PEER SPECIALIST

Family Service League Inc.•Hauppauge, NY

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About The Position

Family Service League is seeking a full-time Peer Specialist for the DASH (Diagnostic, Assessment, and Stabilization Hub) Crisis Center in Hauppauge. The DASH Crisis Center is a 24-hour per day, 7 day per week outpatient crisis stabilization program that includes a 24-hour crisis hotline and mobile response team. The Peer Specialist will engage and support individuals, children and adults, utilizing the Intensive Crisis Stabilization Center by sharing lived experience and maintaining a trauma informed environment.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent required.
Peer Certification (NYCPS, CRPA, CRPA-P, CRPA-FPA. CRPA-YPA) or willingness to become certified in one of the following peer credentials (Certified Peer Specialist, Certified Recovery Peer Advocate, or Family and Youth Peer Advocate) required.
Relevant life experience required and willingness to draw upon this experience to engage individuals and serve as a role model.
Excellent interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills required.
Ability to work both independently, as well as part of a team. Must be responsive to time deadlines and able to multitask.
Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Office required. Experience with EHR preferred.
Possible evening and weekend hours required.
Valid and clean New York State Driver’s License if associated with the Mobile Response Team required.
Ability to bend, stretch and stand for long periods of time and the ability to physically restrain clients.
Ability to safely operate a motor vehicle is associated with Mobile Response Team.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience as a peer, paid or volunteer preferred.
Experience with EHR preferred.

Responsibilities

The Peer Specialist will provide outreach to clients and/or their families in the field, by phone, and in person.
Facilitate engagement in services and offer linkage to community resources.
Participate in crisis assessments and linkages as part of multidisciplinary team.
Provide recovery readiness support through linkage to community resources.
The Peer Specialist will provide warm hand offs to all levels of treatment.
Provide person centered care and share lived experience to facilitate engagement.
Coordinate with collateral contacts, including family and other providers.
Utilize motivational interviewing to assist individuals in readiness for change.
Provide opioid overdose education and train individuals and families to use Narcan.
Work as part of a multidisciplinary team, partnering with Social Workers, Registered Nurses, Nurse Practitioners and Peers to work collaboratively on clients needing assessments and linkage.
The Peer Specialist will coordinate care planning with other providers of services/resources to ensure goal-directed, collaborative care, including care transitions.
Act as a resource to all team members on community-based recovery supports.
Complete thorough and timely documentation according to regulations in an Electronic Health Record.
Complete trainings and maintain proficiency with de-escalation and crisis intervention techniques.
Conduct field work.
All other duties as assigned.