Peer Support Staff

at  RWJBarnabas Health

Job Title: Peer Support Staff
Location: Clara Maass
Req#:0000146129
Status: Full-Time
Shift: 7A-3P
Department name: Emergency Screening

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• Bachelor s Degree
• 1 Year of experience in the mental health field

Preferred:

SCHEDULING REQUIREMENTS (NON-EXEMPT POSITIONS):

• 7A-3P
• Days Shift
• FT/PD

• The peer specialist’s primary role will be to engage and support those consumers identified as high utilizers of psychiatric screening services to decrease emergency room visits and inpatient hospitalizations.
• The Peer Specialist will be available to consumers both on-site at the designated screening center and off-site.
• The off-site work includes accompanying the certified mental health screeners on mobile outreaches into the community.
• The Peer Specialist will help to identify those individuals who would benefit from face-to-face follow-ups and then participating in those face-to-face follow-ups.
• Consumers discharged from PESS or those who remain in the community following a mobile outreach will receive a minimum of a follow-up call within 72 hours of discharge.
• The Peer Specialist will meet with high-risk consumers during the PESS visit when possible to begin building the relationship.