Peer Support Specialist II

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Posted: 16-May-24

Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey

Salary: Open

Categories:

Healthcare
Staff/Administrative

Internal Number: 227805

Position Summary:

Rutgers The State University is seeking a Peer Support Specialist II in the Early Intervention Support Services (EISS) within Rutgers University Behavioral Healthcare. 
The Peer Support Specialist II will assist in the development and maintenance of a recovery-oriented environment for adults (age 18 through maturity). They will provide a wide range of peer support services to consumers to assist them in regaining control over their own lives and their own recovery process. Provides services in accordance with UBHC and Unit policies and procedures.
Among the key duties of this position are the following: 

• Interacts with consumers in a therapeutic manner.
• Uses his/her own experiences with recovery as a vehicle to establish rapport and relationship building with the consumer or family member.
• Models for consumers good communication skills, recovery-oriented living skills, effective coping skills, and self-help strategies as observed by supervisor and as indicated by feedback from consumers and team members.
• Assists consumers in identifying their personal recovery goals, assists in setting objectives for each goal, and determines interventions to be used based on the consumer's recovery/life goals. Is actively involved in the development of the consumer's treatment plan as observed by supervisor and indicated by feedback from consumers and team members. 
• Educates consumers around meeting self-care needs. 
• Develops and maintains a therapeutic relationship with consumers so that he/she can identify emotional, psychiatric or behavioral changes which may require further intervention or treatment. Helps the consumer effectively address the problem, and/or refers the consumer to the appropriate clinical staff as observed by supervisor and as indicated by feedback from consumers, families, and team members. 
• Advocates for appropriate resources for clients and families based on assessed needs as measured by supervisory observation.  

Minimum Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent.

City: Newark

State: NJ

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: 

• Occasional time spent traveling to community settings for outreaches. 
• Moderate physical effort (lift/carry up to 25 pounds). 
• Frequently walks, bends, stretches, pushes and pulls. Manual dexterity and mobility for charting. 
• Lifts supplies, equipment and charts. 
• Sitting while interviewing clients; may sit up to several hours in one place. 
• Working with seriously mentally ill adults.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: 

• Varied work settings include office and community setting. 
• May be exposed to infectious and contagious diseases. 
• Subject to varying and unpredictable situations. 
• Handles emergency or crisis situations. 
• May be exposed to clients exhibiting assaultive or aggressive behaviors.
• Generally pleasant working conditions in a clean, well-lighted, and quiet to moderately loud setting.

Posting Number: 24ST1174

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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national public research university and the state's preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Rutgers is dedicated to teaching that meets the highest standards of excellence; to conducting research that breaks new ground; and to turning knowledge into solutions for local, national, and global communities. As it was at our founding in 1766, the heart of our mission is preparing students to become productive members of society and good citizens of the world. Rutgers teaches across the full educational spectrum: preschool to precollege; undergraduate to graduate and postdoctoral; and continuing education for professional and personal advancement. Rutgers is New Jersey's land-grant institution and one of the nation's foremost research universities, and as such, we educate, make discoveries, serve as an engine of economic growth, and generate ideas for improving people's lives.
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