Peer Support Specialist III (Multiple Vacancies)

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Posted: 13-Feb-24

Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey

Salary: Open

Categories:

Healthcare
Staff/Administrative

Internal Number: 221302

Position Summary:

Rutgers The State University is seeking a Peer Support Specialist III in the Outpatient within Rutgers University Behavioral Healthcare.
The Peer Support Specialist III is a member of a team offering person centered, culturally competent instrumental, information and emotional support either in person or by phone. The Peer Support Specialist III uses lived experience and basic peer support skills to engage and empower persons served to support their wellness. Offers insight into the experience of living with a mental and/or substance use disorder and relevant recovery supports in order to assist staff in identifying program environments and treatment approaches that are conducive to recovery.
Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• Engages individuals served in a collaborative and caring relationship.
• Uses his/her own lived experiences with mental and/or substance use recovery as a vehicle to establish rapport and build relationships with the individuals served and/or their family member(s).
• Demonstrates good communication skills, wellness and recovery oriented coping skills and self-help strategies for individuals served and team members.
• Assists consumers in identifying their strengths and wellness needs in order to establish recovery goals; assists in setting objectives for each goal and collaborates to determine recovery and wellness supports.
• Is actively involved in the development of the consumers treatment/recovery and where applicable assists in development of wellness and recovery plans.
• Educates consumers on skills, knowledge and resources to meet their individualized recovery self-care needs.
• Links to community and self-help resources, services, and supports.

Minimum Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• At least three (3) years of previous relevant experience required. 
• At least two (2) of the three (3) years must be lived experience with the target population.

City: Camden

State: NJ

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Standing, sitting, walking, talking or hearing. No special vision requirements.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Office environment.
• Moderate noise.

Special Conditions:

• Must possess valid driver's license or alternate means of transportation for use to outreach individuals served.

Posting Number: 24ST0327

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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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