Position: Peer Specialist The Peer Specialist plays a critical role in creating a welcoming and supportive environment for individuals seeking behavioral health and substance use disorder services at our Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC). The Peer Specialist is often the first person a service recipient encounters when entering the clinic, helping to foster connection, hope, and engagement from the very beginning of treatment. Essential Duties: • Welcome and greet service recipients entering the CCBHC, helping to create a warm, respectful and recovery-focused environment. • Build trusting relationships with individuals through the use of lived experience, peer support principles, and recovery-oriented engagement strategies. • Provide peer support services including Outreach, Advocacy, Mentoring, Recovery Support Services. • Assist individuals in navigating behavioral health, substance abuse, medical, and community-based services. • Support engagement and retention in treatment by maintaining regular contact with participants and encouraging participation in recommended services. • Advocate for individuals’ needs. Preferences, and recovery goals within the treatment process. • Provide education on recovery resources, wellness strategies, and community supports. • Participate in Outreach activities designed to identify and engage individuals who may benefits from CCBHC services. • Assist with linkage and referrals to community resources, self-help groups, recovery supports, housing, employment, and other services as appropriate. • Distribute and provide education regarding overdose prevention resources, including Narcan. • Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to support person-centered care planning and service delivery. • Provide transportation assistance to service recipients when appropriate and in accordance with agency policies. • Drive agency vehicles, including the Outreach minivan, as needed. • Complete required documentation in a timely and accurate manner. Minimum Requirements: • High School Diploma/GED and 2 years’ work or volunteer experience in a recovery-orientated setting. • OMH – New York Certified Peer Specialist – Provisional (NYCPS-P) or New York Certified Peer Specialist (NYCPS). Preferred Qualifications: • Lived experience with and knowledge of the challenges pertaining to substance use and/or mental health conditions. • Clean driving record. Monday - Friday: 8:00am - 4:00pm