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Peer Specialist

2 months ago

Queens, New York, United States Goodwill NYNJ Full time
Job Summary

Goodwill NYNJ is seeking a highly motivated and compassionate Peer Specialist to join our team. As a Peer Specialist, you will play a vital role in providing psychosocial rehabilitation services to adults with psychiatric disabilities and co-occurring substance use disorders within an accredited clubhouse setting.

Key Responsibilities
  • Engage and assist Clubhouse members in identifying and achieving their recovery goals utilizing peer supports and person-centered services.
  • Coordinate aspects of the work that is integral to the operation of the Clubhouse, including meal planning and preparation, intake, employment, program cleanliness, and accurate record keeping.
  • Facilitate community/unit meetings daily and engage members in carrying out unit tasks.
  • Manage member case records and documentation via the electronic health files, ensuring secure private health information.
  • Engage members through outreach and encouragement, focusing on their strengths and abilities.
  • Establish working relationships with members within the Clubhouse community to support their experiences as valued participants.
  • Connect members to community resources to meet individual needs, such as employment, housing, benefits, and treatment.
  • Teach members effective coping strategies based on personal lived experience.
  • Coordinate and deliver opportunities for social and recreational activities.
  • Educate members about self-help techniques and self-help group processes.
  • Work cooperatively with colleagues and members in developing Clubhouse policies and advancing the purposes and welfare of the Clubhouse.
  • Impart to members a vision of their potential to achieve aspirations through acceptance and empathy, not restricted by disability but based on needs common to all people seeking employment, education, housing, and social involvements.
  • Advocate on behalf of members with outside service providers.
  • Support members' ability to self-advocate when necessary.
Requirements
  • OMH Peer Certification required.
  • Past/current recipient of mental health, substance services, or homeless services required; experience in providing advocacy services to people with mental health, SUD, and/or homeless.
  • High School diploma required; Bachelor's degree in a related field preferred.
  • Ability to effectively carry out responsibilities in a communal setting comprised of people experiencing the effects of mental illness.
  • Capability and flexibility to handle and juggle the multiplicity of activities and demands in the Clubhouse setting.
  • Convey a vibrant energy that attracts members and enables engagement.
  • Able to travel independently within the community.
  • Knowledge of Wellness Self-Management and WRAP planning.
  • Bilingual (Spanish) preferred.
  • Must have aptitude for computers and have a thorough working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Publisher.
Scope of Responsibility & Positions Supervised

Depending on assigned unit, staff will either:

  • Function as Placement Manager for members in Transitional Employment, providing on-the-job training for members and filling in for members on the job during absences.
  • Function as the Intake Coordinator for the program, scheduling program tours for potential members, conducting intake interviews, tracking all referrals, documenting all follow-ups, and processing all member enrollments.
  • Be responsible for the financial operations of the assigned unit under the direction of the Program Director or Deputy Director.
  • Be responsible for the management of kitchen and food aspects of the Clubhouse.
Special Working Conditions
  • Some Saturdays work required.
  • Clubhouse is opened on all holidays (Staff rotate coverage on holidays).
  • Attend three weeks of clubhouse training at a certified training base outside of New York State.