Peer Specialist - Respite - Relief

Riverside Community Care • Norwood, MA

154d • Onsite

About The Position

Peer Specialists help to make Respite welcoming, comfortable, supportive, and responsive to individuals who utilize them and their families. Using their personal experience and knowledge of navigating the greater system of care, Peer Specialists provide consumers with support, information, and assistance in connecting with and obtaining community-based resources and services. All Peer Specialist staff will receive training in recovery-focused peer support for Substance Use Disorders (SUD), who shall assist in interventions with individuals/families presenting in crisis due to substance use disorders. They will support explanation of the process to access services, availability of self-help resources, and provide follow-up for those who may or may not be ready to accept help at the time of initial contact.

Requirements

• Personal experience and knowledge of navigating the greater system of care.
• Training in recovery-focused peer support for Substance Use Disorders (SUD).

Nice To Haves

• CPS certification
• CARC certification

Responsibilities

• Convey hope and provide psychoeducation, including information about recovery, rehabilitation, and crisis self-management.
• Assist in arranging the services to which the individual is being referred after the MCI intervention, and they shall work with the person and family to support them during the transition to those follow-up services.
• Provide similar services in the MCI service and Adult CCS as staffing and time permit.

Benefits

• Comprehensive, high-quality health, dental, and vision insurance options
• Flexible Spending Accounts – both medical and dependent care
• Eleven paid holidays
• Separate accruals for vacation (increases with tenure), personal, and sick time
• Tax-deferred 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Employee Assistance Plan / Travel Assistance Plan
• Employee bonus for referrals resulting in hiring
• Discounts to movie theaters, sporting, and entertainment events
• Employee YMCA discount: 10% off a YMCA monthly membership and 50% off the joiner’s fee

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed