ACT Peer Support Specialist (1191) Job at Greater Reach Community Services Board, Petersburg, VA

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  • Greater Reach Community Services Board
  • Petersburg, VA

Job Description

At Greater Reach , we are making behavioral health care accessible, compassionate and stigma-free. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to help people feel seen, heard and supported, we want to hear from you! Here, you are not just joining a company; you’re joining a mission. 

 

We are offering a great opportunity for a full time ACT Peer Support Specialist for our Assertive Community Team (ACT). ACT is a highly coordinated set of services offered by a group of medical, behavioral health, peer recovery support providers and rehabilitation professionals in the community who work together as a team to meet the complex needs of individuals living with severe and persistent mental illness.

 

Responsibilities

Functions as a role model to peers; exhibiting competency in personal recovery and use of coping skills; serve as a consumer advocate, providing consumer education and peer support for clients in outpatient settings, rehabilitation, and support services to all program consumers with severe and persistent mental illnesses under clinical supervision. This position will assist and support consumers in regaining independence within the community and mastery over their recovery process.

 

Requirements

M1: High school diploma or GED  

M2: One (1) year position related lived experience as a consumer of mental health and/or substance abuse services.

M3 : Twelve (12) consecutive months of sobriety or drug free (if substance abuse diagnosis exists) and/or at least twelve (12) consecutive months of success within personal recovery.

M4: Virginia CPRS or other certification approved by DBHDS.

M5: Registered Peer Recovery Specialist (RPRS) with the Board of Counseling.

M6: Valid Driver’s License with a point balance of -6 or higher.

 

Preferred:

P1:   Three (3) year position related lived experience as a consumer of mental health and/or substance abuse services.

 

Fingerprints, State and FBI criminal record reports, drug test, and central registry report will be required upon selection. Our Agency maintains a drug-free workplace.

 

Annual Salary Range

Grade S-C4

$41,195.00 - $46,344.00

$2,500 Sign on Bonus

Excellent fringe benefits

 

EOE Statement

Greater Reach Community Services Board provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Job Tags

Full time, Local area, Relocation package,

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