Senior Peer Specialist

1 month ago


New York, United States CASES Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description

Job Description

Senior Peer Specialist (35 hours/week)

Responsibilities:

  • Work in a mental health clinic and provide peer support as defined
  • Assist client with person-centered goal planning
  • Collaborate with client and care management team to identify the services clients should receive based on stage of change, immediate needs, and recommended treatment objectives
  • Assess and provide services to clients to address housing, income support, education and vocational training, social supports, employment, and primary care needs
  • Assist clients with linkages to and systems navigation within the behavioral health, human services, and criminal justice systems as appropriate
  • Act as an advocate and liaison for clients in accessing resources to support service plan goals
  • Use motivational interviewing, recovery, and trauma-informed approaches when delivering peer services
  • Involve family and significant others in the client’s treatment with the team
  • Provide individual peer support, wellness counseling, harm reduction counseling based on motivational interviewing
  • Provide 10% of treatment contacts in the community, including accompanying clients to appointments and events as well as clients actively hospitalized
  • Complete Wellness Recovery Action Plans (WRAP), safety, crisis intervention, and relapse prevention plans
  • Conduct mobile outreach to clients who unexpectedly disengage from clinic services
  • Provide telemental health services to incarcerated persons pending release that will be connected to clinic services for engagement of services
  • Provide 24-hour crisis intervention on-call services on a rotating basis
  • Provide culturally competent services in accordance with CASES policies and practice

Qualifications and Skills:

  • High school diploma
  • Must have NYS Peer Certification and in good standing or equivalent
  • At least 18 months 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
  • Lived experience using mental health and/or substance use treatment services
  • Individuals with previous criminal justice experience are encouraged to apply
  • Proficiency with computer and electronic and health records
  • Spanish speaking a plus

Reports to: Practice Administrator

Travel or Special Conditions/Requirements: This position has flexible work flexibility where for which staff have flexibility to complete their


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