MHA is hiring for a Home and Community-Based Services (CORE) Peer support specialist.
Base Hourly Rate Range is $22.00 to $24.00 per hour.
CORE provides opportunities for Medicaid beneficiaries with behavioral health conditions and substance use disorders (SUD) to receive services in their home or community. CORE utilizes a recovery model of care which emphasizes and supports a person's potential for recovery by optimizing the quality of life and reducing symptoms of behavioral health conditions and substance use disorders through empowerment, choice, treatment, education, employment, housing, and health and well-being goals. Recovery is generally seen in this approach as a personal journey rather than a set outcome, and one that may involve developing hope, a secure base and sense of self, supportive relationships, self-direction, social inclusion, and coping skills.
Empowerment Services/Peer Supports - Peer Support services are peer-delivered services with a rehabilitation and recovery focus. They are designed to promote skills for coping with and managing behavioral health symptoms while facilitating utilizing natural resources and enhancing recovery-oriented principles (e.g., hope and self-efficacy and community living skills). Peer support uses trauma-informed, non-clinical assistance to achieve long-term recovery from a behavioral health disorder.
Peer support providers must have a certification of the following:
- OMH established Certified Peer Specialist
- OASAS Certified Peer Advocate
The ability to master an electronic record system, meet deadlines and productivity targets, and willingness to grow and change are musts.
The CM must have a valid driver's license and car and meet MHA guidelines to drive agency vehicles. Basic computer skills are required. Candidates must consent to Fingerprinting and a Criminal History Information Records search.
We offer a professional yet relaxed working environment, providing room for personal growth and career advancement. Our benefits package is generous and flexible. And we offer flexible work schedules, making MHA one of the most family-friendly places you could work! EOE