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About the Role

Manhattan newSTART is an alternative to incarceration program for individuals at high risk of criminal recidivism diverted from the Manhattan Criminal Court. The Peer Specialist facilitates groups, provides individual rehabilitation support, and engages participants in services addressing substance use, cognitive behavioral needs, peer support, and vocational training. Services are provided within the framework of recovery, self-determination, and public safety.

Responsibilities

• Engage participants enrolled in ATI services.
• Assess needs and identify appropriate services (mental health, substance use, health, education, employment self-help).
• Provide linkage to income support and health insurance (Medicaid).
• Write progress notes in electronic records and demonstrate computer literacy.
• Deliver gender-specific services.
• Plan and deliver intensive case management and peer support services addressing risk factors for criminal recidivism.
• Utilize self-disclosure as an intentional strategy to support participant engagement and recovery.
• Provide crisis intervention services.
• Complete participant admission into CASES’ database and prepare letters and progress reports for legal professionals.
• Understand the legal framework of ATI and compliance issues related to community supervision.
• Deliver culturally competent services.
• Support participants in navigating and accessing housing, income support, treatment, medical care, civil legal services, self-help, and other community services.
• Empower participants to understand their rights and responsibilities and utilize procedures to protect their rights.
• Apply motivational interviewing techniques.
• Address risk factors for criminal recidivism to support participants in achieving recovery goals.
• Utilize recovery principles and Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP) to support participants in managing recovery from mental illness and substance use problems.
• Report hazards or unsafe conditions to appropriate staff to ensure a safe working environment.

Requirements

• High school degree with related work experience.
• Participant or graduate of a recognized peer specialist training program (e.g., Howie the Harp, Academy for Peer Services, Recovery Coach Academy).
• Must be a mental health consumer or a person in recovery from SUD with a history of involvement in the criminal justice system.
• Willingness to utilize recovery experience to engage and support alternatives to incarceration participants.
• Strong knowledge of wellness, recovery, and self-help.
• Effective communication and written skills.
• Proficiency with computers and databases.

Skills

• Bi-lingual; English and Spanish strongly preferred.

Location

• 2090 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard, New York, NY 10027

Work Type

• Full-time
• Hybrid

Education Level

• High school degree

Salary/Compensations

• $50,000

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 cares about employee wellbeing.
• At CASES, we like to move with PURPOSE, which reflects our values: PEOPLE, UNITY, RESPECT, PROGRESS, OPTIMIZE, SOLUTIONS, EMPATHY.

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.