Remote Peer Specialist Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Min
USD $45,000.00/Yr.
Max
USD $50,000.00/Yr.
Position Overview
NYCPS Provisional or Certified REQUIRED
• Outreach/Engagement/Bridge Building: Helping to facilitate engagement by forging strong connections
with participants and families residing in Harlem/Bronx and surrounding communities. Undertaking
outreach activities designed to promote community awareness of S:US services, encouraging help-
seeking, and at times serving as a bridge between treatment team members and participants when they
experience ambivalence about substance use treatment (including Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)
and outpatient Substance Use Disorder (SUD) treatment).
• Combating Overdose: Peer Specialists will be certified to train and distribute Naloxone kits to individuals
and their family members.
• Relationship Building: Developing authentic, meaningful relationships with individuals and families
through empathy, sharing experiences, listening and collaborating with genuine curiosity and interest.
• Embracing Creative Narratives: Peer Specialists need to be able to understand, share and discuss multiple
frameworks for understanding life experiences such as substance use and psychosis with participants and
the rest of the S:US team. Peer Specialists intentionally use language in the service of listening to
understand and making space for complex personal stories of recovery and resilience.
• Advocacy: Peer Specialists advocate with and for program participants both in the larger community and
on the team.
• Co-Creating Support and Wellness Tools: Collaborate with participants to clarify their personal visions
and develop their wellness toolkit. Along with other team members, Peer Specialists support participants
in strengthening their self-awareness, building life skills, and connecting to resources and community
outside of the S:US team.
• Influencing Team Culture: Whenever possible, positively influencing the team culture by advocating for
clients, promoting a youth friendly approach and encouraging the use of recovery oriented language. S:US
Peer Specialists also work actively within the team itself to help build an environment that operates from
a belief in the human potential to grow and an understanding of human diversity.
• Team Communication: Peer Specialists maintain open and frequent communication with the team. This
includes reporting safety and other concerns to the team. Peer Specialists will also keep notes on visits
with program participants as required by the provider agency. In the spirit of peer support, co-
collaborating on reporting with the program participant is encouraged.
Job Requirements
III. REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
• NYCPS Provisional or Certified.
• The Peer Specialist should understand the community in which the team is based with an awareness of available community resources
• The Peer Specialist should also be someone who has made positive and productive progress toward his or her own recovery
• Demonstrate good interpersonal communications skills and the ability to empathize with, relate to and effectively work with participants of mental health services
• Must possess the ability/ willingness to disclose their recovery story (where appropriate) for the purposes of empowerment
• Excellent judgment/ ability to understand boundaries when working with participants of mental health services is required
• Adhere to on call cell phone system to facilitate crisis intervention, emergencies and other situations that require immediate action.
• Field work hour in the community required, i.e., visit clients in their home, meeting clients in the community; 50%. Driving is not required.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS
• Bilingual English/Spanish is a plus.
Company Overview
S:US IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Join a team of employees who cares about the wellbeing of others. We're proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing and development. From health and wellness resources to generous PTO, professional development, and more, explore all that we offer on our Benefits Page and see how S:US invests in you.
We believe in fostering a culture built on our core values: respect, integrity, support, maximizing individual potential and continuous quality improvement.
S:US is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. S:US is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities, including allowance of the use of services animals. To request reasonable accommodation or if you believe such a request was improperly handled or denied, contact the Leave Team at MyMedicalLeave@sus.org.
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2026-18647