Peer Specialist - Part Time

Description

Click the link below to learn how Howard Center helps change lives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wchi-A_Ks0

Responsibilities

• Provide support services to adults on their recovery journey experiencing mental health challenges through connection and relationship building.
• Develop meaningful relationships with individuals with varied experiences and worldviews.
• Strategically share pieces of your own recovery journey to inspire hope.
• Promote self-determination and choice for individuals.
• Support individuals in developing self-advocacy skills.
• Model recovery and sustained wellness.
• Complete agency and program documentation.

Requirements

• Valid driver's license and use of a personal vehicle
• High School Diploma or GED
• Lived experience with mental health, trauma and/or substance use challenges.
• Vermont Peer Support Provider Certification (within one year of hire)
• Prior completion of Intentional Peer Support Core Training preferred

Qualifications

• Part time, 16 hrs/wk
• Nonexempt AFSCME Union (dues will apply)
• Starting at $21.56/hr

Skills

• Personal lived experience with mental health, trauma and/or substance use challenges

Benefits

• Generous time off starting at 36 days of combined time off per year for full-time employees (and increasing with years of service)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee referral program with financial payment
• Discounted online undergraduate/graduate courses through Champlain College truED
• Retail retirement through 401(k)
• Award-winning workplace wellness program including physical fitness groups for staff, financial wellness incentives, and ongoing workplace wellness advocacy and education
• Voluntary benefits from local/international businesses: discounted gym memberships, mobile phone service, ski/snowboard passes, auto/home insurance, and more!

Pay

• $21.56/hr

Schedule

• Part time, 16 hrs/wk

About the Role

We offer a competitive salary commensurate to experience.

Howard Center is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. The agency's culture and service delivery is strengthened by the diversity of its workforce. Minorities, people of color and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. EOE/TTY.

Visit \"About Us\" to review Howard Center's EOE policy.