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Certified Peer Specialist
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Pride Health is hiring Peer Specialists to work with one of our non-profit clients in Brooklyn. This is a Contract assignment (starts at 13 weeks) with the possibility for conversion to a Permanent role. Qualified candidates must have earned a Certification in peer support/advocacy (NYCPS, CRPA, CRPA-P).
Role: Peer Specialist
Location: Brooklyn, NY 11212
Overview: The Peer Specialist utilizes experience as a recipient of behavioral health services with a willingness to share personal/practical experience, knowledge, and first-hand insight to benefit program enrollees.
Duties:
- Facilitate engagement with teams by forging strong connections with participants and families.
- Conduct outreach activities designed to promote community awareness of available services, encourage help-seeking, and bridge gaps between team members and participants when they are ambivalent about treatment.
- Develop authentic, meaningful relationships with individuals and families through empathy, sharing experiences, listening, and collaborating with genuine interest.
- Discuss multiple frameworks for understanding life experiences such as psychosis.
- Listen to, understand, and make space for complex personal stories of recovery and resilience.
- Advocate with and for participants on the team and in larger community.
- Collaborate with participants to clarify personal visions and develop wellness toolkit.
- Support participants in strengthening self-awareness, building life skills, and connecting to resources and community outside of the team.
- Promote a youth-friendly approach and use recovery-oriented language to positively influence team culture.
- Operate from the belief in human potential to grow.
- Maintain open and frequent communication with the team, reporting safety and other concerns as necessary.
- Document notes from visits with participants.
Requirements:
- Peer Certification required (CPS, CRPA, Provisional certification).
- Minimum High School Diploma/GED required.
- Ability to utilize MS Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Experience working in behavioral/mental health field required.
- Experience with self-help activities, peer support, or peer advocacy programs required.
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
- Ability to document and translate participant needs with trauma-informed and culturally competent lens.
- Lived experience with mental health challenges preferred, not required.
- Ability to relate well with young people experiencing mental health challenges.
- Understanding of the community & available community resources.
- Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.
Pay: $23.00/hour (40 hours/week)
Schedule: 5 days week/8 hour shifts; 2 options:
- 12a – 8a for 3 weekdays, Saturday/Sunday 8a – 4p
- 12a – 8a all 5 days
*Contract starts at 13 weeks, potential for extension/permanent conversion based on performance and facility needs.
Pride Global offers eligible employees comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance, and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance, and employee discounts with preferred vendors.
