Job detail

Peer Specialist- SSP (Part Time)

Argus Community Inc

#Harm Reduction #Risk Reduction #Addiction Counseling #HIV/AIDS #Hepatitis C #Mobile Outreach #Peer Education #Infectious Disease Prevention #Syringe Services Program

Quick overview

Provide specialized harm reduction services, including syringe exchange and outreach activities to increase overdose awareness. Support clients through individual and group skill-building activities to encourage engagement in care and treatment adherence.

Requirements summary

Candidates should have knowledge of infectious disease transmission and be able to work a flexible schedule. Preferred qualifications include one year of addiction counseling experience and bilingual skills in Spanish.

OutreachClient EngagementCrisis InterventionHarm ReductionReferral ManagementSpanish BilingualismAddiction CounselingHIV/AIDS KnowledgeRisk Reduction StrategiesSyringe Exchange

Job description

Job Title: Peer Specialist- SSP Part Time

Department: Syringe Services Program

Reports To: Assistant Director of Harm Reduction Services

Location

BOOM!Health Harm Reduction Center

Job Summary

Peer Specialists are integral to our Harm Reduction Services Program and provide specialized services in a professional environment. Peer Specialists work to encourage engagement into care and support adherence to treatment by providing client centered individual and group level skill building activities to achieve client goals.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities include, but are not limited to

· Understanding of issues related to living with HIV or AIDS

· Ability to work as part of a mobile outreach team and in the Harm Reduction Center

· Ability to work with people who use drugs

· Provide Syringe Exchange transactions

· Package harm reduction supplies for distribution to participants

· Conduct outreach activities to promote the program and increase overdose awareness

· Ability to use good judgment regarding confidentiality issues

· Ability to help clients identify risk reduction strategies (safer sex, safer drug use, needle exchange, etc.

· Make referrals to internal programs for services that we provide

· Able to work various shifts, days, evenings, or weekend hours

Qualifications/Criteria

Training in HIV 101, Peer Education/Advocacy, HIV treatment is preferred but not necessary
Develop knowledge of infectious disease transmission and prevention practices for injectors (HIV, Hepatitis C, Opiate Overdose Prevention, health education, outreach strategies, harm reduction theory and practice)
Must attend scheduled training by New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute-Harm Reduction Unit on Needle stick and Law Enforcement
Available to work flexible schedule, including afternoons, evening and weekend rotations on occasion
Physically able to climb stairs, move and lift boxes and supply packs weighing up to 20 pounds
Bilingual (Spanish) preferred

Experience

• Addiction counseling: 1 year (Preferred)