaching clients in developing age-appropriate social skills, money management, personal hygiene, and job readiness.
• Assisting in establishing client's eligibility for Medi-Cal or other benefits and advocating for continuation of benefits when appropriate.
• Interacting productively within the team in order to provide holistic mental health and case management services to an identified group of clients.
• Providing "on-the-spot" counseling that is both helpful to the clients and consistent with the philosophy of the program.
• Monitoring medication distribution and related charting.
• Attending to the safety, health, and wellbeing of clients.

Qualifications

Minimum: Graduation from High School or completion of GED program; two (2) years of varied lived experience or as a provider of mental health services.

Licenses; Certificates; Special Requirements:

• California driver's license & current vehicle insurance/registration
• Reliable means of transportation capable of passing vehicle safety inspection if more than five years old excluding all modes of two-wheeled transport inclusive of bicycles, mopeds and motorcycles.

Schedule: Monday to Thursday, 7:00 am to 5:30pm

Compensation: $21-$22hr

Interested? Join us at our open interviews on Wednesdays from 2-4PM, located at 10850 Gold Center Drive, Suite 325, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670