Company Description : NAMI San Diego & Imperial Counties (National Alliance on Mental Illness) is a nonprofit organization that provides free education, support services, and advocacy to improve the quality of life of everyone affected by mental illnesses.
Primary Responsibilities / Function : IN OUR OWN VOICE (IOOV) is a powerful public speaking program focused on spreading the message of recovery with living examples.
The program features two presenters and a DVD of others who all live with mental illnesses, and provides hope and breaks down stigma for both the audience and the presenters.
Trained speakers take the audience on a personal journey through the five stages of recovery, illustrating how recovery is not a singular event, but a multi-dimensional journey.
Topics covered include : dark days, acceptance, treatment, coping skills, and successes, hopes and dreams.
Duties and Responsibilities :
- Interface with individuals with severe mental illness (and their families as well as the public) in a variety of clinical and social settings, including group homes, hospitals, schools, businesses, churches, and other settings.
- Must be able to speak comfortably and present in a public setting, promoting a culture of recovery through sharing personal stories, information and encouragement towards family support, illness management, and advocacy and stigma reduction.
- Document all presentations correctly on forms and collect presentation surveys and / or evaluations and submit in a timely manner.
- The position requires one to be grounded in their personal recovery, have the ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality, and have transportation to meet the variety of presentation requests.
- Successful candidates will be required to complete IOOV Presenters Training
- Other duties as assigned.
Accountability : Reports to Program Manager.
Physical Demands : The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with qualified disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Prolonged periods of standing and walking.
- Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.
Minimum Requirements, including linguistic and cultural skills, education, experiences, licenses and certifications :
- Minimum high school diploma.
- Self-identified as a peer
- Grounded in their personal recovery.
- Knowledge of San Diego County's behavioral health and social services.
- Available to be flexible and work weekdays as well as evenings, weekends and holidays as required by contract.
- Must have a satisfactory driving record.
- Able to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing.
- Basic knowledge of computer software (Microsoft Office, Word, Excel) and web navigation.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Reliable and consistent attendance.
- Added plus : Bilingual and bicultural in Spanish, Arabic, Vietnamese, or Tagalog or other Asian language.
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