Peer Specialist
The Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (CASES) · NY, US
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About the Role
The Peer Specialist utilizes their lived experiences to provide support, services and treatment to ACT clients, with the goal of improving overall stability in the community, promoting progress towards their recovery goals, as well as supporting life skills development.
Responsibilities
- Attend and participate in daily team meetings to discuss clients’ clinical and case management issues and needs
- Complete documentations required by the NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH) and NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s (DOHMH) licensing guidelines, NYS Medicaid billing guidelines as well as per CASES ACT Policy and Procedures
- Use motivational interviewing, recovery and trauma-informed approaches when delivering peer services to address housing, income support, education and vocational training, social supports, employment, and primary care needs
- Work effectively and involve ACT clients’ identified support network, as well as other service providers for service coordination
- Provide individual peer support and wellness counseling, harm reduction counseling using motivational interviewing and a person-centered approach
- Act as advocate and liaison for clients’ in income support and access to resources to support service plan goals
- Provide 24-hour crisis intervention on-call services on rotating basis
- Provide culturally competent services in accordance with CASES policies and practice
Requirements
- Certified Peer Specialist or Certified Recovery Peer Advocate, or eligible to obtain certification within 6 months of hire
- At least 2 years of work experience providing peer support to individuals with serious mental illness and criminal justice involvement
- Graduate of a recognized peer specialist training program such as the Howie the Harp Peer Advocacy and Training Center Peer Specialist Program a plus
- High school diploma
- Lived experience using mental health treatment and/or substance use treatment services
- Individuals with previous criminal justice experience are eligible
- Proficiency with computer and electronic health records
Skills
- Spanish speaking a plus
Location
- 2090 Adam Clayton, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10027
Work Type
- Full-time
- Monday - Friday from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- 35 hours per week excluding breaks
- Flexible (partially remote)
Experience Level
- At least 2 years of work experience
Education Level
- High school diploma
Salary/Compensations
- $54,636
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 is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- At CASES, we like to move with PURPOSE, which reflects our values: PEOPLE| Hold people’s stories with dignity, UNITY| Commit to a shared mission, RESPECT| Celebrate the strength of diversity, PROGRESS| Always work to improve, OPTIMIZE| Make the best use of resources, SOLUTIONS| Work together to solve problems, EMPATHY| Seek to understand others.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.