Peer Specialist

Min USD $45,000.00/Yr. Max USD $50,000.00/Yr. Position Overview NYCPS Provisional or Certified REQUIRED

Outreach/Engagement/Bridge Building: Helping to facilitate engagement by forging strong connectionswith participants and families residing in Harlem/Bronx and surrounding communities. Undertakingoutreach activities designed to promote community awareness of S:US services, encouraging help-seeking, and at times serving as a bridge between treatment team members and participants when theyexperience ambivalence about substance use treatment (including Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)and outpatient Substance Use Disorder (SUD) treatment).

Combating Overdose: Peer Specialists will be certified to train and distribute Naloxone kits to individualsand their family members.

Relationship Building: Developing authentic, meaningful relationships with individuals and familiesthrough empathy, sharing experiences, listening and collaborating with genuine curiosity and interest.

Embracing Creative Narratives: Peer Specialists need to be able to understand, share and discuss multipleframeworks for understanding life experiences such as substance use and psychosis with participants andthe rest of the S:US team. Peer Specialists intentionally use language in the service of listening tounderstand and making space for complex personal stories of recovery and resilience.

Advocacy: Peer Specialists advocate with and for program participants both in the larger community andon the team.

Co-Creating Support and Wellness Tools: Collaborate with participants to clarify their personal visionsand develop their wellness toolkit. Along with other team members, Peer Specialists support participantsin strengthening their self-awareness, building life skills, and connecting to resources and communityoutside of the S:US team.

Influencing Team Culture: Whenever possible, positively influencing the team culture by advocating forclients, promoting a youth friendly approach and encouraging the use of recovery oriented language. S:USPeer Specialists also work actively within the team itself to help build an environment that operates froma belief in the human potential to grow and an understanding of human diversity.

Team Communication: Peer Specialists maintain open and frequent communication with the team. Thisincludes reporting safety and other concerns to the team. Peer Specialists will also keep notes on visitswith program participants as required by the provider agency. In the spirit of peer support, co-collaborating on reporting with the program participant is encouraged.