Gateway Healthcare, RI’s largest nonprofit behavioral healthcare provider, is hiring a Peer Specialist to work with adults managing mental health issues, including substance abuse & co-occurring disorders! This is a community-based position that will requires travel within Rhode Island.
Gateway Healthcare provides outstanding treatment, intervention & prevention services to people of all cultural & economic backgrounds with behavioral & substance abuse issues, through its residential, outpatient, and community-based programs.
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:
- Provide direct mental health services to clients in an emergency crisis, outpatient, community support program, and residential settings, designed to assist clients in regaining personal control over their lives & over their own recovery processes, serving as a role model to clients
- Engage clients who may be at risk & provide stage appropriate recovery education & supports
- Educate clients about effective coping strategies, self-help techniques & the self-help group process, sometimes based on personal experience
- Educate & engage individuals in the Wellness Recovery Action Plan process as a means to recognize early triggers & signs of relapse
- Assist clients in clarifying their goals for rehabilitation & recovery as well as their personal interests, goals, abilities, strengths & assets
- Help clients develop support systems, increased hope, a sense of wellness, & self-esteem
- Promote the knowledge of available service options & choices, as well as the utilization of natural resources within the community
- Assist in the orientation process for persons who are new to receiving mental health and/or co-occurring disorders services
- Facilitate Double Trouble, 12 Step, or other self-help groups to nurture a peer support culture
- Support clients in seeking to connect/reconnect with family, friends, and significant others
- Provide 22 hours of face-to-face contact with clients per week
Requirements:
- Be self-identified as a current or former user of mental health, substance abuse, or co-occurring services, who can relate to others who are not using those services
- Completed & passed a Peer Specialist certification program
- Ability to obtain a Statewide Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS) certification within 6-12 months of employment
- 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.
