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Eliot Community Human Services Certified Peer Specialist, Community Behavioral Health Center(CBHC) in Lynn, Massachusetts
Description
Eliot is committed to employee growth & retention by offering a comprehensive total rewards package including but not limited to:
75% Company Contribution to Medical and Dental Insurance
12 Paid Holidays, 15 to 20 Vacation Days Annually, 12 Sick Days Annually
401(k) Retirement Plan with Employer Match
100% Company-Paid Life & Accidental Death Insurance
100% Company Paid Short & Long-Term Disability Insurance
$3000 Employee Referral Bonus
$3000 Annual Tuition/Professional Development Reimbursement
Opportunities for growth internally within our 100+ programs across Massachusetts
Comprehensive Staff Orientation, Training Programs & Professional Development Assistance
FSA, Dependent Care, transportation reimbursement
We’re looking for empathetic individuals dedicated to providing quality support and care to others. With your creative problem-solving skills and Eliot's cutting edge Community Behavioral Health Center (CBHC) programs, we can overcome traditional barriers in the behavioral health system. Imagine having access to trauma-informed behavioral health services in real time? Or providing coordinated care continuum? Join Eliot and get to work alongside our talented and dedicated staff specializing in housing navigation, recovery coaching, case management,peer supports and other specialized stabilization services.
CBHC Peer Specialists are members of the CBHC Team using their own lived experience to support the care coordination of persons served within the CBHC Program. Using your knowledge of supports, resources, and skills, you will work with individuals by empowering and advocating for them to increase their level of independence and strengthen their recovery and coping skills.
Responsibilities:
Empower individuals to exercise autonomy in all aspects of their life. Assist with identifying choices and developing skills in self-advocacy
Provide guidance to individuals in the recovery process
Provide advocacy, support, and education during orientation and throughout service delivery
Assist individuals with being able to identify personal methods of recovery from mental illness and to develop self- management plans to address their experiences
Promote hope and empowerment through meetings and support with individuals
Provide side by side interventions to individuals that focus on problem solving, skills training, modeling behavior, optimism and encouragement
Provide peer support services using Eliot recognized modalities including IPS, WRAP, WHR and other recovery oriented treatments
Participate in daily Team Huddles and Team Meetings
Complete NOMS assessments and other assessments as assigned
Qualifications:
High school diploma or GED
One year of paid or volunteer experience working with adults with mental illness or Certified as a Peer Specialist. May substitute six months of experience with a college degree in the human services field.
Must be either receiving mental health services or received services in the past and have self-knowledge to manage their mental illness with an established recovery process
Must have a strong commitment to mental health recovery
Must have skills to establish supportive relationships with persons with mental illnesses and respect for their preferences for treatment
Ability to provide flexible services that are community based and focused on teamwork
Have or willingness to complete trainings such as WRAP, Intentional Peer Support or Whole Health and Resiliency
Schedule: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm
Certified: $23.08/hr.
Non-certified: $19.23/hr.
Eliot is committed to identifying and dismantling barriers that prevent people with marginalized racial identities from actualizing their full employment potential, assuming leadership roles, or from fully engaging at all levels in the workplace.
Qualifications
Skills
Preferred
Computer Software Skills: Intermediate
Experience with population: Intermediate
Communication Skills: Intermediate
Education
Preferred
- High School or better
Licenses & Certifications
Preferred
- Peer Certification