Job description

Amistad’s Portland Peer Support Specialist

Amistad is a non-profit agency established in 1982. The agency provides progressive services based on a belief of equality for individuals with varying life challenges to move in the direction of their choosing.

Qualifications include:

• Must be a Certified Peer Support Specialist (CIPSS) by the state of Maine. A minimum of first-year provisional certification.
• Willingness to share lived experience with an awareness of personal boundaries and limitations.
• Employment references.
• Shared values as it relates to the Amistad Agency.
• Ability to perform medium physical work, i.e., mopping and lifting up to 50lb.
• Work with socially diverse populations.
• Agree to pass a background check.

Responsibilities include:

• Facilitation of peer-led self-help groups and activities at the Peer Center.
• Documentation of anonymous participation.
• Attendance of weekly staff meetings and daily staff check-ins.
• Facility maintenance and adherence to cleaning and safety protocols.
• Welcoming and engaging with peers new and old to the center, especially those who appear isolated.
• Organizing the use of facilities.
• Gently intervening when a behavioral situation with a peer or peers arises.
• Attending scheduled training arranged by the agency and maintaining certification requirements for IPS.
• Support peers using the model of Intentional Peer Support (IPS).

Part-time position (two days per week), no evenings or weekends! Excellent opportunity for growth!

Amistad is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, creed, disability status, protected military and veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression or any other characteristic protected by law.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $19.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
COVID-19 Precaution(s):
· Remote interview process available.
· PPE supplied and required for both staff and individuals accessing services
· Social distancing practices implemented
· Daily scheduled cleaning and disinfecting of facility

License/Certification:

• CIPS Certification or Provisional Certification (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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