• Outreach Certified Peer Specialist

    Access: Supports For Living (New Windsor, NY)


    Outreach Certified Peer Specialist

     

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    Description

    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

    A Peer Specialist will also:

    + -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

    Qualifications:

    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

     

    Access offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental and vision coverage; an array of voluntary benefits (term life, whole life, identity theft protection and pet insurance); Healthcare and Daycare Flexible Spending Accounts; employer paid Short Term Disability, LTD and AD&D; a matching 403(b) retirement plan, generous paid time off, paid holidays, accelerated holiday pay and tuition assistance.

     

    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.

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