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Peer Specialist Jobs in Burlington, VT at Howard Center
Title: Peer Specialist
Company: Howard Center
Location: Burlington, VT
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**Peer Specialist**
Provide support services to adults on their recovery journey
experiencing mental health challenges through connection and
relationship building. A Peer Specialist's approach is guided by
personal lived experience with mental health, trauma and/or substance
use challenges.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct services and support to individuals experiencing
difficult situations and/or strong emotions.
- Develop meaningful relationships with individuals with varied
experiences and worldviews.
- Strategically share pieces of your own recovery journey to inspire
hope.
- Promote self-determination and choice for individuals.
- Support individuals in developing self-advocacy skills.
- Model recovery and sustained wellness.
- Complete agency and program documentation.
Requirements
- Valid driver's license and use of a personal vehicle
- High School Diploma or GED
- Lived experience with mental health, trauma and/or substance use
challenges
- Vermont Peer Support Provider certification (within 1 year of hire)
- Prior completion of Intentional Peer Support Core Training preferred
Structure
- Full time (Monday through Saturday, daytime and evening hours)
- Nonexempt
- AFSCME Union (dues will apply)
- Starting at $21.56/hr
- We offer a competitive salary commensurate to experience
Benefits
- Accrue 36 days of combined time off per year for full-time employees
(and increasing with years of service); pro-rated for positions 16
hours or more
- Comprehensive health insurance with 80% agency-paid premium support
for individuals, couples, and families (pro-rated for part time).
This Point of Service Plan features no deductible.
- Two Dental options
- Vision Insurance
- Employer 401(k) contributions
- Employer Paid Life, AD&D, Short Term and Long Term Disability
insurance
- Medical & Childcare Flexible Spending Account
- Childcare Stipend
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee referral program with financial payment
- Discounted online undergraduate/graduate courses through Champlain
College truED
- Award-winning workplace wellness program including physical fitness
groups for staff, financial wellness incentives, and ongoing
workplace wellness advocacy and education
- Voluntary benefits from local/international businesses: discounted
gym memberships, mobile phone service, ski/snowboard passes,
auto/home insurance, and more!
- Employee referral and sign on bonus is subject to Howard Center
policy, for both internal and external applicants.
- Our Values: Clients are at the heart of our decision making. We are
committed to individual and collective well-being and success. We are
responsible stewards of the resources entrusted to us. We are steadfast
in our practice and pursuit of excellence.*
- Howard Center is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. The
agency's culture and service delivery is strengthened by the diversity
of its workforce. Minorities, people of color, LGBTQIA+ and persons with
disabilities are encouraged to*
