What are the responsibilities and job description for the Outreach Certified Peer Specialist position at Access: Supports for Living?
Description
Location: New Windsor, NY
Hours: 40 Hrs Flex
Peer Certification pays $23 hourly or Provisional Certification pays $22 hourly
As a Certified Peer You Will
The qualified candidate will possess the following:
ALL POSITIONS ARE SUBJECT TO A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND, FINGERPRINTING AND MOTOR VEHICLE REPORT CHECK.
The Agency is a smoke free workplace and offers smoke free campuses for our employees, visitors, clients, and interns.
EEO
Location: New Windsor, NY
Hours: 40 Hrs Flex
Peer Certification pays $23 hourly or Provisional Certification pays $22 hourly
As a Certified Peer You Will
- Inspire hope, welcome everyone to the services with warmth and caring
- Promote empowerment and self-determination
- Provide opportunities for everyone to practice self-efficacy through activities that emphasize the acquisition, development, and enhancement of life skills
- Build relationships based on mutuality and shared perspective and provide support to bring about a desired social or personal change
- Focus on the strengths of each individual
- Work in partnership with everyone receiving services and the providers of those services
- -Be a Resource Connector - Promote self-advocacy and self-sufficiency
- -Be an Ally and Confidant - Share related experiences
- -Be a Role Model and Mentor - A social bridge into recovery
- -Be a Problem Solver and Planner - Help to resolve personal and environmental obstacles to recovery , while facilitating the interpretation of an individual's treatment plan
- -Be an Educator and Tour Guide - Provide information about the stages of recovery, while introducing individuals into the culture of recovery
The qualified candidate will possess the following:
- Personal and lived mental health and/ or recovery experience
- Experience facing life challenges while coping with a mental health diagnosis
- NY State Peer Certification (NYSCPS) or NYS Provisional Peer Certification
ALL POSITIONS ARE SUBJECT TO A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND, FINGERPRINTING AND MOTOR VEHICLE REPORT CHECK.
The Agency is a smoke free workplace and offers smoke free campuses for our employees, visitors, clients, and interns.
EEO
Salary : $22 - $23
