Peer Support Specialist

1 day ago

Austin, Texas, United States LifeWorks Austin Full time
Job Title: Peer Support Specialist

LifeWorks Austin is seeking a highly motivated and compassionate Peer Support Specialist to join our Community Based Peer Support team. As a Peer Support Specialist, you will provide support services and education to individuals in need, utilizing a trauma-informed, strengths-based model of support.

Responsibilities:
  • Provide client-centered, healing-centered peer support services to diverse individuals who may have experienced chronic homelessness, systems involvement, mental health challenges, substance use challenges, a history of trauma, early pregnancy/parenthood, etc.
  • Promote recovery, resiliency, and accountability to help others initiate or achieve long-term recovery to enhance quality of life, health, and wellness.
  • Meet with individual clients, as needed, to establish a safe, healthy relationship for learning, problem-solving, and participating in community activities; assists clients in building a network of support; makes referrals and coordinates client services, as appropriate.
  • Facilitate support groups in community sites through the implementation of program curricula, experiential activities, presentations, and discussions, field trips, and/or skill-based activities.
  • Plan, develop, and provide recovery-related presentations and outreach on a variety of topics, such as substance use and disease prevention/intervention, health/mental health promotion, trauma and recovery, community resources, relationship-building, and coping strategies.
  • Advocate for clients within the community as well as internally to ensure that client needs are being recognized, represented, and addressed.
  • Develop and maintain positive working relationships with agency staff and community contacts such as referral sources, recovery community organizations, peer-run programs in non-recovery organizations, and other service providers.
  • Maintain up-to-date online documentation of client services and contacts by frequently entering into agency database. Document client progress toward recovery goals.
  • Comply with all requirements outlined by funding sources, licensure, and accrediting bodies, the program, and the agency. These requirements may pertain to data, paperwork, philosophies, processes, and procedures, among other things.
  • Additional duties as they relate to recovery support, including but not limited to, transporting clients in personal vehicle, resource navigation, and instrumental support.
  • Maintain approved non-clinical supervision and continuing education.
  • Use crisis intervention and de-escalation techniques to assist clients in mental or emotional crisis.
  • May collaborate with Certified Family Partner(s) and interact with families in alignment with the peer role.
Qualifications:
  • Requires a GED or HS Diploma and 2 years of related individual and group support experience.
  • Requires obtaining state certification as a qualified Peer Support Specialist and completion of the Youth and Young Adult Peer Support Training within 6 months of hire.
  • Requires lived experience with 1) trauma and 2) substance use or mental health challenges. Record of maintaining own recovery over the past 2-year period.
  • Experience with databases; proficient level experience with Microsoft Office including, Word, Excel, and Outlook.
About LifeWorks:

With more than 50 years of experience working with youth experiencing homelessness, youth aging out of foster care, young adults, and young parents, we are a fearless advocate for youth and families seeking their path to self-sufficiency. LifeWorks' goal is to provide clients with the resources they need, a place to call home, the chance to heal, and the opportunity to learn and to work. We have one of the most comprehensive continuums of housing and support options for vulnerable youth in the country. We are committed to innovative problem solving, shared accountability, and a relentless focus on achieving real, sustainable, and measurable results for the clients we serve. A career at LifeWorks offers opportunities to grow and develop your professional skills while making an immediate difference in the lives of youth and families in our community.

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