Peer Support Worker - Per Diem - Recovery Learning Center Job at Bay Cove Human Services
Mission Statement:
Bay Cove Human Services partners with people to overcome challenges and realize personal potential.
Job Summary:
Your position as Peer Support Worker at the Peer Support Network (PSN) supports our mission by maintaining programing at the Metro Boston Recovery Learning Community, a consortium led by Boston Medical Center. This program requires peers to facilitate and lead groups including general peer support, wellness, and recovery groups of various kinds and provide one-to-one peer support at PSN, located at 31 Bowker St., 5th floor. This is a non-exempt position.
Supervisory Responsibilities: None
Essential Functions of Position:
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Bay Cove Human Services partners with people to overcome challenges and realize personal potential.
Job Summary:
Your position as Peer Support Worker at the Peer Support Network (PSN) supports our mission by maintaining programing at the Metro Boston Recovery Learning Community, a consortium led by Boston Medical Center. This program requires peers to facilitate and lead groups including general peer support, wellness, and recovery groups of various kinds and provide one-to-one peer support at PSN, located at 31 Bowker St., 5th floor. This is a non-exempt position.
Supervisory Responsibilities: None
Essential Functions of Position:
- Conduct a variety of recovery-oriented groups, such as General Peer Support, Relaxation and Music Appreciation.
- Function as an onsite manager in the absence of the Assistant Director of Recovery.
- Welcome community members who drop in and provide one-to-one peer support.
- Keep track of participant attendance and answer any questions directed to peer support workers by participants.
- Facilitate Recovery and Wellness support groups at the Peer Support Network, 31 Bowker St., 5th floor.
- Assist participants in locating suitable resources for housing, benefits and employment by utilizing community and online resources.
- Commitment to learning WRAP, WHAM and Facilitation Training.
- Completes other duties and projects as assigned by supervisor.
- Ability to share personal life experiences to support people in their recovery.
- Ability to be flexible, independent and responsible.
- Ability to communicate PSN’s mission and support self-help recovery community activities.
- Ability to collaborate with individuals working for different agencies and systems to build and strengthen a supportive recovery community.
- Ability to teach participants how to use the computer more effectively.
- Ability to help community members find the resources they seek.
- High School degree or high school equivalency diploma or 1 year experience as peer facilitator.
- Knowledge of recovery strategies, peer group facilitation, and effective listening.
- A willingness to share “one’s own story” with individuals attending PSN.
- An acceptable CORI (criminal record assessment).
- Can demonstrate sufficient computer skills in Microsoft Word and use Excel spreadsheets.
- A COVID-19 vaccination is a requirement of the position.
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