PEER SUPPORT WORKER, WSTRC
PEER SUPPORT WORKER, WSTRC
Field-based peer support for violently injured patients, providing bedside engagement, emotional stabilization, mentoring, practical assistance, and real-time response to hospital referrals. Requires a high school diploma and HFS-approved peer support training or certification.
Summary
About Us: At Sinai Health System d/b/a Sinai Chicago, we take health care personally. Excellence in health care is about more than just medicine, technology, tests, and treatments, it is about really caring for people with dignity and respect. That is what we do. We are dedicated to providing the best care to meet the needs of people, for our community, for our patients and for you.
Position Purpose: The Violence Prevention Community Support Team (VP-CST) is a specialized behavioral health service designed to reduce traumatic stress symptoms and improve community functioning for individuals who have experienced chronic exposure to firearm violence. The Peer Support Worker (PSW) leverages lived experience, credibility, and deep community knowledge to support violently injured patients from the moment of hospital contact through recovery. PSWs provide bedside engagement, emotional stabilization, mentoring, and practical assistance. They help patients navigate trauma responses, connect to services, and build safety and resilience. This role is highly relational, field-based, and requires real-time responsiveness to hospital referrals.
Education and Work Experience:
- High school diploma
- Lived Experience, Knowledge and Skills:
- Empathy & Communication
- Crisis Intervention
- Advocacy
- Organizational Skills
- Trauma-Informed Care
- Have completed an HFS-approved peer support training or certification process
- Experience in EPIC and MEDITECH software systems preferred. Certifications/Licenses:
- Have completed an HFS-approved peer support training or certification process