Peer Specialist, Project STAR - Brooklyn, NY
21 hours ago
Job description
Overview
Peer Specialist
Non-profit staff can work anywhere…. The BEST work with us
$21.97 per hour
A nationally recognized comprehensive Health and Human Services Agency, with over 60 programs across New York City and the greater New York Area.
Samaritan Daytop Village serves over 33,000 New Yorkers annually within your neighborhoods and communities, so our success depends on those we employ.
The Role
The Peer Specialist will work alongside the team to conduct outreach and engagement, educate clients about available resources, self-help techniques, and skills for managing symptoms. They will demonstrate effective coping strategies and provide emotional and practical support to promote recovery and stability. This work is carried out in support of the mission and goals of Samaritan Daytop Village.
Responsibilities
What You Will Do
- Conducts ongoing outreach and engagement activities to the population of focus to encourage program participation.
- Establish a trusting relationship with the client based on mutual and unconditional positive regard during outreach and meetings in the community and various program settings.
- Provides individualized support to individuals with a mental health diagnosis and/or substance use.
- Serves as a role model, mentor, and advocate in order to help prevent relapse and promote long-term recovery.
- Provides strength-based rehabilitative and recovery-oriented services individually and as part of a team.
- Supports the client in developing and implementing a person-centered recovery plan relevant to the client's current expressed needs, consistent with the Plan of Care.
- Assists client with entitlements and concrete services, working together with client, advocates on client's behalf via telephone and written correspondence.
- Attends and participates in weekly supervision, staff meetings, and periodic in-service trainings.
Qualifications
Who You Will Be
- Someone with a High School Diploma or High School Equivalency Diploma.
- Minimum Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA) or CRPA-Provisional for designated programs OR
- New York Certified Peer Specialist (NYCPS) or NYCPS-Provisional (NYCPS-P) OR
- Certified Addiction Recovery Coach (CARC) or OASAS-approved 30-Hour Recovery Coach Training for designated programs.
- At least Two (2) years of work experience or volunteer experience in a recovery-oriented setting.
- Knowledge of substance use disorder recovery process.
- Computer literacy including familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite.
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