Recruitment/Posting Title Peer Support Specialist III Job Category Staff & Executive - Healthcare - Medical and Patient Services Department UBHC EISS Somerset OP Overview Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care (UBHC), established in 1971, offers a full continuum of evidence based behavioral health and addiction services for children, adolescents, adults, and seniors throughout New Jersey. UBHC’s 1,060 experienced behavioral health professionals and support staff are dedicated to treatment, prevention, and education. UBHC, one of the largest providers of behavioral health care in the country, has a budget of $260 million and has 15 sites throughout New Jersey. Services are readily accessible and include: inpatient, outpatient, partial hospitalization, screening, crisis stabilization, family/caregiver support, community outreach and case management, supportive housing, supported employment, prevention and consultation, employee assistance programs, and a licensed therapeutic school from preschool through high school. Specialty services include the New Jersey suicide prevention helpline and peer help lines for police, veterans, active military, teachers, mothers of special needs children and child protective service workers. In FY2016, UBHC treated 16,199 consumers, had 24,502 admissions, and touched the lives of 19,441 individual callers through peer support. In addition, UBHC is the primary mental health training resource for the New Jersey departments of Human Services, Children and Families, and Corrections, delivering 16,000 trainings each year.  Posting Summary Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Peer Support Specialist III for the Early Intervention Support Services (EISS) within Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care. 

The primary purpose of the Peer Support Specialist III is to serve as a role model to demonstrate recovery and wellness principles and provide non-clinical recovery support and to engage and empower individuals to pursue and maintain their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, access community resources, and reach their full potential. 

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

Initiates contact with individuals served.  Listens to individuals served with careful attention to the content and emotion being communicated.  Reaches out to engage individuals served across the whole continuum of the recovery process.   Encourages the exploration and pursuit of community roles.  Conveys hope to individuals served about their own recovery.  Celebrates individuals served efforts and accomplishments. Relates their own recovery stories, and with written permission, the recovery stories of others to inspire hope. Tailors’ services and support to meet the preferences and unique needs of the individuals served and their families.  Assists and supports individuals served to set goals and to dream of future possibilities.  Assists individuals served to investigate, select, and use needed and desired resources and services.  Position Status Full Time Hours Per Week Daily Work Shift Day Work Arrangement This position requires a fully on-site work arrangement.  FLSA Nonexempt Grade 177 Position Salary 53,076.00 Annual Minimum Salary 50190.40 Annual Mid Range Salary 51230.40 Annual Maximum Salary 52769.60 Standard Hours 40.00 Union Description Teamsters 97 Payroll Designation PeopleSoft Benefits Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview. Seniority Unit Terms of Appointment Staff - 12 month Position Pension Eligibility PERS