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About the Role

The Independent Living Specialist will use lived experience, Independent Living philosophy, peer support, and disability advocacy to assist individuals with disabilities in achieving greater independence, self-advocacy, employment readiness, and community participation. The position includes significant school and community outreach, participant recruitment, peer services, and Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS), particularly throughout Brooklyn Public Schools.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual and group peer support to ACCES-VR customers.
• Promote self-advocacy, independence, self-sufficiency, and informed decision-making.
• Assist with career exploration, employment preparation, and transition planning.
• Provide peer mentoring and self-advocacy support related to employment.
• Help customers understand employment rights, responsibilities, and reasonable accommodations.
• Connect participants with appropriate employment and community resources.
• Assist with obtaining information and guidance regarding obtaining benefits, transportation, housing, and health care community resources.
• Support health care and self-management and shared decision-making.
• Conduct outreach and presentations in Brooklyn public schools and the community.
• Provide information about ACCES-VR, BCID Peer Services, and Pre-ETS.
• Conduct school-based information sessions.
• Build and maintain relationships with school administrators, teachers, transition coordinators, special education staff, other school personnel, and community partners.
• Identify, engage, and recruit potentially eligible students with disabilities for ACCES-VR services.
• Connect interested students with appropriate ACCES-VR and BCID staff for eligibility and enrollment.
• Support annual participant service and participation goals.
• Assist with outreach, recruitment, and delivery of BCID's 12-week Pre-Employment Transition Services curriculum for students with disabilities.
• Deliver curriculum modules including job exploration, work-based learning, post-secondary education, workplace readiness, self-advocacy, employment preparation, transition planning, and independent living skills.

Requirements

• Must be able to serve as a peer to disabled adults and high-school and college Brooklyn residents.
• Must have training in peer support/counseling and knowledge of the history and philosophy of the Independent Living Movement.
• Must have experience providing cross-disability peer services and supporting individuals with self-advocacy, reasonable accommodations, employment rights, transportation, Medicaid Buy-In (MBI), and health care self-management.
• Must have experience providing or coordinating individual and group trainings on Independent Living, disability, employment, benefits, health care, and related topics.
• Must have the ability to conduct outreach and presentations, including in Brooklyn Public Schools and community settings.
• Must demonstrate strong communication, presentation, organizational, and relationship-building skills.
• Must have the ability to work collaboratively.
• Must have basic computer skills, including the ability to maintain accurate electronic records and protect confidential customer information.
• Submit a resume and cover letter.

Skills

• Peer support
• Disability advocacy
• Independent Living philosophy
• Self-advocacy
• Employment readiness
• Community participation
• Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS)
• Communication
• Presentation
• Organizational skills
• Relationship-building
• Collaboration
• Basic computer skills
• Electronic record maintenance
• Confidentiality

Location

• Brooklyn, NY

Work Type

• Full-time
• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Based on experience

Salary/Compensations

• $47,500–$55,000 annually

Benefits

• Benefits are available

About the Company

• Founded in 1956, the Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled’s mission is to improve the lives of people with disabilities in Brooklyn and beyond.
• Led by and staffed by people with disabilities, we offer services, support groups and peer counseling, along with an active advocacy and outreach program.
• BCID is part of the independent living movement, which works to advance the independence and civil rights of all people with disabilities in countries around the world.

Equal Opportunity

• Equilibrium Solutions, LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
• BCID is an equal opportunity employer with an emphasis on outreach to people with disabilities. We actively recruit and hire qualified individuals, including people with disabilities, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, military service, or any other protected characteristic established by law.