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Odyssey House is seeking a Part-Time Peer Support Specialist!
Summary: You can make a difference in people’s lives and our community! Odyssey House, a 501(c)3 non-profit, is recognized as the best mental health and addiction treatment center in Utah. If you want to expand your experience in the social work and addiction field, we can help! We provide you with opportunities to learn and start a career with flexible schedules to accommodate school and family life. This role is critical to the client and the organization. Odyssey is a large and growing agency, and we are BIG on promoting from within. It is common for people who start here to get promoted to full-time or leadership roles. So come work with the people in our care; it is deeply rewarding!
Job Location: Salt Lake City
Pay: $16.50 per hour if fully certified ($15.50 per hour if you are working toward full certification)
Part-Time Benefits:
Core Responsibilities: As a member of our team, your primary responsibility will be to facilitate skills groups that are designed to help our clients achieve their treatment goals. You will also be responsible for accurately documenting services, maintaining healthy boundaries, and ensuring client safety. In addition, you will coordinate care with clinical staff and serve as a direct line of support to our clients. You will also have the opportunity to accompany clients on fun recreation outings. Other responsibilities will include attending staff meetings and educational events, maintaining the daily schedule, and completing headcounts and shift check-off lists as needed.
Day on the life: In your day-to-day work, you will have the opportunity to get to know clients one-on-one in a deep and meaningful way. You will provide them with individualized attention and support to help them achieve their treatment goals. You will work with clients to help them understand their healthy and unhealthy behaviors and develop therapeutic interventions that are tailored to their specific needs. Your role will involve holding clients accountable to their treatment goals and rewarding them for their excellent work. By working closely with clients and helping them to make positive changes in their lives, you will be making a significant and meaningful contribution to our organization and to the lives of those we serve.
Candidate Qualities:
Requirements
All employees of Odyssey House are required to adhere to: Odyssey House mission, philosophy, and scope of service; Division of Human Services Code of Conduct and all other relevant service contract requirement standards; ensuring a safe environment for all clients and staff; providing exemplary customer service to both internal and external customers; fostering a positive work environment; ensuring high-quality client care within the scope of the assigned position.
Each employee is expected to clearly understand roles and responsibilities regarding the following: Specific job position, time management, personnel file requirements, client record system, incident reporting, mandatory training requirements, maintaining proper client boundaries, and individual rights of clients and staff.
Physical Demands of the Job: Ability to lift up to 15 lbs., drive (or adequate alternate transportation), sit for prolonged periods, and perform light to moderate physical activity at times.
EEOC Statement: Odyssey House is an equal-opportunity employer. All aspects of employment, including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.
Full Time
Ambulatory Healthcare Services
$46k-70k (estimate)
07/03/2024
09/02/2024
odysseyhousenyc.org
BRONX, NY
200 - 500
1967
ELEENA LEVE
$10M - $50M
Ambulatory Healthcare Services
Odyssey House helps New Yorkers in need overcome drug and alcohol abuse, improve their physical and mental health, and defeat homelessness. We call it getting real about recovery. And thats more than a slogan. Its Odyssey Houses way of supporting total well-being, so you can live a healthy, happy and substance-free life. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CAREERS: We offer a range of full-time, part-time and weekend opportunities, including: Program directors Social workers Counselors Resident assistants Chil...d care workers Administrators Financial/Accounting Clerical operations
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