Position Summary: Empowerment Services (Peer Support) are non-clinical, peer-delivered services with focus on rehabilitation, recovery, and resilience. They are designed to promote skills for coping with and managing behavioral health symptoms while facilitating the utilization of natural supports and community resources. These services are part of Community Oriented Recovery Empowerment services (CORE). These services are for individuals with a Serious Mental Illness that also have a Health and Recovery Plan (HARP) through their Medicaid Insurance.
Peer Support must include the identified goals or objectives in the member's individualized service plan, with interventions tailored to the individual. These goals should promote utilization of natural supports and community services, supporting the person's recovery and enhancing the quality of their personal and family life. The intentional, goal-directed activities provided by this service emphasize the opportunity for peers to model skills and strategies necessary for recovery, thereby developing the individual's skills and self-efficacy. These services are provided through the perspective of a shared personal experience of recovery, enhancing the individual's sense of empowerment and hope.
As a Peer Specialist, you will be providing services in the community to individuals throughout Ulster County.
Responsibilities Include:
Health, Safety, & Compliance
Agency Standards
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
Experience:
Required Certifications:
Applicants must be certified in one of the following:
New York State Certified Peer Specialist, can be provisional (NYCPS) or
New York Certified Recovery Peer Advocate, can be provisional (CRPA)
WORKING CONDITIONS
REGULATORY CLEARANCES REQUIRED:
Affirmative Action & EEO Statement: It is the policy of Gateway Hudson Valley to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. This policy relates to all phases of employment, including, but not limited to, recruiting, employment, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, reduction of workforce and termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation, selection for training, the use of all facilities, and participation in all company-sponsored employee activities. Provisions in applicable laws providing for bona fide occupational qualifications, business necessity or age limitations will be adhered to by the company where appropriate.
As part of the company’s equal employment opportunity policy, Gateway Hudson Valley will also take affirmative action as called for by applicable laws and Executive Orders to ensure that minority group individuals, females, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, other protected veterans, Armed Forces service medal veterans, and qualified disabled persons are introduced into our workforce and considered for promotional opportunities.
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