Search for Change
Guiding the Way to Independence through Recovery
Changing the human condition one person at a time for more than 40 years.
We are in search of a SOS Peer Specialist in Westchester County to join our team!
$500 TOTAL SIGN ON BONUS
$250 after 3 months and $250 after 6 Months (if in good standing)
PAY STARTS AT $22.60
Work Life Balance
- Generous vacation, sick, personal, and holiday PTO
- Free or affordable dental and vision insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- 401k, life insurance, and much more!
Primary Duties:
- The PART TIME SOS Peer Specialist will conduct community outreach to unsheltered homeless persons.
- You will apply evidence-based interventions consistent with a Critical Time Intervention (CTI) approach and facilitate participants access to housing and other essential health and social welfare services.
- You will perform persistent and assertive outreach and engagement using strengths-based approaches.
- Continually assess the mental and social needs of participants and promote participants access to housing and other services conducive to their recovery and other desirable outcomes.
- Provide post-housing care coordination services.
- Requires fieldwork, on call coverage and a willingness to work flexible hours.
Qualifications
- Minimum High School Diploma or equivalent or higher; New York State Certified Peer Specialist preferred.
- Required completion of an internship or comparable training in peer advocacy.
- Experience in providing advocacy or care coordination services for homeless persons or those with mental illness or substance use disorder preferred.
- Valid, insurable driver’s license preferred, not recquired.
Pay: $22.60 - $24.04 per hour
People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply
Application Question(s):
- Have you completed peer specialist, peer advocacy coursework or equivalent?
Work Location: In person
