Deflection Peer Navigator - Umatilla County

Deflection Peer Navigator

Community Counseling Solutions provides a team-based Servant Leadership environment! Located in Eastern Oregon with year-round recreation based near the Columbia River and at the base of the Blue Mountains. Big city amenities in rural family-oriented communities.

Our mission is to provide dynamic, progressive, and diverse supports to improve the well-being of our communities and we're looking for motivated employees to help us continue our vision!

CCS has a benefit package including, but not limited to:

• Health, dental and vision insurance
• 6% initial 401K match
• Potential for tuition reimbursement
• Paid vacation tiers ranging from accrual of 1 day to 4 days per month (Annual rollover cap of 220 hours, additional hours can be paid out at 50% at the end of the fiscal year)
• 9 Paid holidays, Community service day
• Floating holiday & 2 mental health days provided after 1 year introduction
• Workplace Flexibility schedule options available (work from home hours vary by position & schedule)
• Employee Assistance, Wellness Benefits, Dependent Care & Long-Term Disability Insurance

The Recovery Navigator Program provides peer support services to adults who intersect with law enforcement related to simple drug possession and/or have frequent contact with the criminal legal system because of unmet behavioral healthcare needs. The role of the Peer Navigator is to meet potential participants in the field and discuss the opportunities to engage in recovery through this program. This may or may not involve a handoff from local law enforcement.

The Peer Navigator will provide trauma-informed peer support leveraging motivational interviewing skills to assist individuals in determining what their intrinsic needs are related to addiction recovery, provide resource connections when appropriate, and offer participant hand-off to a Recovery Navigator for long term peer support services.

Supervision Received

This position is supervised by the Certified Recovery Mentor/Deflection Supervisor

Supervision Exercised

This position does not have supervisory responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Work predominantly in the field as the first contact with potential participants.
• Provide in-the-field resources and referrals and limited peer coaching support.
• Ensure participants are aware of program resources and services available to them and how participation in this program could potentially impact their involvement in the justice system.
• Support de-escalation and stabilization of participants when necessary and establish appropriate relationships with crisis services.
• Provide information on a timely basis and in a usable form to others who need to act on it.
• Provide screening and intake services as needed for those who desire to be enrolled in services at Community Counseling Solutions (CCS).
• Provide participants with warm handoffs to outpatient behavioral health treatment and other community supports.
• Understand and utilize best practices with progressive engagement, trauma informed care, motivational interviewing, and other necessary skills suited to engaging potential program participants.
• Maintain clear communication with law enforcement and partner agencies.
• Attend all ongoing training programs offered to enhance the effectiveness of the role.
• Follow up with program participants in the community when there is an indication of disengagement.
• Maintain regular contact with encountered individuals as needed.
• Maintain daily documentation on outreach services to specific individuals. If enrolled in CCS services, documentation will entered into the Electronic Health Record. If not enrolled, documentation will be entered each work day into an excel spreadsheet.
• Develop relationships with community partners.
• Respond to all phone calls and emails within 1 business day.
• Act as a representative on behalf of CCS as needed with regards to community collaborations and events as assigned by the Supervisor. This includes reporting back to the Supervisor with updates and for direction on how to proceed with involvement.
• Maintain clear communication with staff. This includes keeping the Supervisor updated on weekly schedules and copied on all important communication.
• Attend on-going training programs offered to enhance effectiveness of role.
• Maintain referral intake data collection and assure timely follow-up with referred individuals.
• Knowledge of or ability to develop an extensive network of community organizations, resources, and referral partners.
• Schedule and facilitate support groups based on identified needs and encourage individuals in receiving training.
• Documents and updates enrolled client's progress in progress notes.
• Works with team members to discuss client progress and outlook
• Contacts client's relatives to arrange family conferences if necessary.
• Completes all paperwork in a way that is professional, clinically sound and timely as prescribed by the OAR's and other pertinent guidelines.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Qualifications

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