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About the Role
Liberty Resources is seeking Per Diem Peer Specialists for its Oswego Crisis Residence Program. This program offers a therapeutic environment for adults experiencing mental health crises, utilizing individuals with lived experience to provide peer support services. The goal is to stabilize crises, support community reintegration, and prevent unnecessary emergency department visits and hospitalizations.
Responsibilities
- Provide assistance in personal care and activities of daily living.
- Offer peer support and engagement.
- Develop safety plans.
- Integrate direct care and support services.
- Provide case management.
- Assist with medication management and monitoring.
- Deliver peer support in fidelity with Peer and Recovery-Oriented models.
- Provide crisis intervention, teaching individuals to view crises differently and use wellness tools.
- Collaborate with Health Homes, hospitals, and treatment providers to develop integrated care plans.
- Offer advocacy, peer support, referral, and linkage services.
- Provide program coverage, including required overnights.
- Complete all required documentation, including Individual Service Plans, Social Determinants of Health Assessments, Strengths and Needs Assessments, Safety Plans, Daily Progress Notes, and Discharge Summaries within program timelines.
Requirements
- Minimum of high school diploma or equivalent (GED) required.
- Certified or provisionally certified by the Office of Mental Health (OMH) as a Certified Peer Specialist (NYCPS), Family Peer Advocate (FPA), Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA), and/or Peer Specialists who have completed all required State approved training specific to their title is preferred or willing to complete the certification process within six months of employment required.
- Personal experience with emotional, behavioral, addiction, or co-occurring disorders or as a parent/primary caregiver of a child with emotional, behavioral, addiction, or co-occurring disorders.
- Work experience in a behavioral health or related setting, preferably using the recovery model with one to two years of personal recovery experience is preferred.
- A respect for, compassion, and high level of comfort around people experiencing psychiatric crisis.
- Ability to utilize critical thinking, problem-solving, and de-escalation skills to assist with creating and maintaining an environment that promotes recovery.
Skills
- Health and wellness coaching
- Reoccurrence prevention planning
- Wellness activities
- Family support
- Conflict resolution
- Referrals and linkage services
- Recovery Oriented Services
- Harm Reduction
- Trauma-Informed Care
- Motivational Interviewing
- Intentional Peer Support
- Crisis intervention
- Critical thinking
- Problem-solving
- De-escalation skills
Location
- Oswego
Work Type
- Per Diem
- Evenings
- Weekends
- Overnights
Experience Level
- Entry level experience with ability for growth in the agency
- One to two years of personal recovery experience is preferred
Education Level
- High school diploma or equivalent (GED)
- Certified Peer Specialist (NYCPS)
- Family Peer Advocate (FPA)
- Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA)
Salary/Compensations
- $20-$24 per hour depending on certification status
Benefits
- Home like setting
- Relaxed atmosphere
- Variety of work hours
- Mentorship
- Offers Peer Certification hours
About the Company
- Liberty Resources has 4 Crisis Residence 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.
- Welcome to Wholehearted Health!
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.