Certified Recovery Mentor, Nurture Oregon Program

Certified Recovery Mentor | Peer Support Specialist

Bilingual Individuals Encouraged to Apply!

The Organization: Oregon Washington health Network (OWhN) is a growing non-profit agency based in Pendleton, Oregon, with services in Hermiston and Milton Freewater. It is our mission to integrate physical, mental, behavioral and public health services to improve health outcomes and health equity focusing on access, quality, and cost effectiveness.

It is the vision of the 10-member organizations of the Network that the citizens of Umatilla, Union, Morrow & Walla Walla counties be the healthiest in our two state region.

The Position: We are currently looking to fill a full-time Certified Recovery Mentor (CRM) position to help provide services in our Nurture Oregon program, based out of Pendleton, with support in Hermiston, and Milton Freewater. The funding for this position offers mentoring support to individuals as someone who has similar life experiences and acts as a role model of a person in recovery. The CRM draws on their own personal lived experiences to motivate and assist identified clients to act on their own behalf and to support their own self-directed recovery path. Work within a multi-disciplinary team, in accordance with each client’s individualized treatment plan, to assist individuals in accessing resources, addressing barriers related to their substance use and/or mental health, developing perspective and skills that promote recovery. This work occurs both in the office and a variety of community settings to include home settings, emergency departments and jails. OWhN aims to provide low-barrier entry for all individuals and families that need assistance with behavioral health, whatever those circumstances are, to support recovery on the full continuum: harm reduction to abstinence. The pay range we’re offering will be dependent on the experience and education/training of the successful candidate.

More on this role specific to the Nurture Oregon program:

This position provides vital connection, engagement, and support to the enrolled mother. They provide strength-based supports to those with addictions and those in recovery from substance use disorder. The position offers outreach to clients to engage them in services, checks on them throughout their journeys, and engages with them for peer supportive services based on their lived experience and education around recovery and child care. Due to the nature of this program, consideration for this position is that the CRM is culturally specific to the lived experience of also having used while pregnant. We support that this helps the mother in this situation feel the most comfortable and likely to engage with services if they have someone they know has been through the same thing. This position should also be well versed with American Society of Addiction Medicine assessments and while they themselves would not necessarily be the one to treatment plan the individual, they should also be knowledgeable of what an appropriate treatment plan looks like, so they can work with the client and the clients' clinician (the CADC, LCSW, or MSW) as needs assessments change. The peer should meet the requirements of, and pass, the test to obtain the Certified Recovery Mentor certificate as approved by the Mental Health and Addiction Certification Board of Oregon.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Certification as a Certified Recovery Mentor (CRM) or the ability to attain certification within six months of hire.
• Lived experience with DHS, justice system, etc., - preferred
• Experience with computers, software and office equipment; Microsoft Office, printers, scanners, telephones, etc.
• Demonstrated communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Maintains documentation in accordance with established program procedures to maintain compliance with all legal and professional requirements in 72 hours.
• Experience with electronic health records, preferred
• Mentors are required to comply with Oregon Administrative Rules, OWhN Policy and Procedures, HIPAA, 42 CFR, Part 2 Federal Confidentiality Statues and MHACBO certification and ethical standards.
• Meet regularly with Outpatient Supervisor to review job activities, expectations, client progress and concerns.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license and maintain insurance requirements to operate agency vehicles.
• Must pass a reference, criminal background and DMV check.
• Must pass a pre-employment drug and alcohol screening test.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Engage clients who present to emergency departments, physician offices, jail or any environment where clients or potential clients may present
• Enters referral information into Electronic Health Records (EHR) system
• Outreach to mother within 24-48 hours of receiving referral and introduce self and the program
• Complete initial paperwork
• Schedule intake appointment in EHR for clinician and notify both clinician and birth doula
• Remain in contact with mother via phone call or face-to-face visit once a week (daily interaction for high-risk mothers)
• Advocate, accompany, and/or facilitate transportation of mother to other appointments such as court, groups, recovery meetings, and other recovery-related activities
• Assist mother with linking to community and social service programs, such as SNAP, WIC, TANF, housing benefits, or other financial forms
• Consult with Nurture Oregon program colleagues to staff any mothers needing additional support or outreach
• Documents all outreach, contact attempts with mother, and supportive service providers in EHR
• Provides ongoing support despite the level of engagement by the mother
• Properly document encounters and service activities as per the appropriate CPT codes within 72 hours of time of service into EHR, as well as relevant documentation recorded on client spreadsheet used for external reporting
• Model acceptable, prosocial behavior for clients
• Keeping healthy boundaries and form appropriate paraprofessional relationships with clients without countertransference to client
• Act as a community resource, assisting in connecting individuals and families to local groups and organizations where, through participation, they will develop natural supports that will sustain them in the future
• Facilitate classes and groups as assigned
• May be asked to assist with daily tasks and operations of upkeeping drop-in peer center, including but not limited to, peer support for individuals dropping in, assistance with basic upkeep and maintenance of facilities when needed/if short staffed
• Attend program-required meetings, and intra-agency meetings, as required

Must be willing to travel between site locations as needed (Milton Freewater, Hermiston). Mileage reimbursed.

*The above statements are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $18.50 - $22 per hour

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $18.50 - $22.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Application Question(s):

• Does applicant possess a certificate as a recovery mentor, as per MHACBO guidelines? if not, would applicant be able to obtain within 6 months of hire?

Ability to Relocate:

• Pendleton, OR: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $19 - $22