ACCS Lead Peer Specialist

Vinfen; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 53,000; Part time

Job summary

Vinfen seeks an ACCS Lead Peer Specialist to provide leadership and support to individuals in psychiatric rehabilitation. This role involves engaging Persons Served through personal experience, facilitating their recovery journey, and coordinating with team members to ensure effective service integration. With a commitment to employee growth and a comprehensive benefits package, Vinfen fosters a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Fully funded retirement plan

Medical, Dental and Vision plans

Paid time off (15 days Vacation, 11 Holidays)

Educational Assistance and Remission Programs

$500 Employee Referral Bonus

Qualifications

• Experience in recovery and peer support.
• Ability to build trust and rapport with individuals.
• Strong communication and advocacy skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct intake processes and engage individuals in services.
• Provide support during life transitions and service changes.
• Offer leadership and advocacy as a peer specialist.

Skills

Advocacy

Peer Support

Interpersonal Skills

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Schedule: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm

Salary: $52,880 / year

The ACCS Lead Peer Specialist provides leadership to team members with lived experience in order to promote the functioning and full integration of adults receiving psychiatric rehabilitation services into their communities. As an ACCS Lead Peer Specialist you ensure that each Persons Served will receive relevant and well suited services that they need by acting a liaison between team Peer Specialists and other clinical team members. In this role you will also provide leadership through new staff orientation, training and supervision to ensure that quality of services is maintained.

Responsibilities

In this role you will draw upon your own personal experiences with recovery in order to successfully build skills needed for independency. Responsibilities will include:

• Join with Team LPHA Clinicians to initiate and conduct intake process for all referred Persons Served. Focus on welcoming, orienting and engaging PS to support his/her understanding of services and support available. Build a trusting relationship to promote the PS interest and active involvement in ACCS. When needed, work with PS on readiness for goal setting using established protocols. Help person complete 8 Dimensions of Wellness Assessment and Power Statement at intake.
• Share personal experiences; provide support, education and advocacy to PS; especially at times of service and life transitions; for example being discharged from a hospital, detoxification unit or respite setting, moving to their own apartment, or when facing life stage challenges -- particularly for young adults and elders.
• Introduce and provide "warm hand off" for PS to other Team Peer Specialists for future work together.
• Maintain close contact with PS who struggle with initial or sustained engagement in ACCS.
• Provide support, education and advocacy to PS, especially at times of service and life transitions; for example being discharged from a hospital, detoxification unit or respite setting, moving to their own apartment, or when facing life stage challenges -- particularly for young adults and elders.
  
  

Why Vinfen? We are committed to you! We offer great training, great benefits, career growth and job security!

Our Comprehensive And Generous Benefits Package Includes

• A fully funded, employer-sponsored retirement plan that requires no employee contribution as well as an employee-funded 403(b) plan
• First-rate Medical, Dental and Vision plans that are open all employees scheduled to work 30 hours per week or more. Plus, we offer a generous employer contribution toward the cost of medical insurance!
• Employer-paid Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment and Long-Term Disability Insurance (no cost to you!)
• Employer-paid Short-Term Disability Insurance along with the option to purchase additional, voluntary, Short-Term disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Reimbursement Accounts (Health and Dependent care)
• Voluntary Term, Whole Life, Accident and Critical Care Insurance
• Generous paid time off (Employees scheduled to work 20 hours or more per week):
• 15 days of Vacation per year
• 11 Paid Holidays
• 10 Sick Days per year
• 3 Personal Days per year
• Educational Assistance and Remission Programs
• $500 Employee Referral Bonus with no annual cap!
• Other generous benefits including discounted YMCA memberships, access to discounted movie tickets and more!
  

Founded in 1977, for over 40 years Vinfen has been a leading nonprofit human services organization that "transforms lives" by building the capacity of individuals, families, organizations and communities to learn, thrive and achieve their goals. Vinfen supports thousands of adolescents and adults with psychiatric, developmental and behavioral disabilities at more than 200 sites with 2,800 employees in eastern Massachusetts and Connecticut. www.vinfen.org/careers

My Job. My Community. My Vinfen

Vinfen is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Keywords: Peer Specialist, PeerSpecialist, CPS, advocacy, PeerSupport, VinfenPS

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  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

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