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Peer Specialist

3 months ago

Bronx, United States Baltic Street Wellness Solutions Full time

**We are looking for peers with lived experience handling mental illness diagnoses to bring their unique outlook to our peer-run agency**

The mission of Baltic Street Wellness Solutions is to help improve the quality of life for people vulnerable to mental illness by providing a broad continuum of trauma-informed care with a focus on wellness and resiliency. We believe that all the people we serve can lead meaningful lives and successfully manage their mental health. Every individual we serve receives support to help them address their whole health needs, develop coping strategies and connect with critical resources such as housing, education and employment.

Baltic Street Wellness Solutions seeks applicants for the position of Peer Specialist. The person will perform advocacy services for and with consumers of mental health services in a program that provides a wide network of Peer Advocacy services

**Essential Functions**:
**Direct Services**
- Teach and model the principles and practices of recovery and self-help
- Provide quality psychiatric rehabilitation interventions to individuals and collaterals in a timely and responsive manner.
- Collaborate with individuals to identify goals & objectives
- Collaborate on services to meet those goals & objectives and discuss progress
- Develop and individualized recovery plan (IPR) with the individual. Review and update as appropriate.
- Ensure and protect all consumer civil liberties and rights.
- Provide direct services to an ongoing client caseload.
- Attend staff meetings and present cases as necessary.
- Position requires both working both on site and off site.
- Maintain and protect the confidential nature of all matters related to this position.
- Provide linkages, referrals, and case coordination with other services including mental health, education, medical, social and financial services.
- Teach individuals how to become better self-advocates through information sharing, explanation and modeling
- Based upon individual needs and preferences, provide “hands-on” assistance with referral, intake, and eligibility processes.
- Advocate for needed services and assist individuals to negotiate bureaucracies and service systems.
- Provide entitlement counseling and assist consumers to obtain entitlements. Accompany individuals to entitlement offices as indicated.
- Actively participate in ongoing training as needed to meet all certification standards and credentialing policies.
- Provide timely documentation to supervisor and HR of qualifications necessary to provide services
- Collect QA data and participate in the development of continuous quality improvement strategies based on relevant information and accrediting standards.
- Facilitate group meetings, workshops and training sessions which includes sharing your own recovery story/experience with consumers.
- Answer a help-line in a busy office.
- Work collaboratively with other organizations and maintain positive interagency relationships. 22. Conduct outreach activities to prospective consumers.
- As requested, run groups, classes and information sessions for consumers and other stakeholders.

**Documentation**
- Document information in each record in a clear & timely manner in accordance with state and agency regulations and policies
- Enter information into consumer data -base in a timely and accurate manner.
- Maintain administrative, program, and client records in a timely, complete, and organized manner, consistent with all applicable policies, rules, regulations, and procedures.
- Submit accurate and timely reports as requested by the agency management

**Minimum qualifications**:

- High School Diploma or GED (General Equivalency Diploma) required
- Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner (CPRP) preferred
- Certified with the Academy of Peer Services or completion of certification within the first six months of employment.
- Good reading and writing skills
- Good phone and communication skills
- Some experience or training in peer advocacy
- Basic knowledge of self-help techniques
- Ability to be patient and supportive
- Knowledge of community mental health system
- Ability to complete required paperwork
- Basic office and computer skills are required.
- Clean drivers license a plus
- Bilingual Spanish preferred

**Salary**

$33,280 per year/$16 per hour

**PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT**

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or listen. The employee frequently is required to use hands or finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit; reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/