Peer Advocate - Oaks Integrated Care : Job Details

Join our team today and immerse yourself in a rewarding career for years to come!

Assist adults who need immediate help with symptoms of mental illness in an Emergency Room Alternative program that strives to assist individuals with building and reinforcing coping skills and support networks. This program emphasizes wellness and recovery principals to not only assist individuals through their current crisis but future challenges as well.

Responsibilities:

* Initiate documentation for new urgent care mental health consumers

* Welcome clients and orient them to urgent care mental health

* Escort clients to community based appointments

Benefits:

* Competitive salary

* Opportunity for personal and career growth

* Supplemental income

* Team oriented environment - we practice the FISH! Philosophy

Qualifications:

* Possess experience as a consumer of mental health service. In addition, applicant can demonstrate volunteer or paid experience working with individuals with serious mental illnesses;

* Bachelor's

(BA/BS) degree in related field in addition to experience as a consumer of mental health services preferred

All positions require a valid driver's license in good standing, and pre-employment drug screening. Oaks Integrated Care considers applicants for all positions without regard to: race; color; religion; sex; national origin; age; sexual orientation; marital or veteran status; the presence of a medical condition, genetic information or handicap, unrelated to performing the tasks of the job; or any other legally protected status.