Community Services Associate B/Peer Recovery Specialist, IST
Website Region Ten Community Services Board
Requisition Number: 56000041
CLASSIFICATION TITLE: Community Services Associate III/Peer Recovery Specialist, IST – Charlottesville (FULL TIME)
GENERAL STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES
This is a FLSA non-exempt position. The incumbent serves as a Peer Recovery Support Specialist/CSA III for the Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACT) and is responsible for an array of direct supportive services to persons with serious mental illnesses living in apartments or other housing arrangements. Services will include promoting recovery, wellness, self-advocacy, development of natural supports, self-awareness and values, and the maintenance of community living skills with an overall goal of assisting consumers to remain psychiatrically stable. The incumbent utilizes his/her experiences as a peer support to engage, motivate, and support ACT consumers.
QUALIFICATIONS:
To ensure the safe and efficient operation of the program, a valid Virginia Driver’s License plus an acceptable driving record as issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles are required. For business use of a personal car, a certificate of valid personal automobile insurance must be provided. Staff shall be a certified peer recovery specialist (CPRS), or shall become certified within the first year of employment. Must be able to perform CPR/First Aid intervention. The Peer/Community Services Associate III must have life experience with services for mental illnesses
POSITION LOCATION: ACT Offices
800 Preston Avenue
Charlottesville, VA 22903
PAYGRADE: Grade 8 Starting pay $19.11 per hour
Grade 9: Starting pay $21.02 per hour
SCHEDULE: 8:30-5 M-F, possibly rotating evening & weekend shifts
8:30-5 M-F, possibly rotating evening & weekend shifts
Region Ten is where people go for help with mental health, substance use and/or developmental disabilities. Those who qualify for Medicaid, have insurance, and those with no payment source receive services designed to help them achieve their individual goals and recovery. Region Ten has more than 35 different programs to aid and support all ages from babies with developmental delays, teens who have experienced trauma, adults with a serious mental illness, and those struggling to maintain a drug-free life. Region Ten provides a variety of outpatient, intensive outpatient, day support and residential programs with 24/7 crisis support. The agency’s mission is Working Together to Enrich Our Community One Life at a Time.
To apply for this job please visit regionten.munisselfservice.com.