Lead Peer Specialist (Mental Health Services)

Vinfen • Haverhill, MA

114d • $52,620 - $52,620

About The Position

The ACCS Lead Peer Specialist provides leadership to team members with lived experience in order to promote the functioning and full integration of adults receiving psychiatric rehabilitation services into their communities. As an ACCS Lead Peer Specialist you ensure that each Persons Served will receive relevant and well suited services that they need by acting a liaison between team Peer Specialists and other clinical team members. In this role you will also provide leadership through new staff orientation, training and supervision to ensure that quality of services is maintained. In this role you will draw upon your own personal experiences with recovery in order to successfully build skills needed for independency.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from accredited school or Associate's degree required.
• One to three years experience providing peer support to people with psychiatric disability and/or co-occurring disorders required.
• Experience as a recipient of services for people with psychiatric conditions preferred; must be well along in own personal recovery.
• Must become a Certified Peer Specialist within one year of hire.
• Access to an operational and insured vehicle and willingness to use it to transport PS preferred.
• All candidates for this position must be at least 21 years of age.
• All applicants must be able to become CPR, First Aid certified within 2 weeks of employment.

Nice To Haves

• Preference given to bilingual/bicultural applicants.
• Job sharing of positions is acceptable and can be recommended for someone looking for part-time employment.

Responsibilities

• Join with Team LPHA Clinicians to initiate and conduct intake process for all referred Persons Served.
• Focus on welcoming, orienting and engaging PS to support his/her understanding of services and support available.
• Build a trusting relationship to promote the PS interest and active involvement in ACCS.
• Work with PS on readiness for goal setting using established protocols.
• Help person complete 8 Dimensions of Wellness Assessment and Power Statement at intake.
• Share personal experiences; provide support, education and advocacy to PS; especially at times of service and life transitions.
• Introduce and provide 'warm hand off' for PS to other Team Peer Specialists for future work together.
• Maintain close contact with PS who struggle with initial or sustained engagement in ACCS.

Benefits

• A fully funded, employer-sponsored retirement plan that requires no employee contribution.
• Employee-funded 403(b) plan.
• First-rate Medical, Dental and Vision plans for employees scheduled to work 30 hours per week or more.
• Generous employer contribution toward the cost of medical insurance.
• Employer-paid Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment and Long-Term Disability Insurance.
• Employer-paid Short-Term Disability Insurance.
• Flexible Spending Reimbursement Accounts (Health and Dependent care).
• Voluntary Term, Whole Life, Accident and Critical Care Insurance.
• Generous paid time off including 15 days of Vacation per year, 11 Paid Holidays, 10 Sick Days per year, and 3 Personal Days per year.
• Educational Assistance and Remission Programs.
• $500 Employee Referral Bonus with no annual cap.
• Discounted YMCA memberships, access to discounted movie tickets and more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees