Certified Peer Specialist (Urgent Care)

Behavioral Health Mt. Vernon, New York

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Description

Location: Mt. Vernon, NY   
Rate of Pay: $20   
Hours: M-F 9 to 5   
   
Certification required  
   
In this role you will:    
  • -Inspire hope
  • -Promote empowerment and self-determination
  • -Provide opportunities for individuals 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 the individual receiving services and the providers of those services
  • -Offer living proof of the transformative power of recovery and encourage the celebration of recovery achievements
     
As a Peer Specialist you 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
  • -Be a Life Coach - Support individuals through challenges arising from everyday activities and encourage the exploration of different activities.
     
Qualifications:    
The ideal candidate will possess:    
  • -Personal and lived mental health and/ or recovery experience
  • -Experience facing life challenges while coping with a mental health diagnosis
  • -NYS Peer Certification Required
  • -Bilingual English and Spanish speaking is a plus
    
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.    
EEO/AAE/M/F/D/V    
     
 
    

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