Part-Time Peer Specialist

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Establishes 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.
• Aids client with entitlements and concrete services; works together with the client advocates on the client’s behalf via telephone and written correspondence.

Qualifications

• 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.