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Peer Bridger

Peer Specialists working within the Peer Bridger Program at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center’s Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP) will work closely with high-risk individuals to support their connection and engagement within the community upon their discharge from the hospital. Peer Bridgers serve as mentors, demonstrate personal self-help and wellness skills and provide validation and support to individuals. Using evidence-based peer interventions and working collaboratively with the team, Peer Bridgers are actively involved in promoting recovery, self-determination, and shared decision making.

Competencies:

• Maintain Peer Specialist values in all aspects of their work
• Understand and approach all individuals in a trauma informed and responsive manner
• Be able to build relationships with all members of the team and greater community
• Willingness to learn new skills and adaptable to fluid workflow

Requirements:

• Hold current/active New York Peer Certification:
• New York Certified Peer Specialist, Provisional (NYCPS-P)
• New York Certified Peer Specialist (NYCPS)
• New York Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA)
• Credentialed Family Peer Advocate (FPA-C)
• Credentialed Youth Peer Advocate (YPA-C)

• Demonstrate ability to navigate community resources
• Ability to model, facilitate, and convey the message that healing is possible and probable
• Exhibit oral, reading, writing, and computer skills with basic knowledge in applications such as Microsoft Office: Teams, Word, Power Point, Excel, Outlook
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills with ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to maintain confidential information as related to position, always maintaining transparency with any limits that are identified
• Hold a current and unrestricted New York State driver’s license

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.