Certified Peer Specialist

Hirebridge; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

JEVS Human Services in Philadelphia is seeking a Certified Peer Specialist to empower individuals toward recovery and personal goals.

The CPS will work with clients and groups, deliver education and activities, encourage self-advocacy, and promote a peer-support culture within the program; presentations about the CPS role to agency members and families will also be part of the role.

Qualifications

• Certified Peer Specialist certification required.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with individuals and groups to build action plans toward recovery goals.
• Provide activities, education, and skills to support recovery progress.
• Promote self-advocacy and peer support within the program; present CPS role to stakeholders.

Job description

JEVS Human Services is seeking a Certified Peer Specialist.

The Certified Peer Specialist empowers and motivates people to work toward recovery - feeling the way they want to feel, making their lives the way they want them to be, developing goals, achieving and keeping those goals, and moving toward meeting life goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with individuals and groups to have an action plan to achieve recovery goals; provide activities, education, and skill teachingthat help recovery and progress toward goals

• Promote participants' self-advocacy skills

• Promoting a peer support culture within the program. Give presentations on the role of the CPS to agency members, community resource liaison and family members.