Gateway Healthcare, RI’s largest nonprofit behavioral healthcare provider, is hiring a Peer Specialist to provide peer support & care coordination services to Veterans & military personnel who have behavioral health needs. Peer Specialists serve as a role model, mentor, advocate, and motivator to clients, sharing their personal experiences to help motivate to seek treatment, prevent relapse, and promote long-term recovery. This is a community-based position that will requires travel within Rhode Island.
Benefits Include:
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Comprehensive health benefits including Medical/Dental/Vision
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with 6% employer match
- Education assistance & student loan forgiveness
- Employee Assistance Plan
- Discounts on child & elder care, pet insurance, house insurance and more!
Responsibilities:
- Conduct community outreach to engage Veterans in social & recreational activities to form meaningful & trusting relationships that can lead to identifying the need for behavioral health services
- Provide opportunities for individuals receiving services to direct their own recovery process
- Coach & support the acquisition & use of skills needed to facilitate individual recovery
- Assist Veterans in identifying their personal strengths, abilities, & needs and articulate personal recovery goals & advocate for them during treatment
- Promote the identification & use of natural resources & support systems within the community, accompanying clients to assist in accessing services
- Facilitate the development of a sense of wellness, self-worth, and personal control over one’s life & recovery journey
- Act as a role model to Veterans in recovery to inspire hope by sharing life experiences & lessons learned as a person with lived experience
- Model/mentor recovery process & demonstrate coping skills
- Assist in the orientation process for clients who are new to receiving mental health and/or co-occurring treatment
- Demonstrate cultural sensitivity to the military experience & have competence in trauma informed care
- Support clients in seeking to connect/reconnect with family, friends & significant others and in learning how to improve or eliminate unhealthy relationships
- As requested by client, foster spiritual connections with faith-based organizations, and/or participation in self-help and mutual support groups
Requirements:
- Veteran who has spent a minimum of 2 years in personal recovery from a mental health and/or substance use condition
- Ability to complete certification as a Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS) – We will assist with this process!
- Be self-identified current or former user of mental health or co-occurring services who can relate to others who have not utilized those services
- Valid driver’s license and use of car during normal working hours, or other means of transportation to complete major functions of job
- High school diploma or GED
Shift & Schedule: 1st Shift, M-F 8:00am-4:30pm
Location: Openings available in Pawtucket, Johnston, and Charlestown, RI
APPLY TODAY: Email your resume to afamiglietti@lifespan.org – You will be contacted with additional details.
Lifespan is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin age ethnicity sexual orientation ancestry genetics gender identity or expression disability protected veteran or marital status. Lifespan is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
