Peer Specialist, St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center, Children and Youth, Family Peer Support Specialist/Family Advocate, P26613

Duties Description As a Peer Specialist - Family Peer Support Specialist/Family Advocate, you would provide direct mental health services to recipients in emergency, inpatient, outpatient, community support programs, and residential settings. You would serve as a role model for recipients and educate recipients about self-help techniques and self-help group process; teach them effective coping strategies, sometimes based on personal experience; assist them in clarifying their goals for rehabilitation and recovery; and help them to develop support systems. As a Peer Specialist, you would perform a range of tasks designed to assist recipients in regaining personal control over their lives and over their own recovery processes. Your tasks would focus on facilitating the development of self-help skills, support systems, coping strategies, and the increased hope and self-esteem that are central to recovery from a psychiatric disability.

Minimum Qualifications Candidates must ha...