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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 of conversion to a Permanent role. This position is based in a Crisis Respite Center and candidates should have strong writing skills and experience working in the mental health field. The ideal candidate has a CPS or CRPA certification or is obtaining certification. Please include an updated copy of your resume upon application.
Role: Peer Specialist
Location: 2862 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11207 (SCSC - Supportive Crisis Stabilization Center)
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: $22.00 – 23.00/hour
Schedule: 40 hours per week, 8-hour shifts (schedule discussed during interview)
*Contract starts at 13 weeks, high potential for extension/permanent conversion.
Company DescriptionPride Health is a leading minority-owned healthcare recruitment & staffing firm that offers highly customized business process solutions at cost-effective prices.
Headquartered in New York City as a top minority supplier, PRIDE Health offers a broad geographic reach with offices throughout the U.S., India, and Brazil. Leveraging more than 20 years of experience, PRIDE has enhanced its core competency of IT staffing services by creating client-centric, cost-effective IT, and business process solutions. PRIDE serves Client-Partners in the healthcare, IT, financial services, retail and insurance industries offering both Direct Hire and Temporary Staff of Healthcare Professionals, Vendor Management Systems, IT Hardware Procurement Services, and Business Processing Outsourcing.
Temporary, Contract, Per Diem & Direct Hire staffing solutions are only part of what we can offer our clients.Company DescriptionPride Health is a leading minority-owned healthcare recruitment & staffing firm that offers highly customized business process solutions at cost-effective prices.\r
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Headquartered in New York City as a top minority supplier, PRIDE Health offers a broad geographic reach with offices throughout the U.S., India, and Brazil. Leveraging more than 20 years of experience, PRIDE has enhanced its core competency of IT staffing services by creating client-centric, cost-effective IT, and business process solutions. PRIDE serves Client-Partners in the healthcare, IT, financial services, retail and insurance industries offering both Direct Hire and Temporary Staff of Healthcare Professionals, Vendor Management Systems, IT Hardware Procurement Services, and Business Processing Outsourcing.\r
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Temporary, Contract, Per Diem & Direct Hire staffing solutions are only part of what we can offer our clients.
