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About the Role

newSTART is seeking a Senior Peer Specialist to provide individual and group rehabilitation support to participants, focusing on mental health, substance use, education, employment, and vocational needs. The role involves connecting with participants at various sites, including the Manhattan courthouse and CASES’ Harlem office, and conducting community visits. The program serves individuals with extensive low-level involvement in the criminal legal system, addressing needs such as substance use disorders, serious mental illness, and homelessness.

Responsibilities

Utilize Motivational Interviewing techniques to engage participants and support them in successfully completing their mandates
Conduct group rehabilitation sessions
Conduct physical outreach to connect participants to newSTART and other community-based providers
Plan and deliver peer support services, including using self-disclosure as an intentional strategy, and advocacy that address risk factors for criminal recidivism (e.g., navigating housing system, income support, medical/mental health care)
Complete timely and accurate documentation following newSTART and CASES policies and guidelines
Provide culturally sensitive services and participate in CASES’ antiracism efforts
Perform any other duties as required by newSTART or CASES leadership

Requirements

High school degree with related work experience
Participant or graduate of a recognized peer specialist training program; such as the Howie the Harp Peer Advocacy and Training Center Forensic Peer Specialist Program or the Recovery Coach Academy
Must have full classification as a New York Certified Peer Specialist, or provisional classification / full classification as a Certified Recovery Peer Advocate, or provisional classification / full classification as a Recovery Coach Professional
Must be a mental health treatment consumer or substance use treatment consumer with a history of involvement in the criminal legal system
Strong knowledge of wellness, recovery, and self-help
Effective communication and written skills
Proficiency with computers and databases

Skills

Motivational Interviewing
Self-disclosure
Advocacy
Computer proficiency
Database proficiency
Spanish fluency (preferred)

Location

2090 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard, 8th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10027

Work Type

Full-time
Flexible

Experience Level

Senior

Education Level

High school degree
Peer specialist training program graduate
New York Certified Peer Specialist (full classification)
Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (provisional or full classification)
Recovery Coach Professional (provisional or full classification)

Salary/Compensations

$53,045

Benefits

Medical
Dental
Vision
Vacation and Paid Time Off – starting at 25 days-off annually
12 Paid Holidays per year
Retirement 403b Competitive matching up to 6%
Employee Referral Program

About the Company

CASES (Community Solutions) is a non-profit organization that provides a range of services to individuals involved in the criminal legal system.
The newSTART program is a short-term alternative-to-incarceration (ATI) program that provides rapid screening, identification of need, and brief interventions for individuals with extensive low-level involvement in the criminal legal system.

Equal Opportunity

CASES is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment with CASES is based solely on qualifications and competence for a particular position without regard to race, color, ethnic or national origin, age, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or marital, military, or citizenship status.
We also actively recruit individuals with prior involvement in the criminal legal system.