What are the responsibilities and job description for the Peer Community Outreach Specialist - Springfield position at fgcinc?
Job Description:
Join Our Mission at Family Guidance Centers, Inc. (FGC)!
Family Guidance Centers, Inc. is a substance use treatment organization offering comprehensive behavioral health programs, including medication-assisted recovery, to individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs) and co-occurring mental health conditions. With over 25 years of experience and multiple locations across the state, we provide a full continuum of care for substance use disorder, from prevention and harm reduction to treatment and recovery support. Our programs integrate FDA-approved medications for the treatment of substance use disorders, including all three medications approved to treat opioid use disorder (buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone). We strive to meet our patients where they are, bringing care outside clinic walls via telehealth and mobile services and ensuring patients have access to harm reduction resources and education.
Essential Duties:
- Conduct outreach to people who use drugs, people experiencing homelessness, and communities. Also, educate on overdose prevention and distribute overdose prevention supplies.
- Describe FGC programs, services, and eligibility requirements in laymen’s terms to people struggling with opioid and alcohol addiction and those at risk of overdosing, as well as family members or friends of people struggling with addiction, informing and assisting them to gain immediate access to treatment.
- Develop and direct prospective referrals to FGC and other treatment providers, as appropriate and in accordance with patients’ needs and wishes.
- Develop referral relationships with shelter partners, homeless outreach teams, local task forces, hospital social workers, faith-based and local community organizations, and other community-based organizations as appropriate, serving as their liaison to accessing treatment services offered by FGC.
- Complete daily activity logs to accurately record outreach efforts, client interactions, and services provided.
- Assist, when necessary, with delivering medications to FGC patients who are incarcerated or have difficulty accessing the clinic.
- Demonstrate professionalism in working with patients, staff, and other outside professionals or collaterals.
- Participate in supervision with Program Manager and appropriate continuing education activities related to care management and maintenance of relevant certification or licensure.
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:30 am – 4:00 pm. Must work a minimum of 40 hours per week.
Hours may vary based on the programming needs of the agency and flexibility is required.
Start Date: ASAP
Pay Rate : $20/hr.
Location: Stanton 2924 Stanton St. Springfield IL 62703
Family Guidance Centers, Inc. is a drug-free workplace. Pre-employment drug testing includes marijuana/THC.
This position requires DCFS background clearance.
Family Guidance Centers, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Experience and Skills:
Job Benefits:
Our organization provides a comprehensive benefit package for full time employment that includes health insurance, dental, vision, life insurance and a 401k pension plan. Vacation, sick and personal days with paid holidays off are included in our PTO compensation package.
Salary : $20