Peer Counselor- Brooklyn

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Peer Counselor.

In this role, the successful candidate The peer counselor will support the work of our SAMHSA-funded grant that aims to help people with opioid use disorder engage in treatment.

Job Responsibilities:

Educate patients about the importance of getting both medical care and mental health care, and attending all Program appointments.

Educate patients about the COD program, services offered, and answer questions about the program.

Outreach patients by telephone on a regular basis to check how participants are doing, and to ensure that they engaged and motivated to attend the program

Receive a list of patients who are not attending appointments, or have upcoming appointments, and call or send letters to help re-engage those patients.

Lead or Co-Lead Wellness Recovery and Action Plan (WRAP) groups and/or Wellness Self-Management groups (WSM). When one cyc...