Recovery Peer Specialist - Community-Based Support

Samaritan Daytop Village, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 33,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Samaritan Daytop Village, Inc. seeks a Peer Specialist to provide community-based support with a rehabilitation and recovery focus in NYS OASAS programs. The role involves home- and community-based visits and integrated team collaboration.

You will share lived experience to inspire hope, coordinate services, and help clients pursue person-centered recovery plans while navigating entitlements and services with advocacy and support.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Two years’ work or volunteer experience in a recovery-oriented setting.
• Certified Recovery Peer Advocate-CRPA or CRPA-Provisional for designated OASAS programs.

Responsibilities

• Provides in person individualized support to individuals with mental health or substance use diagnoses.
• Serves as role model, mentor, and advocate to help prevent relapse and promote recovery.
• Provides strength-based rehabilitative and recovery-oriented services individually and as part of a team.
• Establish a trusting relationship with client based on mutuality and unconditional positive regard during outreach and meetings in the community and program settings.
• Supports client in developing and implementing a person-centered recovery plan relevant to needs per Plan of Care.
• Shares personal experiences to foster hope and recovery.
• Ensures coordination of services through collaboration with staff, providers and identified family/friends.
• Assists client with entitlements and advocacy via telephone and written correspondence.
• Attends weekly supervision, staff meetings and trainings.

Skills

Recovery knowledge

Time management

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

High School Diploma or GED

CRPA Certification or Provisional (OASAS)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Samaritan Daytop Village, Inc. seeks a Peer Specialist to provide community-based support with a rehabilitation and recovery focus in NYS OASAS programs. The role involves home- and community-based visits and integrated team collaboration.

You will share lived experience to inspire hope, coordinate services, and help clients pursue person-centered recovery plans while navigating entitlements and services with advocacy and support.