Peer Specialist
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Recruiting Peer Specialists

Greater Binghamton Health Center

Join the Greater Binghamton Health Center Team

Greater Binghamton Health Center (GBHC) is currently recruiting Peer Specialists.

Come to our Job Fair to learn more about job opportunities at GBHC – On-site interviews will be available!

• Friday - 10/3 10:00am - 4:00pm
• Saturday - 10/4 10:00am – 2:00pm

Peer Specialists at GBHC serve as role models and assist patients in regaining personal control over their lives and recovery process. Our Peer Specialists help support hope and recovery for adults with serious mental illness and children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances.

Peer Specialists at GBHC:

• Teach patients effective coping strategies, sometimes based on personal experience.
• Assist patients in clarifying their goals.
• Help patients develop support systems.
• Are patient advocates.

If you would like to join the GBHC Team and contribute to a workforce dedicated to public service, we offer a generous benefits package including:

• NYS medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Tuition Assistance programs available
• Excellent opportunities for advancement and professional growth
• Paid time off including vacation, holidays, personal, & sick leave
• NYS Retirement programs

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must have two years of experience participating in mental health self-help activities, peer support or peer advocacy programs, recipient run organizations, or similar experiences/programs.

Come to our Job Fair to learn more about careers that make a difference:

Greater Binghamton Health Center - Keeler Building

425 Robinson St

Binghamton, NY 13904

Friday - 10/3 10:00am - 4:00pm

Saturday - 10/4 10:00am – 2:00pm

The Mission of the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) is to promote the mental health of all New Yorkers, with a focus on providing hope and supporting recovery for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances. Applicants with lived mental health experience are encouraged to apply. OMH is deeply committed to supporting underserved individuals, organizations, and communities. To this end, OMH is focused on implementing activities and initiatives to reduce disparities in access, quality, and treatment outcomes for underserved populations. A critical component of these efforts is ensuring OMH is a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees' unique attributes and skills are valued and utilized to support the mission of the Agency. OMH is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Office of Employee Relations at (518) ###-#### or via email at ...@oer.ny.gov.

NOTE:

In order to be eligible for appointment and to maintain employment, you cannot be listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of the Federal and/or State Medicaid and Medicare exclusion lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program). If you are appointed and subsequently listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of these lists (or excluded from any other Federal or federally assisted program), you may be terminated from your employment.

Background checks will be required.

Salary: $42,641 - $52,413