Supported Housing Peer Specialist

Established in 1970, Boley Centers, Inc. is a private, non-profit organization serving individuals with mental disabilities, individuals and families who are homeless, Veterans and youth in Pinellas County. Boley Centers, Inc., a nationally recognized and accredited behavioral health care agency, has an opening for a part-time Supported Housing Peer Specialist to work with the Treatment Team to provide psycho-social rehabilitation services to consumers.

Benefits

• INCLUDE
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Paid Time Off
• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Tuition reimbursement

• Job duties
• Assist the Treatment Team with assessing strengths and needs of individuals in the program by directly observing/teaching skills such as housekeeping, shopping, transportation, budgeting, medication management and laundry and planning leisure activities.
• Implement treatment plans, with the Treatment Team, that seek to restore consumers' functioning in key life roles such as work, family and community.
• Build working relationship, maintain regular contact with consumers and communicate consumers' needs to Treatment Team and report unusual events, activities and incidents to supervisor or appropriate team member.
• Assist consumers in accessing resources in the community such as recreational activities, work, medical, dental, etc. and visit consumers at programs or their residence as scheduled or requested.
• Document consumer and program activities.
• Mentor consumers in role recovery activities such as symptom management, relapse prevention, stress reduction and work readiness.
• Transport and teach consumers' to use public transportation to support their independence.

Education and experience

High School Diploma/GED equivalency.

Six months of responsible work experience, preferably involving interactions with the public.

Knowledge of Recovery Model, counseling techniques, verbal crisis intervention and mental health and co-occurring substance use disorders.

Special requirements

Must be a consumer of mental health services as defined by the Agency.

Valid Florida driver's license required.