Peer Specialist, St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center, Children and Youth, Family Peer Support Specialist/Family Advocate, P27384
About The Position
As a Peer Specialist - Family Peer Support Specialist/Family Advocate, you would provide direct mental health services to recipients in emergency, inpatient, outpatient, community support programs, and residential settings. You would serve as a role model for recipients and educate recipients about self-help techniques and self-help group process; teach them effective coping strategies, sometimes based on personal experience; assist them in clarifying their goals for rehabilitation and recovery; and help them to develop support systems. As a Peer Specialist, you would perform a range of tasks designed to assist recipients in regaining personal control over their lives and over their own recovery processes. Your tasks would focus on facilitating the development of self-help skills, support systems, coping strategies, and the increased hope and self-esteem that are central to recovery from a psychiatric disability.
Requirements
- Demonstrated interpersonal communications skills and the ability to empathize with, relate to, and effectively work with recipients of mental health services
- Two years of active participation in mental health self-help activities, peer support or peer advocacy programs, or recipient run organizations or similar experiences or programs.
- Lived-in experience for this position requires the candidate to be a parent/family member/guardian of a recipient of mental health services who actively have participated in their children's/family members' treatment/recovery.
- Maintaining a New York State Driver's License is a requirement of this position.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct mental health services to recipients in emergency, inpatient, outpatient, community support programs, and residential settings.
- Serve as a role model for recipients.
- Educate recipients about self-help techniques and self-help group process.
- Teach effective coping strategies, sometimes based on personal experience.
- Assist recipients in clarifying their goals for rehabilitation and recovery.
- Help recipients develop support systems.
- Facilitate the development of self-help skills, support systems, coping strategies, and the increased hope and self-esteem that are central to recovery from a psychiatric disability.
Benefits
- NYS medical, dental, & vision insurance
- Access to tuition assistance programs
- Excellent opportunities for advancement & professional growth
- Paid time off - 13 paid vacation days in the first year, 5 paid personal days, 13 paid holidays, & paid sick leave
- NYS Retirement programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Industry
Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
251-500 employees
