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About the Role
The Per Diem Overnight Respite Worker is responsible for all tasks related to the program’s daily operation including providing individual and group-based supports to the guests, meal planning and preparation, and processing and preparing for referrals, intakes, and discharges.
Responsibilities
- Provide individual and group-based supports to guests.
- Perform meal planning and preparation.
- Process and prepare for referrals, intakes, and discharges.
- Ensure assigned guests have one progress note per day reflecting appropriate peer support.
- Enter all documentation within 48 hours of contact.
Requirements
- Have an understanding, appreciation, and commitment to the philosophy and mission of Community Access.
- Have lived experience with the mental health system and willingness to share personal experience appropriately and respectfully.
- Previous professional experience in the behavioral health field is preferred.
- Have a respect for and high level of comfort around people experiencing psychiatric crisis.
- Commitment to recovery-oriented practice and the ability to utilize critical thinking, problem-solving and de-escalation skills.
- NYS Peer Certification, or provisional level within 90 days of hire and full certification within one year of hire.
- Minimum of high school diploma or equivalent (GED).
- Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines.
- Strong analytical ability.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Be creative and flexible.
- Ability to utilize various computer programs, specifically Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Show initiative and be responsible for follow-through.
- Ability to maintain confidential information.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Available to work days, evenings, overnights, weekends and cover holidays as assigned.
- Able to navigate several flights of stairs repeatedly during shift.
Skills
- Critical thinking
- Problem-solving
- De-escalation
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Oral communication
- Written communication
Location
- New York City
Work Type
- Per Diem
- Overnight
Experience Level
- Professional experience in the behavioral health field (preferred)
Education Level
- High school diploma or equivalent (GED)
- NYS Peer Certification (or provisional within 90 days, full within one year)
About the Company
- Community Access was founded in 1974 to provide housing and support for people being discharged from psychiatric institutions.
- We are one of the leading providers of supportive and affordable housing in New York City.
- We are the originators of an integrated housing model which has become a best practice nationally.
- Our staff work daily to support thousands of New Yorkers through supportive and affordable housing, peer-driven residential crisis support programs, training, advocacy, supported education, mobile treatment and other healing-focused services.
- The Residential Crisis Support program, or “The Respite,” is a residential mental health crisis, alternative-to-hospitalization program offering short-term Peer-led care in a friendly and supportive home-like environment.
- Guests are provided with the opportunity to learn and practice recovery and relapse prevention skills.
- Recovery-oriented services are provided 24-hours a day.
- Guests are encouraged to participate in the operations of the residence, including working together to prepare communal meals.
- The maximum length of stay is 28 days.
Equal Opportunity
- Community Access is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V.
- Women, People of Color and Members of the LGBT community are strongly encouraged to apply.
- We are dedicated to a workforce where at least 51% of our employees identify as having a personal experience using mental health services.