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About the Role

Liberty Resources is seeking Per Diem Peer Specialists for its Cayuga Crisis Respite Program, which offers a therapeutic environment for adults experiencing mental health crises. The program utilizes individuals with lived experience to provide peer support, health and wellness coaching, and crisis intervention, aiming to stabilize individuals and facilitate their return to the community while preventing unnecessary hospitalizations.

Responsibilities

• Conducts initial assessments/screenings.
• Teach guests to look at crisis differently and utilize wellness tools to prevent future crises or to decrease the intensity of personal crisis.
• Work closely with Health Homes programs, hospitals, and other treatment providers to develop an integrated plan of care.
• Provide advocacy, Peer support, and referral linkage services for program residents.
• Use shared experience to support the clients.
• Provide recovery oriented services incorporating Peer Support, Motivational Interviewing and Trauma-Informed/Responsive care.
• Provide coverage for the program as reflected in the staffing plan including overnights as required.
• Rotate warm line responsibilities with other staff and/or make follow up calls.
• Functions as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
• Acts as a role model for residents of the program.
• Ensure upkeep and cleanliness of the residence.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Associates Degree or Bachelor’s Degree in the field preferred.
• 1-3 years’ volunteer or work experience in the Behavioral Healthcare field preferred.
• A respect for and high level of comfort around people experiencing psychiatric crisis.
• Ability to utilize critical thinking, problem-solving and de-escalation skills.
• Have personal experience as a recipient of mental health services with a willingness to share personal and practical experience, knowledge, and first-hand insight to benefit program guests.
• A willingness to learn and practice Peer support that is aligned with the fidelity of the Peer Model.
• Certified by the Office of Mental Health (OMH) as a Certified Peer Specialist or Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) as a Certified Peer Recovery Advocate or willingness to become certified within six months of hire.

Skills

• Peer Support
• Health and wellness coaching
• Crisis intervention
• Advocacy
• Referral linkage services
• Motivational Interviewing
• Trauma-Informed/Responsive care
• Critical thinking
• Problem-solving
• De-escalation skills

Location

• Syracuse
• Oneida
• Oswego
• Auburn

Work Type

• Per Diem
• Weekends
• Overnights

Experience Level

• Entry level experience with ability for growth in the agency

Education Level

• High School Diploma or GED
• Associates Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree

Salary/Compensations

• $20-$24 per hour based on certification status

Benefits

• Home like setting
• Relaxed atmosphere
• Variety of work hours
• Mentorship/Entry level experience with ability for growth in the agency
• Offers Peer Certification hours

About the Company

• Liberty Resources has 4 Crisis Respite locations with 3-8 beds in Syracuse, Oneida, Oswego, and Auburn.
• The respite homes are community based residential programs that provide a therapeutic environment for adults experiencing a mental health crisis.
• Our employees have passion around the services they provide and our corporate values of excellence and staff support.
• We pride ourselves on high quality, integrated, community-based services that meet the evolving needs of our communities.
• We’re committed to building a diverse workforce that values contributions of all team members and work to recognize cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and how they apply to provision of positive health outcomes.

Equal Opportunity

• Liberty Resources is committed to creating a diverse inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
• Liberty Resources offers equal employment opportunities to all persons without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, parental status, housing status, source of income or military status, in accordance with applicable federal, state and local EEO laws.