Careers

Position: Peer Support Specialist

Reports To: Peer Support Supervisor

Location: Recovery Resource Center and communities within the Portland Metropolitan Area

Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm and occasional evenings/weekends

Wage: $25.00/hr.

Benefits: Competitive Benefits Package

Overall Function

Going Home II provides culturally specific and relevant services to the Black and/or African American community locally. The Peer Support Specialist will identify as a person with lived experience in addictions or mental health services and have experience providing services to individuals who have or are experiencing homelessness, addictions and/or mental health challenges and are seeking services at all stages of change. The Support Specialist will support members of the community that may need a variety of services, including substance use disorder treatment, housing and employment services and recovery support services, through education, resource, and referral.

Responsibilities

• Conducts social, health and wellness screening for all new participants

• Assists clients in securing community resources and support

• Connects clients to other community resources such as recovery support meetings, medical/dental services, SNAP/TANF, etc.

• Assist program participants in the development of skills, confidence, and relationships

• Facilitate groups in an open and welcoming environment

• Help participants understand and employ recovery strategies

• Demonstrates through role-modeling, recovery practices including pro-social thinking and behavior

• Coordinates appropriate referrals as directed by the client’s choice

• Works as an advocate to support client goals and recovery

• Assist client in job development & job search activities consistent with client’s needs and interests

• Provide employment support services, such as employment related needs and barrier removal

• Assist clients in finding & sustaining employment

• Carries out other duties as assigned

Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of social services and SUD treatment provider practices

• Ability to relate, through lived experience, with the Black and African American community

• Experience working with individuals who are or who have recently experienced homelessness, addictions/ mental health challenges, and who may have significant barriers to accessing services

• Must be willing to embrace a self-directed approach to recovery and services

• The ability to effectively advocate client needs and willingness to educate and empower the greater social service system to expand opportunities that are healthy and safe for the Black community

• Must have a mindset that embraces individual rights, self-directed recovery and proactively advocates for participants regardless of their chosen pathway to recovery

• Computer proficiency at a level needed to effectively perform job functions such as entering and retrieving data and preparing simple reports

• Possess a valid driver’s license, access to a personal vehicle, a sufficient driving history, and able to meet the minimum insurance required

• Must meet requirements to complete Peer Delivered Service trainings approved by the Oregon Health Authority (OHA)

Position: Peer Support Housing Specialist

Reports To: Peer Support Supervisor

Location: Recovery Resource Center and communities within the Portland Metropolitan Area

Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm and occasional evenings/weekends

Wage: $25.00/hr.

Benefits: Competitive Benefits Package

Overall function

Going Home II provides culturally specific and relevant services to the Black and/or African American community locally. The Peer Support Housing Specialist will identify as a person with lived experience in addictions or mental health services and have experience providing services to individuals who have or are experiencing homelessness, addictions and/or mental health challenges and are seeking services at all stages of change. The Housing Specialist will carry out supported housing services by helping members of the community obtain and sustain housing that is consistent with their vocational goals and recovery.

Responsibilities

• Provide community-based housing support services to individuals to meet the identified strengths-based housing goals including the housing search, placement, and retention of permanent housing

• Preparing and maintaining records, activity documentation, and reports

• Assessing individuals’ eligibility and determining their housing and service needs

• Providing individuals with resourceful information as well as additional support programs and services

• Establish and maintain relationships with community partners, landlords, and property management companies/owners

• Support individuals in filling out rental applications and other necessary housing documentation

• Assist individuals in obtaining housing financial assistance when needed and requesting reasonable accommodations to overcome barriers to housing

• Collaborate with housing providers and landlords around any tenant issues and seeks to resolve concerns

• Coordinate services with other providers to support individual's choice housing goals

• Facilitate and/or provide tenant education classes to ensure individuals understand their rights and responsibilities as tenants

• Carries out other duties as assigned

Skills and Abilities:

• Experience working with individuals who are or who have recently experienced homelessness, addictions/ mental health challenges, and who may have significant barriers to accessing services

• Must be willing to embrace a self-directed approach to recovery and services

• The ability to effectively advocate client needs and willingness to educate and empower the greater social service system to expand opportunities that are healthy and safe for the Black community

• Must have a mindset that embraces individual rights, self-directed recovery and proactively advocates for participants regardless of their chosen pathway to recovery

• Computer proficiency at a level needed to effectively perform job functions such as entering and retrieving data and preparing simple reports

• Possess a valid driver’s license, access to a personal vehicle, a sufficient driving history, and able to meet the minimum insurance required

• Must meet requirements to complete Peer Delivered Service trainings approved by the Oregon Health Authority (OHA)

Position: Outreach Worker

Reports To: Outreach Worker Supervisor

Location: Violence Prevention and Community Safety Office and communities within the Portland Metropolitan Area

Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm and occasional evenings/weekends

Wage: $25.00/hr.

Benefits: Competitive Benefits Package

Overall Function:

Going Home II provides culturally specific and relevant services to the Black and/or African American community locally.

The Outreach Worker position is responsible for building relationships with individuals, families, business owners, schools,etc that have been impacted by community violence by performing the list of job responsibilities below.

Responsibilities:

• Observes and engages with the community on the assigned area as determined by what is happening in the community and community requests.

• Provides resources and support to individuals and the community based on needs.

• Builds relationships with members of the community and other partners.

• Works to attain the goals of reducing community violence.

• Acts as a mentor, life coach, positive role model, advocate, and mediator for clients.

• Consistently check-in with team to ensure safety.

• Provides weekly reports to supervisor.

• Ability to respond and work outside regular work hours based on community needs and situations.

• Attends meetings as required by Outreach Supervisor.

• Maintains punctual, regular and predictable attendance.

• Works collaboratively in a team environment with a spirit of cooperation.

• Respectfully takes direction from supervisor.

• Carries out other duties as assigned.