Peer Specialist

Samaritan Village, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 24,796 - 28,929; Full time

Job summary

Samaritan Village, Inc. is seeking a Peer Specialist to deliver community-based support with a rehabilitation and recovery focus. You will work as part of a team, providing face-to-face services in clients' homes or in community settings, guided by established service protocols.

You will use your lived experience to motivate clients, coordinate with other staff, help with entitlements, and support person-centered recovery plans to promote long-term wellness.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or HSE required.
• Certification as CRPA/CRPA-Provisional or NYCPS/NYCPS-Provisional or CARC/OASAS 30-Hour Training.
• At least two years of work or volunteer experience in a recovery-oriented setting.
• Knowledge of substance use disorder recovery process.
• Microsoft Office proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Provides in-person individualized support to individuals identified with a mental health diagnosis and/or substance use.
• Serves as a role model, mentor, and advocate to help prevent relapse and promote long-term recovery.
• Provides strength-based rehabilitative and recovery-oriented services individually and as part of a team.
• Establish a trusting relationship with the client based on mutuality and unconditional positive regard during outreach and meetings in the community and program settings.
• Assists client with developing and implementing a person-centered recovery plan aligned with the Plan of Care.
• Shares personal experiences to foster hope and recovery.
• Coordinates services through collaboration with staff, providers, and identified family/friends of clients.
• Assists client with entitlements and concrete services; works with client advocates via telephone/written correspondence

Skills

Recovery knowledge

Advocacy

Education

High School Diploma or High School Equivalency Diploma

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Overview

Peer Specialist

Non-profit staff can work anywhere…. The BEST work with us!

$18.65 per hour

A nationally recognized comprehensive Health and Human Services Agency, with over 60 programs across New York City and the greater New York Area.

Samaritan Daytop Village serves over 33,000 New Yorkers annually within your neighborhoods and communities, so our success depends on those we employ.

The Role

The Peer Specialist will work with the team to provide community-based support with a rehabilitation and recovery focus using shared lived experiences. In addition, the Peer Worker will work as a fully integrated team member providing individual face to face services in the client’s home or community as specified in the service protocols. This work is carried out in support of the mission and goals of Samaritan Daytop Village.

Responsibilities

What You Will Do

• Provides in-person individualized support to individuals who have been identified with a mental health diagnosis and/or substance use.
• Serves as a role model, mentor, and advocate to help prevent relapse and promote long-term recovery.
• Provides strength-based rehabilitative and recovery-oriented services individually and as part of a team.
• Establish a trusting relationship with the client based on mutuality and unconditional positive regard during outreach and meetings in the community and various program settings.
• Supports client in developing and implementing a person-centered recovery plan that is relevant to the current expressed needs of the client, consistent with the Plan of Care.
• Shares personal experiences to foster a sense of hope and recovery.
• Ensures coordination of services through collaboration and consultation with other staff, providers, and identified family and/or friends of clients.
• Assists client with entitlements and concrete services; working together with the client advocates on the client’s behalf via telephone and written correspondence

Qualifications

Who You Will Be

• Someone with a High School Diploma or High School Equivalency Diploma.
• Minimum Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA) or CRPA-Provisional for designated programs OR
• New York Certified Peer Specialist (NYCPS) or NYCPS-Provisional (NYCPS-P) OR
• Certified Addiction Recovery Coach (CARC) or OASAS-approved 30-Hour Recovery Coach Training for designated programs.
• At least Two (2) years of work experience or volunteer experience in a recovery-oriented setting.
• Knowledge of substance use disorder recovery process.
• Computer literacy including familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite.