Peer Navigator

📍 Location: Modesto, California
📅 Schedule: Full-Time | Non-Exempt 
💼 Department: Behavioral Health
💰 Pay Range: $22.66-$23.16 per hour🎉 Hiring Bonus: $500 Bonus
(Paid 50% at 1 month and 50% at 6 months)

The pay range for this position is $22.66- $23.16  per hour for employees hired in the Central Valley, CA. The pay range provided in this job posting represents the typical range or starting rate of candidates hired within the Central Valley region. Candidates hired in Southern California or Bay Area locations may have higher starting salaries due to cost of living and market data differences. Factors that may be used to determine your actual starting salary may include your education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, the market data for your work location, and internal comparison to other employees who hold a similar role. 

✨ Make a Meaningful Impact

Aspiranet, one of California’s leading nonprofit organizations supporting children, youth, and families, is seeking a compassionate Support Counselor to work as part of the TBS program under the Behavioral Health Division.

If you’re passionate about supporting the emotional well-being of young people and thrive in a collaborative, mission-driven environment, we invite you to join our team and make a lasting impact.

❤️ About Aspiranet

Founded in 1975, Aspiranet is a mission-driven organization dedicated to helping families thrive. We provide a continuum of care across California through six service divisions: Foster and Adoption, Transitional Aged Youth, Residential, Intensive Home-Based Services, Behavioral Health, and Family and Community. Every role at Aspiranet contributes to something greater: building a future where every child is loved, every family supported, and every individual equipped to succeed.

📝️ Position Summary

As a Peer Navigator in Modesto, California, you will be assisting clients and their families in gaining access to primary preventative and specialty health care services. You will be providing specific assistance with medication management, housing, counseling, support and advocacy. Additionally, responsible for engaging, educating, and offering support to individuals and their family in order to successfully connect them to culturally relevant health services including prevention, diagnosis, timely treatment, recovery management, and follow-up. 

🔍 Key Responsibilities

Client Care 

• Provides emotional support to alleviate fears of and barriers to accessing quality health care.
• Assists assigned clients to identify and progress toward achievement of their chosen goals.
• Motivate and educate individuals/families/caregivers about the importance of preventative services, medical conditions and recovery strategies.
• Advocates for clients in all areas of treatment and helps them apply for and receive services.
• Empowers clients in meeting their goals.
• Provides face-to-face contact with each client assigned.
• Advocates for and assists clients and their families in accessing and receiving mental health treatment, medical care, housing, food and clothing as indicated.
• Develops individual service plans for each client with their input whenever possible.
• Meets regularly with clients at Aspiranet sites, jobsites, homes, board and care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, psychiatric facilities and other appropriate sites.
• Arranges for or transports clients to and from medical appointments.
• Provides prompt intervention in the event of a crisis both to stop the crisis and to notify, when indicated, persons and agencies necessary for the resolution of the crisis situation.
• Completes paperwork as assigned in a timely manner. 

✅ Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in a social service/mental health related field and two years’ experience in that field
• Knowledge of psycho-social rehabilitation’s treatment and programming.
• Ability to work and communicate with staff, clients, families, community agencies and professionals.
• Ability to perform crisis intervention strategies.
• Ability to work effectively under stress and conflict.
• Ability to exercise appropriate judgment and decision-making.
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable in any given situation.
• Ability to work as a member of a team.
• Ability to work under time deadlines and pressures.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.

• Meets all state-required employment conditions, including:
• DOJ fingerprint and Child Abuse Index clearance
• TB/Health physical
• Valid CA Driver’s License, acceptable driving record, and proof of insurance

Preferred

• Bi-lingual in County Threshold language(s).
• “Lived” experience is a plus

💻 Work Environment & Schedule

• Field Based position that requires traveling to client's home or community setting 
• Schedule is Monday-Friday Day Shift, with flexibility to work some evenings

❤️ Why Aspiranet?

• Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits package, and a 403(b) retirement plan with employer matching.
• Access to the free Aspiranet Employee Perks Program. Enjoy exclusive discounts on entertainment, travel, wellness, pet care, gym memberships, theme parks, and more
• Flexible paid time off including 11 paid holidays, 10 vacation days, 10 sick leave days, two diversity days, and paid birthday time off.
• Access to our employee assistance program including 24/7 crisis line; up to 6 counseling sessions per issue.
• Training opportunities are available to support your ongoing development and career aspirations.
• Collaborate in a supportive, inclusive, and mission-aligned culture.
• Opportunity to lead meaningful initiatives that support employee wellbeing.

🏋️Physical Demands

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

This position typically operates in a standard office environment. The noise level is generally quiet and remains within OSHA’s established safety levels at all times.

⚖️ Equal Employment Opportunity

Aspiranet is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of diversity. We believe a diverse workforce within a culture of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) increases creativity, innovation, problem-solving, and teamwork for the youth and families that we serve and the organization as a whole.  Aspiranet strives to provide our employees with a workplace that is welcoming, inclusive of differing world views, cultures, and lived experiences.

📝  How to Apply

Join us in building brighter futures.

Apply today through our career portal:

✨ Click here to apply: www.aspiranet.org/careers

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