Why Work For Us?
Columbia Wellness is proud to be a company of real people
committed to quality. We are focused on building a better future in mental
health and behavioral healthcare. We have established a strong referral base in
the community, and we are invested in our clinical growth. We offer generous
training opportunities, free supervision, and a large spectrum of programs in
which you can work. Columbia Wellness is located in-between two major cities,
Seattle and Portland. By working with us you get the best of both small town
and big city life. You're close to the beach, the mountains, the quiet and the
city life. If you're looking for a place to call home and build a career, join
our team at Columbia Wellness. If you want to make a
difference that matters, then we want to hear from you. Together we can do
more.
Position Overview
Under the supervision of the Program
Director, the Mobile Crisis Peer Counselor provides peer support services;
serves as a consumer advocate; provides consumer information for consumers
experiencing mental health crisis in a variety of settings. The Peer Counselor performs a wide range of
tasks to support consumers in crisis to identify, learn and use skills and
resources to build resilience and improve their ability to manage difficult
situations. Crisis Peer Counselor will
model competency in recovery and wellness, assisting consumers to live their
own lives through sharing of the Peer Counselor's lived experience in crisis
and recovery.
Summary of the Essential Duties and
Responsibilities
The Peer Counselor will:
- Model effective
coping techniques and self-help strategies to assist clients in crisis to use
skills to self-regulate.
- When clinically
appropriate, share lived experience to normalize and validate clients'
experience.
- Link individuals to other professional community resources and natural
supports, including educational, vocational, social, spiritual, and
recreational resources.
- Support consumers in
articulating personal goals for recovery and wellness.
- Support consumers in
articulating the objectives necessary to reach his or her recovery and wellness
goals.
- Lead recovery
dialogues, and utilize and teach problem solving techniques with individuals
- Assist consumers in
identifying strengths, setting objectives, and in identifying barriers.
- Recognize and report progress
consumers make toward meeting objectives.
- Understand and
utilize specific interventions necessary to support consumers in meeting their
recovery and wellness goals.
- Teach consumers
techniques for identifying and combatting negative self-talk, and
- Teach consumers
techniques for identifying and overcoming fears.
- Support consumers in
building social skills in the community that will provide a support network.
- Support non-consumer
staff in identifying program environments that are conducive to recovery; lend
their unique insight into mental illness and what makes recovery possible, and
- Attend treatment team
meetings to promote consumer's use of self-directed recovery tools.
- Teach and model the
value of every individual's recovery experience,
- Develop and share
recovery-oriented material with other Peer Counselors, and
- Attend relevant
continuing education, such as seminars, meetings, and in-service trainings.
- Provide and advocate
for effective recovery-based services.
- Support consumers in
obtaining services that suit that individual's recovery needs.
- Inform consumers
about community and natural supports and how to utilize these in the recovery
process.
- Support consumers in
developing empowerment skills through self-advocacy and the use of shared
personal experience to combat stigma.
- Refer individuals
with substance use disorders to SUD treatment.
- Refer individuals
with medical disorders to primary care.
- Provide skills training, including illness
management, socialization, time management, parenting skills, independent
living, budgeting, and other skills necessary to enhance self-sufficiency
as possible within the context of a short-term treatment program.
- Complete all documentation, reporting, and other paperwork according to
agency standards.
- Effectively use
technology and software including but not limited to: computers, phones, email,
EMR, etc.
- Be helpful,
respectful, approachable and team-oriented.
- Manage time
effectively, including but not limited to: planning ahead where possible and
being punctual in person and with work performed.
- Work efficiently both
independently and as part of a team.
- Build strong working
relationships and a positive work environment.
- Be receptive to feedback,
willing to learn, and willing to embrace continuous improvement.
- Attend all
appropriate staff, organizational, and external meetings as assigned.
- Representation to the
public as assigned by supervisor.
- Assist in other programs
when assigned by supervisor.
- Other duties as
assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- HS Diploma or
equivalent is required.
- Received and must
maintain Certification Peer Counselor.
- Registration in
Washington State is required (upon hire).
- Must have a valid
Oregon or Washington driver's license and must clear a multi-state criminal
background check. Hiring shall be contingent on a clean driving record per
driving abstract submitted by employee.
- Agency Affiliated
Registration in Washington State is required, licensure preferred.
- State of
Washington mental health specialty in child, disability (developmental
disability/serious physical handicap or sensory impairment), and/or older adult
populations preferred.
Salary:
$18.38
We are proud to be able to not only offer competitive compensations but also a benefit package that our employees love.
We offer all permanent full-time employees:
- Medical, Dental and Vision paid in full for employees and children beginning the 1st of the month following 30 days of full-time employment. Spousal/Significant other coverage at a nominal cost to employee of just $46.95 per month.
- Long term disability and life insurance paid for by the employer
- 5% of gross pay put into a retirement plan by the employer. Immediately vested, no match requirement.
- 11 paid holidays
- 26 days of Paid Time Off per year
- Revenue Share Opportunities
Columbia Wellness is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Visit our website: www.columbiawell.org to learn more about our organization.
Columbia Wellness is a private nonprofit organization that has been serving the community for over 70 years!