Certified Peer Specialist
Certified Peer Specialist position needed in Brooklyn!
Full time position!
KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Provide emotional and practical support to participants as they engage in behavioral health treatment. Advocate with and for program participants to achieve personal goals and address barriers such as fear, stigma and communication disparities with community providers and supports.
- Attend and participate in team meetings and supervisory sessions
- Monitor and record participant's progress and modify plan according to needs and preference
- Comply with all required in-service training and staff development
- Escort consumers to scheduled appointments as needed
- Demonstrate excellent organizational and time management
- Knowledge of behavioral health systems, mental health legislation and regulation, and health conditions; familiarity with NYS entitlements
- Ability to manage multiple projects and ask for help when needed
- Ability to participate on a team to accomplish task
- Serve as a role model to staff and stakeholders
- Ability to work with all stakeholders: participants, network, and families in a caring and respectful manner, and with due understanding of and consideration for cultural differences
- Knowledge of treatment, rehabilitation, and community support programs as they relate to members and their families
- Knowledge of techniques for identifying risk, including crisis management techniques
EDUCATIONAL /TRAINING REQUIRED:
- Certification as a Peer Specialist required
For more information, or to schedule an interview, please contact:
Howard Newman
Account Manager, Bond Health Staffing
5824 12 th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY, 11219
Office: 1-718-302-0040 ext. 204
Fax: 1-718-302-0070
[email protected]
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