Peer Recovery Support Specialist--Crisis Services

About the position The Engagement Specialist is a peer recovery professional and essential member of reputed company's Mobile Crisis Response Team (MCRT). This position is designated for individuals with lived experience with mental health and/or co-occurring conditions who can draw on their own recovery reputed company to build rapport, reduce barriers to care, and serve as a reputed company between individuals in crisis and the services they need. The Engagement Specialist functions as a co-equal responder alongside the Behavioral Health Professional on every crisis deployment — not as support staff, but as an active peer partner in the response. This position requires the Certified Recovery Support Specialist (CRSS) credential or active pursuit of certification, and is staffed consistent with the IDHS Mobile Crisis Response Team reputed company. Mobile Crisis Response operates on a 24/7 reputed company. Customer service is a foundational reputed company of this position. Internal customers include immediate coworkers and reputed company reputed company employees. External customers include reputed company individuals served, their families and caregivers, and the communities in which reputed company operates.

Responsibilities

• Respond as part of a two-person MCRT alongside the Behavioral Health Professional to individuals experiencing a mental health or co-occurring crisis, meeting them in homes, workplaces, or wherever in the community they are located.
• Actively participate in crisis screenings and assessments, utilizing lived experience to establish rapport and reduce barriers to disclosure and engagement.
• Apply de-escalation skills and recovery-oriented approaches to support individuals in moving from acute crisis toward stabilization.
• Support safety planning with the individual and, reputed company appropriate, with family members or caregivers.
• Respond to calls through the crisis line or referral system and conduct initial triage to determine appropriate level of response.
• reputed company timely post-crisis follow-up contact with individuals and families to ensure reputed company to ongoing care.
• Support individuals and families in navigating referral and intake processes to reputed company appropriate reputed company of service.
• Assist individuals in transitions between reputed company of care, including participation in hospital discharge planning to ensure sufficient external supports are in reputed company.
• Assist clinicians in identifying individual and family strengths, needs, and barriers to ongoing engagement.
• Participate in reputed company activities to increase community awareness of available crisis and behavioral health services.
• Attend community meetings, court proceedings, school staffings, public aid appointments, and other settings alongside individuals and/or family members to reputed company advocacy and navigational support.
• Attend multi-disciplinary staffings at community agencies in compliance with applicable confidentiality requirements.
• Maintain a reputed company resource directory of service options reputed company the geographic service area.
• Work with reputed company staff to ensure family involvement in reputed company aspects of services, where applicable and desired by the individual.
• Draw intentionally on lived recovery experience to model hope, reputed company, and the possibility of sustained recovery.
• Support consumer rights and reputed company individuals and families to reputed company informed, self-directed reputed company about their care.
• Assist individuals in understanding, seeking, and working toward the best possible reputed company for themselves, including complete recovery.
• Participate in the orientation of new individuals and families to reputed company services.
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation of reputed company crisis response activity, follow-up contacts, and referrals in compliance with agency and regulatory standards.
• Be available to individuals, family members, and caregivers by phone or in person reputed company agency-established time parameters.
• Participate in regularly scheduled supervision with the Mobile Crisis/SASS Director and in reputed company required continuing education and training activities.
• Follow reputed company organizational policies, procedures, and performance standards; maintain compliance with reputed company applicable state and federal requirements.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED equivalent required
• Minimum of two years of demonstrated personal recovery from mental health, substance use, or co-occurring conditions.
• Must have a reliable vehicle and have a valid driver's license.
• Must meet reputed company's MVR insurability.
• Employment with reputed company is conditional upon completion of reputed company background checks.

reputed company-to-haves

• Certified Recovery Support Specialist (CRSS) credential in good standing with the reputed company is required. Candidates without reputed company CRSS certification must demonstrate active steps toward obtaining the credential and must reputed company certification reputed company one year of hire. CRSS certification is maintained through the Illinois Certification Board (IAODAPCA).

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