Peer Support Specialist-First Responders (PT/Day Shift)

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Location: Plainsboro, NJ

Shift Hours: Day Shift( PT/ 24 hours per week)

Benefits You'll Receive at Princeton/Penn Medicine:

• Generous Paid Time Off benefits, including eight paid holidays that will give you the work-life balance today's world needs

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription coverage plan options that best fit your personal & family needs

• Tuition Assistance for both Part-Time (20+ hours) and Full-time (40 hours) employees.(0.5 FTE and over)

• Access to company paid life insurance, temporary disability. Employee discounts and perks, including but not limited to free secure employee-only parking, optional life insurance and other. Please click on this LINK for more information regarding our amazing benefits package.

Summary:

• The Peer Support Specialist assists the program treatment team(s) in providing direct care and support to patients. The individual participates as a member of the treatment team(s) in creating and maintaining a therapeutic milieu and in providing support to patients in our First Responder Treatment Services. The Peer Support specialist actively uses his/her own experience as a first responder as a tool to help patients in this program reach their treatment goals.

Responsibilities:

• Participates as a member of the treatment team(s) to provide individual care to first responders. Assists patients in articulating their personal recovery goals. Performs and may record patient care activities such as changes in a patient's condition, behavior, and unusual incidents consistent with established policies, procedures, and protocols as delegated by his/her supervisor and the patient's treatment team. Provides individual and/or group support to patients based upon relevant psychological and/or addictions principles. Participates as part of a team in assessing and improving the delivery of care on assigned unit(s). Maintains a safe and therapeutic atmosphere for the milieu by enforcing program rules, regulations and limits. Shares their own first responder experience and what skills, strengths, supports and resources they used. Acts as a liaison to formal and informal community support services, resources and recovery-supporting activities. Acts as a role model, showing patients the value of every individual recovery experience. Facilitates basic, recovery-focused psycho-education group activities.

Credentials:

A healthcare professional with a minimum of a Bachelors' degree ( Criminal Justice, Social Science or related field preferred)

Related Work Experience: Possesses a basic knowledge of chemical dependency and/or behavioral health care. Minimum of 10 years experience as a first responder (e.g., police officer, firefighter, corrections officer, active duty military or veteran).

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

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