SHARE! Collaborative Housing Peer Specialist

SHARE! the Self-Help And Recovery Exchange is a non-profit organization that operates two community self-help support group centers in Los Angeles, California: SHARE! Culver City and SHARE! Downtown. SHARE!’s Collaborative Housing program is a public-private partnership to provide affordable, permanent, supportive housing to people with disabilities.

SHARE! Collaborative Housing currently includes over 240 homes throughout Los Angeles County. As SHARE! expands, it needs staff to help residents acclimate to and thrive in a recovery-based, supportive environment.

Collaborative Housing Peer Bridger Duties and Responsibilities:
 Develops personal recovery relationships with Collaborative Housing residents to help with achieving their goals, conflict resolution, and participating in SHARE! data collection
 Works with houses to develop a culture of recovery, establish policies, structure, schedule and activities
 Enroll and orient participants and get informed consent for data collection
 Connects residents to SHARE! self-help centers and their self-help support groups, Volunteer-to-Jobs program and activities
 Works with volunteers to provide linkages to the mental health system and other governmental and non-governmental resources, including self-help support group meetings, volunteer opportunities, medical and mental health resources, money management, criminal expungement, benefits and other assistance as needed
 Works with volunteers to enroll new Collaborative Houses, develop relationship with new owners and place participants
 Facilitates community volunteers to mentor residents on gardening, cooking, financial management, further education and other skills and activities as needed
 Works with volunteers, participants and owners to develop good neighbor relations
 Finds new placements for residents who want or need them
 Acts as a resource for Occupancy Specialist
 May be on call for problems that may arise after hours

Qualifications:

• Minimum 1 year of sobriety/abstinence required, 2-5 years preferred
• Experience supervising volunteers
• 3 — 5 years of current personal experience attending self-help support groups
• Knowledge of 12-Step programs
• BA degree a plus
• Self-starter, able to take a project and run with it
• Bi-lingual any language a plus
• Honesty, Willingness, Open-mindedness, Desire to grow
• CAADAC or CADE not required.

Compensation: $28,000-$30,000 plus generous benefits package after initial training period of $12 per hour.

To apply:
Please send your resume and a cover letter detailing your passion for self-help support groups, your personal experience attending self-help groups and why you want to work at SHARE! to: jason@shareselfhelp.org or 6666 Green Valley Circle, Culver City, CA 90230 or FAX to (213) 213-0108

SHARE! is an equal opportunity employer. We value people who have turned their lives around after difficult circumstances including felony convictions, mental health challenges and other problems. If you love self-help, are open minded, willing to work hard and learn a lot, SHARE! is the right place to work.

• Location: Los Angeles
• Compensation: $28,000-$30,000 plus generous benefits package after initial training period of
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