ACCS Lead Peer Specialist

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

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an ACCS Lead Peer Specialist to provide leadership and support to individuals receiving psychiatric rehabilitation services. This role emphasizes the importance of personal experience in recovery to foster independence and community integration. You will engage with team members and Persons Served, ensuring they receive tailored services while also offering education and advocacy during critical life transitions. Join a mission-driven organization committed to transforming lives and providing a comprehensive benefits package that includes generous paid time off, retirement plans, and educational assistance. Be part of a team that values your contributions and personal growth.

Benefits

Employer-sponsored retirement plan

Medical, Dental, and Vision plans

Employer-paid Life Insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Generous paid time off

Educational Assistance

$500 Employee Referral Bonus

Discounted YMCA memberships

Access to discounted movie tickets

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or Associate's degree required; experience may substitute.
• 1-3 years of peer support experience required.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and support to team members with lived experience.
• Conduct intake processes and build trusting relationships with Persons Served.

Skills

Peer Support

Advocacy

Communication

Empathy

Education

Bachelor's degree

Associate's degree

Tools

Operational vehicle

Job description

Description

Schedule: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm

Salary: $52,880 / year

Sign On Bonus: $2,000; $666 upon completion of 30 days, $666 upon completion of 6 months, $668 upon completion of 9 months

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 Person Served will receive relevant and well-suited services that they need by acting as 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 the quality of services is maintained.

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

• Join with Team LPHA Clinicians to initiate and conduct the 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 the person complete the 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 a "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.

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 to 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

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited school or Associate's degree required. In some cases, experience may be substituted for academic training.
• One to three years experience providing peer support to people with psychiatric disability and/or co-occurring disorders required.
• Experience as a recipient of services for people with psychiatric conditions preferred; must be well along in own personal recovery (self-knowledge and habits needed to support one's own health).
• Must become a Certified Peer Specialist within one year of hire.
• Access to an operational and insured vehicle and willingness to use it to transport PS preferred. Travel to PS homes, group living environments, supported independent environments, and community locations required.
• Job sharing of positions is acceptable and can be recommended for someone looking for part-time employment.
• Preference given to bilingual/bicultural applicants.
• All candidates for this position must be at least 21 years of age and be able to pass a CORI, driving record, reference, educational, and professional licensure check as well as a multi-state background check.
• All applicants must be able to become CPR, First Aid certified within 2 weeks of employment.