What you bring to SBHG :  

Education & Experience 

• High School diploma or equivalent (e.g. GED, HiSET, etc.) required 

• Personal experience as a consumer in the child welfare, probation, or mental health systems. 

License or Certification 

• Peer Support Specialist Certification: successful completion of the certification process within one year of employment preferred. 

• Valid California Driver's License 

How you will make a difference: 

The position has primary responsibility for using their lived experience and knowledge of the system to provide outreach and engagement, support, advocacy, and direct services to program clients of all age ranges. Peer Support Counselors are people who have lived experience in the mental health, judicial, and/or social service systems in some capacity. They serve as role models, companions, educators, and advocates to our clients. The Peer Support Counselors will support clients in moving toward recovery, creating a meaningful role in their life, which is separate from their illness. 

Division/Program Overview:  

• Community-Based and Family Centered programs. 

• TEAMMATES offers Wraparound, Intensive Field Capable Clinical Services (IFCCS) and IFCCS Outreach Triage Team and Child Outreach Triage Team and EPI services that cover a full range of treatment and support. 

• 24 hours of referral receipt, and services are delivered countywide by the same team 

• 24-hour Crisis Intervention 

• SED Children and Adolescent driven program.  

• Client and Family driven program with mutually agreed by service provider and family.  

• Contract with DMH and Child Protected Services and Probation.