Peer Specialist/Enrollment Navigator Adult Outpatient

Employment Type: Part time Shift: Description: POSITION PURPOSE: Responsible for welcoming individuals who are interested in receiving care from any Pittsburgh Mercy family of services. Will utilize shared lived experienced to assist those in need of identifying their needs and ensuring the person's voice and choice are communicated. Assist in engagement, awareness, support, and community integration skills. Will work on identifying and removing barriers to access the treatment systems and providing screening to coordinate their care needs to get an individual immediate access to crisis services, treatment services or linking them with already established or needed to be established resources. Enrollment Navigators utilize Wellness Coaching techniques and Shared Decision-Making model techniques to achieve meeting the needs of those served. WHAT YOU WILL DO: Promotes the language of recovery, empowerment, and choice. Provides Supportive intervention as needed. Maintenance of day-to-day operations, including tracking, monitoring, and rooming individuals for screening and assessment. Attend and participate in internal and external committees, meetings, task forces, work groups, etc., as requested and required. Other duties as assigned. MINIMUM QUALILFICATIONS: High School Diploma/Equivalency 1 year of related or personal mental health experience. Computer skills are preferred. Pre-Employment Drug Screen Clearances: Acts 33/34/114 Access to transportation Lived experiences or familiarity with mental health and/or drug and alcohol difficulties is preferred. POSITION HIGHLIGHTS AND BENEFITS: Work Schedule: Primarily Monday through Friday, 3-4 days per week, primarily daytime with one evening, with flexibility of further possible evenings depending on population needs Comprehensive Benefit Package starts Day 1 of employment: 403B with employer match; Paid Time Off (PTO); Medical, Dental, Vision; Life Insurance; Paid Holiday Days; plus more ABOUT PITTSBURGH MERCY We're a health and human services organization serving the community using person-centered care to treat our area's most vulnerable populations. We work with those we serve and their families to provide care that strives for a welcoming and safe environment for them, and view them as equal partners when planning, developing, and monitoring care. Our mission is to be a compassionate, transforming presence within our communities. We reach out to offer help - and hope - to people who are experiencing: mental health and substance use disorders; physical health needs; intellectual disabilities; traumatic events or circumstances, including homelessness. Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic healthcare systems in the nation. Built on the foundation of our Mission and Core Values, we integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. Our colleagues have different lived experiences, customs, abilities, and talents. Together, we become our best selves. A diverse and inclusive workforce provides the most accessible and equitable care for those we serve. Trinity Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law.