Part-Time Peer Specialist

Job description

Overview Part-Time Peer Specialist Non-profit staff can work anywhere…. The BEST work with us! $24.91 per hour A nationally recognized comprehensive Health and Human Services Agency, with over 60 programs across New York City and the greater New York Area. Samaritan Daytop Village serves over 33,000 New Yorkers annually within your neighborhoods and communities, so our success depends on those we employ. The Role: The Peer Specialist will work with the team to provide community-based support with a rehabilitation and recovery focus using shared lived experiences. In addition, the Peer Worker will work as a fully integrated team member providing individual face to face services in the client’s home or community as specified in the service protocols. This work is carried out in support of the mission and goals of Samaritan Daytop Village. Responsibilities: What You Will Do: - Provides in-person individualized support to individuals who have been identified with a mental health diagnosis and/or substance use. - Serves as a role model, mentor, and advocate to help prevent relapse and promote long-term recovery. - Provides strength-based rehabilitative and recovery-oriented services ind...