Salary $16.50 - $17.00/hr
Employment 20 hours per week, Monday through Friday 8:30am ? 5:00 pm
Purpose: The Certified Peer Specialist carries an assigned caseload and ensures the provision of peer services are provided to individuals with a recovery focus. The Peer specialist offers services designed to promote skills for coping with and managing behavioral health symptoms while facilitating the utilization of natural resources. The Peer specialist will support and provide advocacy, teach life skills and assist individuals in their personal recovery goals. The Peer Specialist will work in the Mental Health Clinic program.
Key Functions:
Outreach and engagement: Interim visits to individuals after discharge from ED, Inpatient or Detox Unit. Raises awareness of existing services. Models a recovery lifestyle and offer?s assistance to individuals to remove barriers that exist for access
Advocacy: provide? s assistance advocating for linking to self-directed services, assists with benefits and planning, provides linkage in the behavioral health system or other services.
Provides recovery supports consisting of: recovery education an coaching for individuals and their families, conducting person-centered planning that incorporates life areas such as community connectedness, physical wellness, spirituality, employment, self-help.
Provides transitional supports: Bridging from institutions, jail, general hospital, or from the individual?s home to the community.
Pre-crisis and Crisis support: Provide support to an individual in the emergency room, crisis unit or preparing to be admitted to detox, develops crisis plans or relapse prevention plans, provides support to an individual in their home or community before a crisis.
Supports personal recovery goals and builds upon resiliency.
Models life skills (basic skills to handle problems and questions encountered in daily life) such as problem solving, accepting responsibility, money management, honoring commitments and self-care skills such as cooking, laundry, and shopping.
Imparts agency philosophy of ?Equal Opportunity, Independence and Realization of Individual Potential? to children, families, program staff and community resources.
Maintains confidentiality of information relating to individuals and their families in accordance with agency policy.
Participates in conferences, workshops. Department meetings and in-service training as needed or recommended to enhance job skills and personal growth and development.
Adheres to agency?s policies and procedures as well as department guidelines.
Competency Requirements
- Must have good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrates knowledge of community resources and is comfortable providing services in the community.
- Experience with Person-Centered Planning Practices desirable.
- Computer literacy, including the ability to input information, retrieve client information and locate resources on the web. Documentation of services in EMR will be required.
Supervisory Responsibility
None
Other Duties
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit, stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must frequently lift and/or move objects up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move objects up to 20 pounds.
Travel
Travel is primarily local during the business day but employee will be expected to work at any of our partner agencies. Some out-of-the-area and overnight travel may be expected.
Required Education and Experience
Certification as a Peer Specialist required. Must have good communication and interpersonal skills. Experience working with individuals with a mental innless and co-occurring disorders preferred. Must be able to demonstrate knowledge of community resources and is comfortable providing services in the community. Experience with Person-Centered Planning Practices desirable. Computer literacy, including the ability to input information, retrieve client information and locate resources on the web required. Documentation of services in EMR will be required.
Additional Eligibility Qualifications
None
What we offer:
- Affordable Medical / Dental / Vision Insurance
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- 9 Paid Holidays
- Matching 403B Retirement Plan
- Additional Insurance Offerings - Specified Disease Insurance w/ Cancer Rider, Accident Insurance, Identity Theft Protection
- Employer Paid Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA)
- Employer paid Life Insurance, Short-term and Long-term Disability Insurance
- Tuition Reimbursement
Apply: Interested internal applicants are invited to submit an internal application form to Sandra Creamer, Human Resources Generalist, Rochester Rehabilitation. Other may apply on our website at www.rochesterrehab.org/jobseekers
Closing Date: open until filled Posted: 8/07/2025
The agencies are equal opportunity employers. We do not discriminate against employees or applicants in the hiring, promotion, compensation, placement, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence or any other term or condition of employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran, domestic violence victim status, prior arrest and conviction records or any other protected category in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
