Peer Specialist - Respite

SilkRoad; Norwood (MA); On-site; USD 33,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health benefits

Flexible spending accounts

Paid holidays

Job summary

Riverside Community Care in Massachusetts is seeking a Peer Specialist for Respite to provide welcoming, supportive services using personal experience to connect individuals with community resources during intake and treatment planning. On-site and community-based work.

This full-time role offers a pay rate of $22.27 per hour, with an additional $1 for CPS and $2 for CARC, plus Riverside's comprehensive benefits and professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Peer Specialists help to make respite services welcoming, comfortable, supportive, and responsive to individuals who utilize them within the residential and community program.

Responsibilities

• Provide people served with support, information, and assistance in connecting with and obtaining community-based resources and services.
• Support persons served on site and in community settings during intake, Action Planning, and course of treatment.

Job description

Riverside Community Care

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Peer Specialist - Respite

Peer Specialists help to make respite services welcoming, comfortable, supportive, and responsive to individuals who utilize them within the residential and community program.

Using their personal experience and knowledge of navigating the greater system of care, Peer Specialists provide people served with support, information, and assistance in connecting with and obtaining community-based resources and services throughout the program intake, Action Planning process and the course of treatment.

The Peer Specialist supports persons served on site and in community settings.

Schedule: Full Time, 40 hours

Pay Rate: $22.27/hourly

• additional $1 for CPS
• additional $2 for CARC

Why You'll Love RiversideWe make a true difference in people’s lives through rewarding work. Most of our jobs come with great benefits – including healthcare, numerous professional development opportunities, and generous time off - all in a respectful and inclusive environment, perhaps why Riverside was named a Boston Globe Top Workplace and a best-in-state employer by Forbes.

Benefits include:

• Comprehensive, high-quality health, dental, and vision insurance options
• Flexible Spending Accounts –both medical and dependent care
• Twelve paid holidays
• Separate accruals for vacation (increases with tenure), personal, and sick time
• Tax-deferred 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Employee Assistance Plan / Travel Assistance Plan
• Employee bonus for referrals resulting in hiring
• Discounts to movie theaters, sporting, and entertainment events
• Employee YMCA discount: 10% off a YMCA monthly membership and 50% off the joiner’s fee

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