Family Peer Advocate
Company: Outreach Development Corp.
Location: Richmond Hill
Posted on: October 18, 2024
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Job Description:
Participate as a member of the CCBHC interdisciplinary team to
provide face to face peer services to individuals and their
families in understanding services and linking them to needed
community resources. Using their personal lived experience this
role to promotes clients' recovery, offers support, advocacy, and
skill development opportunities. Are you looking for a rewarding
career in inspiring individuals and families to achieve unlimited
potential? Look no further... Outreach is seeking a qualified
candidate for the F/T Peer Specialist position. The SOR Outreach
Specialist reports to the Care Coordinator. The SOR Peer Specialist
has the ability to engage and connect with individuals who have a
behavioral health disorder and /or their families. Travel within
NYC required.The SOR Outreach Peer Specialist is an individual who
has direct experience of challenges with substance use and/or
mental health conditions and who assists with identifying and
engaging individuals eligible for our CCBHC. Job Scope:
Work Environment:This job operates in a professional office
environment as well as outside in the field. This role routinely
uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones,
photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. Must be able to
travel among assigned sites and locations as needed.
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The intent of this job description is to provide a representative
summary of duties and responsibilities that will be required of
this position and title and shall not be construed as a declaration
of the specific duties and responsibilities of any position.
Employees may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than
those specifically presented in this description. This job
description does not constitute an employment agreement between the
employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer.
Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
Outreach is an equal opportunity employer. The agency does not
discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, socio-economic
status, marital status, national or ethnic origin, age, religion or
creed, disability, or political or sexual orientation. Diversity is
celebrated as a strength at Outreach.
Outreach seeks a diverse pool of candidates and will offer a
competitive salary. Adding to our outstanding benefits, some
members of Outreach's clinical and professional staff may be
eligible for student loan forgiveness and repayment plans for
persons working in public service, education, and health care,
including the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
Program, Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) Plan, or the New York State
Licensed Social Worker Loan Forgiveness (LSWLF) Program. Outreach's
NYC outpatient programs are also approved for the National Health
Service Corps (NHSC) Substance Use Disorder Loan Repayment program,
for eligible clinicians.
Compensation details: 32000-42000 Yearly Salary
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Keywords: Outreach Development Corp., Middletown , Family Peer Advocate, Other , Richmond Hill, Connecticut
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