Peer Support Specialist - New York, United States - Allwel

Allwel

Verified Company

New York, United States

1 week ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Peer Support Specialist (Bi-lingual)

Job Type:

Per-Diem

Special Requirements/Qualifications:

NYS PEER Supports Certification

Bi-lingual: fluent spanish/english

The primary function of a Peer Support is facilitating 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:

Nonclinical 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 supportsEmpowerment Services
Peer Support (Peer Support) are nonclinical, peerdelivered 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, goaldirected 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 selfefficacy. 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:

All 5 boroughs of New York City.

Pay Rate:

$40.00 per hour