Certified Peer Specialist
4 days ago
Role: Certified Peer Specialist
Location: 177 E 122nd St, New York, NY 10035
Facility: Comprehensive Treatment Institute (Treatment Services)
Schedule: Monday – Friday, 9:00a – 5:00p. Hybrid Schedule.
Salary: $45,000 - 50,000 salary
Benefits: Comprehensive benefits including Medical/Dental/Prescription/Vision/Life Insurance; 403(b); Credit Union; FSAs; Short-and-Long-Term Disability; Transportation Plan; Generous Paid Vacations and Holidays.
Job Duties:
· Facilitate engagement by forging strong connections with participants and families within Harlem, the Bronx, and surrounding communities.
· Conduct outreach activities to promote awareness of available services, encourage help-seeking, and at times serve as a bridge between treatment team and participants experiencing ambivalence about substance use treatment.
· Will be certified to train and distribute Naloxone kits to individuals and families.
· Develop authentic, meaningful relationships with participants through empathy, sharing experiences, listening, and collaborating with genuine interest.
· Understand, share, and discuss multiple frameworks for understanding life experiences such as substance abuse, psychosis, and more.
· Utilize language in service of listening to understand and making space for complex personal stories of recovery and resilience.
· Advocate with and for participants in larger community and on the team.
· Collaborate with participants to clarify personal visions and develop their wellness toolkit.
· Collaborate with team members to support participants in strengthening self-awareness, life skills, and connection to resources and community outside of the internal team.
· Positively influence team culture through advocacy for clients, promoting a youth-friendly approach and encouraging the use of recovery-oriented language.
· Report safety and other concerns to the team immediately.
· Document notes from all visits/interactions/meetings with participants. Co-collaboration on reporting with program participants is encouraged.
Skills/Requirements:
· Certification as a Peer Specialist is required (CRPA, CRPA-P, NYCPS, or NYCPS-P).
· 2+ years of experience with substance use/mental health self-help activities, peer support/advocacy, or participant-run organizations highly desired.
· Role requires significant travel to engage clients at shelters, in the community, and other settings – up to 75% (within Harlem).
· Ability to relate to and build relationships with youth/young adults.
· Understanding of community base and available community resources.
· Positive change/productivity toward personal recovery is a plus.
· Good interpersonal communication skills and ability to empathize with, relate to, and effectively work with participants of mental health services.
· Ability/willingness to disclose personal recovery story (where appropriate) for the purposes of empowerment.
· Excellent judgment and ability to understand professional boundaries.
· Adhere to on-call cell phone system to facilitate crisis intervention, emergencies, and other situations requiring immediate action when assigned.
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