PEER SPECIALIST

U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs; Salisbury (NC); In loco; USD 42.000 - 64.000; Tempo pieno

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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Salisbury, NC seeks a Peer Specialist to work within the HUD/VASH program.

The role emphasizes recovery-oriented support and collaborative care with an interdisciplinary team. The Peer Specialist will help Veterans articulate recovery goals, model coping strategies from their own recovery, and assist in navigating services to obtain housing, healthcare, and community supports.

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• Assist physicians and other staff in a rehabilitation program.
• Help Veterans articulate goals for recovery and personal wellness.
• Support learning new skills and monitoring progress.
• Model coping techniques and self-help strategies from own recovery.
• Encourage Veterans to advocate for themselves to obtain services.

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Summary

This position is for a Peer Specialist to work within the HUD/VASH (Housing and Urban Development - VA Supportive Housing) program.This announcement is Restricted to VETERANS!

Major Duties

The Peer Specialist functions as an interdisciplinary team member, assisting physicians and other professional/non-professional personnel in a rehabilitation treatment program. Peer specialists perform a variety of therapeutic and supportive tasks that include assisting Veterans in articulating their goals for recovery and personal wellness, learning, and practicing new skills, helping them monitor their progress, assisting them in their treatment, modeling effective coping techniques and self-help strategies based on the peer specialist's own recovery experience, and supporting them in advocating for themselves to obtain effective services. In the HUD