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ob Title: SOS Peer Specialist
Job Summary:
The Peer Specialist provides support and assistance to individuals experiencing homelessness based on their own lived experiences. They play a crucial role in building trust and rapport with program participants, offering empathy, understanding, and hope. Peers actively engage individuals in services, provide peer support, and share their personal journey of recovery. They collaborate with the SOS team to deliver person-centered care and empower individuals to overcome challenges and achieve their goals. The team will follow street homeless individuals in the community to provide intensive outreach, engagement, and care coordination services. The role will require field-based work, on call coverage, and a willingness to work flexible hours.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Qualifications/Criteria:
This position requires travel throughout the five boroughs of New York City.
*We follow the NYC Workplace Vaccination requirements.
Education:
•New York State Certified Peer Specialist preferred or required Completion of an internship or comparable training in peer advocacy; experience in providing advocacy services to people who are mentally ill and/or homeless.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $40,000.00 - $45,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Schedule:
Willingness to travel:
Work Location: In person
Full Time
Ancillary Healthcare
$61k-73k (estimate)
01/19/2024
06/15/2024
arguscommunity.org
BRONX, NY
200 - 500
1968
$10M - $50M
Ancillary Healthcare
Argus Community's mission is to provide innovative programs which help severely disadvantaged teens and adults to free themselves from poverty and drug abuse and build new lives based on responsibility, work, and hope. Argus provides a drug-free, safe, and nurturing environment in which persons living on the fringes of society can acquire education and skills and transform maladaptive attitudes and behaviors. We emphasize self-help, personal responsibility, and mutual support.