Allwel - New York City -
Peer Support Specialist (Bi-lingual)
Job Type : Per-Diem
Per-Diem
Special Requirements / Qualifications :
NYS PEER Supports Certification
Bi-lingual : fluent spanish / english
Job Description :
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 :
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 fo cus 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 commu nity 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 :
All 5 boroughs of New York City.
Pay Rate : $40.00 per hour
$40.00 per hour
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Disclaimer : This job description is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, and duties.
The responsibilities, tasks, and duties of the jobholder might differ from those outlined in this job description and other duties, as assigned, might be part of the job.
Allwel is an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion / belief, sexual orientation, or age.
Employment is at-will and neither this job description nor any other oral or written representations may be considered a contract for any specific period of time.
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