- Partner with us in making a positive change!
- Join a team where your work truly matters.
- We're proud to have been certified as a Great Place to Work for 8 years by our own employees.
- We invite you to partner with us in our mission to improve mental healthcare.
- Job Title: Peer Support Counselor - PM Shift Division/Program: San Bernardino: TAY Crisis Residential Treatment Starting Compensation: 19.00 - 21.00 USD Per Hour Working Location: San Bernardino, CA Working Hours/Shift: 8 Hour Shift: 2:00 PM - 10:30 PM Why Join Our Team?
- Competitive Compensation: Offering a salary that matches your skills and experience.
- Generous Time Off: Enjoy ample vacation and holiday pay.
- Comprehensive Benefits Package: Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Additional voluntary benefits to support your lifestyle.
- Professional Growth Opportunities: On-the-job training with access to paid CEU opportunities.
- Career development programs designed to help you grow.
- Supervision for BBS hours for AMFT, ACSW, and APCC professionals (where applicable).
- Employee Recognition & Rewards: A culture that celebrates and rewards your hard work and dedication What you bring to SBHG: · High School diploma or equivalent (e.g.
- GED, HiSET, etc.) required · Personal experience as a consumer in the child welfare, probation, or mental health systems · One (1) year of full-time experience performing non-professional, consumer directed services · Mental health, health care, or other social services agency / organization serving people with disabilities preferred · Peer Support Specialist Certification: successful completion of the certification process within one year of employment (preferred). · Valid California Driver's License · First Aid certification from persons qualified by agencies including but not limited to the American Red Cross.
- How you will make a difference: The position has primary responsibility for using their lived experience and knowledge of the system to provide outreach and engagement, support, advocacy, and direct services to program clients of all age ranges.
- Peer Support Counselors are people who have lived experience in the mental health, judicial, and/or social service systems in some capacity.
- They serve as role models, companions, educators and advocates to our clients.
- The Peer Support Counselors will support clients in moving toward recovery, creating a meaningful role in their life, which is separate from their illness.
- Division/Program Overview: The TAY Crisis Residential Treatment (CRT) facility is a short-term voluntary residential facility.
- Designed to help Transitional Age Youth (TAY), ages 18-25, who experience a psychiatric crisis to safely stabilize, recover, and transition back to community.
- Services include: · 24/7 program · Therapeutic and mental health services · Rehabilitation and recovery services (including substance use rehabilitation) · Pre-vocational or vocational counseling · Medication evaluation and support services · Daily exercise and health/wellness education · Crisis intervention.
- Learn more about SBHG at: https://www.starsinc.com/stars-inc/ For
Additional Information
mlawrence@starsinc.com We are committed to providing a career-enhancing environment for dedicated professionals desiring to improve the lives of people living with mental health and other challenges to their well-being. SBHG currently employs approximately 1,900 people at more than 45 different sites throughout California. We serve more than 30,000 adults, children, youth and families annually throughout the state. We strongly value and are committed to having a truly diverse workforce and environment- including LGBTQ, cultural, racial, and ethnic diversity in our workforce.
