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Allwel is Hiring a Peer Support Specialist (Bi-lingual) Near Buffalo, NY
Job Type:
Per-Diem
Special Requirements/Qualifications:
NYS Peer Supports Certification
Bi- Lingual - (fluent spanish) preferred
Job Description:
The primary function of a Peer Support isfacilitating outreach with individuals currently in a program or considering treatment. Utilizing their recovery expertise, professional training and lived experience, peers boostindividuals' engagement intreatment and commitment to recovery. Peer Supports connect patients to community-based recovery supports consistent with treatment, recovery, and discharge plans. Peer Supports duties may include:
Non-clinical crisis support, especially after periods of hospitalization or incarceration
Educating program participants about various modes of recovery
Accompanying clients to medical appointments
Raising awareness of existing social and other support services
Linking participants to formal recovery supports
Assisting with applying for benefits
Empowerment Services – Peer Support (Peer Support) are non-clinical, peer-delivered services with focus on rehabilitation, recovery, and resilience. They are designed to promote skills for coping with and managing behavioral health symptoms while facilitating the utilization of natural supports and community resources.
Peer Support must include the identified goals or objectives in the individual’s ISP, with interventions tailored to the individual. These goals should promote utilization of natural supports and community services, supporting the person’s recovery and enhancing the quality of their personal and family life. The intentional, goal-directed activities provided by this service emphasize the opportunity for peers to model skills and strategies necessary for recovery, thereby developing the individual’s skills and self-efficacy. These services are provided through the perspective of a shared personal experience of recovery, enhancing the individual’s sense of empowerment and hope.
Location(s) where services are provided:
Buffalo area-Provided in the home, community, and telehealth
Pay Rate:
$40.00 per hour
Job Summary
Part Time
Skilled Nursing Services & Residential Care
$52k-65k (estimate)
12/10/2023
05/01/2024
allwelcares.com
BUFFALO, NY
25 - 50
2000
ASHELY JANCZAK
<$5M
Skilled Nursing Services & Residential Care
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About Allwel
At Allwel, we offer the best in-home care for any individual who may have such needs, specializing in populations with cognitive challenges, dementia, and brain injury. Our staff provides a broad range of services that can be tailored to meet our patients unique needs and preferences, but we focus on one common goal: providing the care your loved one deserves, so you both can rest assured. Too many times the well-being of a loved one turns into a medical conversation involving charts and protocols dictating the best course of action. When the focus is only on providing a plan of care, its easy ...
to overlook the person receiving it. At Allwel, we take the time to find out who our patient truly is, with a passion to work with our hearts, not just with our hands. Our expert staff is highly trained in cognitive and behavioral interventions, as well as memory care strategies for the benefit of both the individual and family. In addition, our aides can take care of everyday details from cooking to personal care, including the activities of daily living. Our passion is to provide exceptional personalized care that enriches quality of life while remaining in the comfort, security, and familiarity of your home.
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