Mental Health Assn. of Nassau County
Peer Specialist 4PM to 12AM
hace 3 meses
Hempstead
Job DescriptionDescription: Mental Health Association of Nassau County (MHANC) is a not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to improving mental health in our community through advocacy, education, program development, and the delivery of direct services. Our organization is looking for a motivated individual with a calling to help adults with mental illness by becoming a Peer Specialist. Peer Specialist utilizes personal experience and respite training to provide peer support and companionship for guests. The Peer Specialists manifest, in their presence and actions, a vision of hope, resilience, opportunity, and wellness. Goals include lessening/alleviating emotional distress and crises, lessening use of emergency rooms and hospitals, and increasing personal growth with positive life choices. Essential Duties & Responsibilities • Provide supportive companionship for guests throughout their visit to house (interview, intake, arrival, stay and departure)., • Share personal recovery to encourage hope, wellness, personal growth and recovery., • Model and support the belief that individuals can and will do better., • Utilize effective engagement skills to connect, use mutually shared insights to encourage problem solving and utilization of tools that will assist in lessening or alleviating current and future crisis., • Non-judgmental active listening designed to meet individual “where they are at”., • Help maintain a clean, safe, and secure environment. Some cleaning may be involved., • Provide telephone support to peers in the community though our Consumer Phone Link Program as needed., • Facilitate self-help, support groups., • Keep accurate and timely records., • Work cooperatively with respite team., • Maintains client confidentiality.Requirements: Education & Experience: • Lived, experience and willingness to utilize personal experience to assist others in recovery., • High School Diploma, • Six months to one year current or recent employment., • Six months to one year part time or full time experience in delivery of direct services to mental health consumer/survivors (volunteer or paid), preferred., • Three months first hand experience in self-help or peer directed services and/or peer support groups, preferred., • Good oral and written communication skills., • Completion of Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) training preferred., • Basic knowledge of community support services/resources/mental health service delivery system, preferred., • Knowledge of consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement and peer run or peer driven services that incorporate recovery based philosophies., • Ability to relate to both other survivors of mental illness and psychiatric diagnosis and mental health professionals., • Honesty, respect for diversity, high personal standards, professional demeanor, language and behaviors reflecting such values., • Commitment to the possibility of recovery for all individuals diagnosed with psychiatric illness., • Emotional resilience to cope with strong emotions on an on-going basis., • Valid and “clean” New York State Driver’s License, preferred.