What are the responsibilities and job description for the Peer Specialist - IMT position at Community Access Inc?
Job Description
Job Description
Founded in 1974, Community Access celebrates its 50th Anniversary as a pioneer of supportive housing and social services in NYC for people with mental health concerns. We proudly lead advocacy efforts that rally our community to promote human rights, social justice, and economic opportunities for all. We are built upon the simple truth that people are experts in their own lives. Our programs are spread across 25 locations and include over 1200 units of supportive housing in three boroughs, the Howie the Harp Advocacy Center, East Village Access—a PROS program, Peer-driven Crisis Respite Center, Adult Home Initiative, Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) and the Intensive Mobile Team.
Department Overview
The Intensive Mobile Treatment (IMT) team is a mobile practice models designed to provide treatment, rehabilitation and support services to individuals living with a behavioral health condition and whose needs have not been effectively met by traditional behavioral health services. Community Access’ Bronx IMT Team will serve individuals with behavioral health conditions who are street homeless or living between institutional settings and housing. Team members will work collaboratively with settings in which the participant is living and use assertive engagement strategies to proactively engage individuals in services. Team members share responsibility for the people they serve, helping individuals attain housing and other personal goals that may be of a health, social, work or education nature. These teams are multi-disciplinary and include psychiatry, nursing, social work, peer specialists and other staff members offering rehabilitation, treatment, and recovery support services. The team provides expertise in the areas of housing, substance use and harm reduction, peer support and behavioral health recovery.
Position Overview
The Peer Specialist is an integral part of a multi-disciplinary team of mental health clinicians. The Peer Specialist is a resource to participants and other team members in issues related to integrating wellness goals. The Peer Specialist is a person with the lived experience of a mental health condition who has a willingness to share personal and practical experience, knowledge, and first-hand insight to benefit IMT program participants; recovery experience related to substance use services or criminal justice system preferred. The Peer Specialis t engages and builds trusting relationships with program participants and their networks to support the person’s recovery. Some of the duties of the Peer Specialist is to screen and assess participants to develop a person-centered treatment plan and identify participant treatment and support services needed.
Qualifications
- New York Certified Peer Specialist (NYCPS).
- Lived experience of a mental health condition required, and a history of homelessness, involvement with the criminal justice system, and experience with substance use services, preferred.
- Minimum of two (2) years’ experience working with individuals with a mental health condition, substance use disorder, and / or history of trauma.
- Must be fingerprinted and cleared by the New York State Justice Center.
- Available to work a flexible schedule, mornings, evenings and weekends in response to participant needs.
- Computer proficiency in Windows operating systems and programs, such as MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, as well as comfort with learning new electronic systems.
Bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply.
Interested candidates should apply on www.communityaccess.org / jobs.
Community Access is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M / F / D / V.
Women, People of Color and Members of the LGBT community are strongly encouraged to apply.
We are dedicated to a workforce where at least 51% of our employees identify as having a personal experience using mental health
services. www.communityaccess.org
