Peer Specialist - East Scattered Site - 10734

Additional Requirement

• Valid driver’s license required. This requirement may be waived, if necessary, based on overall candidate experience and current needs of the business and/or role.

Coalition Benefits 

• Choice of HMO or PPO health insurance coverage options: full-time employees contribute only 1% of their earnings for their own HMO health coverage and no more than 4% of their earnings for coverage of eligible dependents. We’re proud to offer same-and opposite-sex domestic partner coverage. 
• Choice of dental insurance or discount plan. 
• Vision insurance.  
• Flexible spending accounts for health care / dependent care / parking expenses. 
• Free basic life and AD&D insurance coverage. 
• Employee Assistance Program, a problem-solving resource available to you and your household members. 
• Dollar-for-dollar retirement plan matching contributions up to 5% of earnings with 3-year vesting. 
• Extensive paid time-off, including 9 holidays, 12 days of sick leave, and three weeks of vacation for new full-time employees in their first year. 
 
The effective date for your benefits will be the first of the month following your date of hire.

Essential Job Functions 

• Maintains current and complete COVID‐19 vaccination(s), as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local health authorities.
• Provides individual and group peer support, drawing on common experiences as a peer, to validate residents’ experiences and to provide guidance and encouragement to residents to take responsibility and actively participate in their own recovery.
• Conducts routine room checks and submits report to case management. Also works with residents on any room concerns such as cleanliness.
• If assigned to building 8, coordinates with building 5 staff as residents move from 5 to building 8.
• Provides transportation for needs not met by local transit. This may include transporting residents to outside recovery meetings.
• Actively participates, collaborates, and contributes to the Supportive Residential Community program to promote a team culture in which each resident’s point of view, experiences, and preferences are recognized, understood and respected, and in which Resident self-determination and decision-making in service planning are maximized and supported.
• Helps residents identify, understand, and combat stigma and discrimination associated with, addiction, mental illness and homelessness and develop strategies to reduce self-stigma. Helps other team members to identify and understand culture-wide stigma and discrimination against people with substance use disorders, mental illness and homelessness and works to develop strategies to address stigma within the team.
• Serves as a liaison between team and consumer-run programs such as self-help groups and drop in centers.
• Maintains and ensures confidentiality of all resident information.
• Solicits, listens, and responds to client feedback about services.
• Attends and participates in formal and informal staff meetings, and addresses resident and program issues.
• Completes all necessary documentation including HMIS in a timely manner.
• Participates in performance assessment activities through data collection and by facilitating access to program residents.
• Monitors residents’ needs through regular contact and assists team in crisis intervention.
• Organizes and facilitates social activities including creating and distributing event flyers to clients and staff. Social activities include office-based client gatherings/potlucks, office –based process groups, and skill-building field trips in the community.
• Performs direct client care for a minimum of 50% of working time (including face to face appointments, case management via phone, advocacy and linkages with external supports in the community) as reflected by HMIS documentation.
• Maintains a work environment that is marked by respect for others; that values inclusiveness; and that fosters cooperation and teamwork.

Qualifications Summary 

• Prior or current recipient of substance abuse treatment and/or mental health or homeless services, with the ability to role model recovery, and who is actively participating in their own recovery. Experience with co-occurring mental health and substance treatment disorders.
• High degree of knowledge and experience working with individuals who are homeless.
• Evidence or experience with program implementation.
• Must be able to work under stressful conditions, work variable hours and be available 24/7 to respond support staff in responding to crises.
• At least one year of recovery from substance abuse is preferred.
• Knowledge of evidence-based practices used by this project.
• Must embrace the mission and philosophy of recovery and client centered services.
• Must pass CBI check.
• Must adhere to Agency’s non-discrimination policies
• Bilingual preferred.