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About the Role
Community Access is seeking a Peer Specialist to join the Intensive Mobile Treatment (IMT) team. The IMT model provides treatment, rehabilitation, and support services to individuals with complex needs, often interacting with homeless services, criminal justice, and behavioral health systems. The Peer Specialist will be a vital part of a multi-disciplinary team, offering support and guidance based on lived experience within the mental health system.
Responsibilities
- Complete assessments and service plans as needed, ensuring assigned assessments are completed on time.
- Complete progress notes for all contacts, collaterals, and engagement attempts within 2 business days.
- Engage and build trusting relationships with program participants and their networks to support recovery.
- Collaborate with team members to deliver comprehensive, integrated, and flexible services responsive to participant choices, needs, and goals.
- Bring services to participants in natural settings, 24 hours a day and seven days a week.
Requirements
- Have an understanding, appreciation, and commitment to the philosophy and mission of Community Access.
- Commitment to person-centered treatment strategies, upholding participants’ rights, and self-determination in service provision.
- New York Certified Peer Specialist (NYCPS) or Provisional, or Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA) required.
- Lived experience within the mental health system required.
- History of homelessness, involvement with the criminal justice system, and experience with substance use services preferred.
- Minimum of two (2) years’ experience working with individuals with a mental health condition, substance use disorder, and / or history of trauma.
- Available to work a flexible schedule, including mornings, evenings, and weekends, in response to participant needs.
- Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines.
- Be creative and flexible.
- Able to show initiative and be responsible for follow-through.
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Skilled in conflict mediation/negotiation and possess an assertive approach to problem solving.
- Must be able to work in the community, including use of public transportation across the boroughs.
- Computer proficiency in Windows operating systems and programs, such as MS Word and Excel, as well as comfort with learning new electronic systems.
- Must be fingerprinted and cleared by the New York State Justice Center.
Skills
- Assertive engagement strategies
- Conflict mediation/negotiation
- Assertive problem solving
- Computer proficiency in Windows operating systems and programs (MS Word, Excel)
- Ability to learn new electronic systems
- Bilingual Spanish-speaking preferred
Location
- New York City
Work Type
- Mobile
- Flexible schedule
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Minimum of two (2) years’ experience working with individuals with a mental health condition, substance use disorder, and / or history of trauma.
Education Level
- New York Certified Peer Specialist (NYCPS) or Provisional, or Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA) required.
About the Company
- Community Access was founded in 1974 to provide housing and support for people being discharged from psychiatric institutions.
- One of the leading providers of supportive and affordable housing in New York City.
- Originators of an integrated housing model which has become a best practice nationally.
- Supports 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.
- Dedicated to a workforce where at least 51% of our employees identify as having a personal experience using mental health services.
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.