Position Summary:

The Peer Counselor supports clients by sharing their own lived experience with behavioral health recovery, demonstrates how to navigate systems and processes, encourages clients' engagement with treatments needed. Services may be provided in the community, at other healthcare agencies, in a client's home, or in a Catholic Charities clinic location, depending on need.

Work Schedule:
Option 1: Monday night (7pm-9am), Friday & Saturday swing (10am-12am)
Option 2: Saturday day (7am-9pm), Sunday night (7pm-9am), Tuesday day (7am-9pm)

Responsibilities:

• Provide referrals and resources to help clients access available services such as medical, mental health, vocational, educational, financial support, and all other needs supports as indicated
• Assist with transportation, psychosocial support, and activities of daily living
• Assist with linking to and accessing community resources for basic needs including housing, behavioral health resources, education, financial, vocational, and transportation as needed
• Provides continuity of care in support of established client/therapist relationships and best practices, coordinates care with providers internally and outside of the agency with a Release of Information.
• Completes appropriate documentation for services provided within required timeframes.
• Establishes and maintains working relationships with Catholic Charities staff, community resources, and other providers
• Coordinates consumer treatment with other providers, and initiates referrals to medical providers and other community resources when appropriate.
• Reports and documents all services in the Electronic Medical Record as well as other contractually required systems. Maintains contacts on Google spreadsheet
• Attend all required individual supervision, group supervision, all staff meetings, clinical training, and other trainings or community meetings as requested
• Performs other duties as assigned