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Peer Support Specialist - 1st Shift

Gaudenzia, Inc.
place Philadelphia, 19019
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Full Time

About Job

Your Responsibilities In This Role May Include

  • Treat all clients and staff with dignity and respect.
  • Maintain professional ethical boundaries and the confidentiality of all individuals supported.
  • Assist individuals in recovery with articulating their personal goal(s) for recovery and developing their individualized recovery/ aftercare plan.
  • Identify and support linkages to community resources (communities of recovery, educational, vocational, social, cultural, spiritual resources, mutual self- help groups, professional services, etc.) that support the individual’s goals and interests.
  • Identify barriers to full participation in community resources and work with individuals to develop strategies to overcome those barriers.
  • Liaison with established community support groups and advocate for effective recovery-based services.
  • Role model and assist individuals with effective techniques for coping, self-advocacy, problem-solving, and self-help.
  • Assist individuals in building and reinforcing newly learned social skills in the community that will enhance their job acquisition and tenure
  • Accompany recovering person to appointments, meetings, and other events in the community, as needed.
  • Attend the treatment team meetings to promote individuals’ use of self-advocacy and self-directed recovery tools and support individuals in presenting their own agenda/progress, etc. at the team meeting.
  • Coordinate with treatment team to communicate the progress that the person in recovery makes toward meeting their objectives.
  • Monitor urinalysis testing of clients, as directed.