What are the responsibilities and job description for the Community Peer Navigator - Fort Greene, BK position at StartCare?
Position Summary
The function of the Peer Navigator is to engage community members, who may or may not be in treatment and are seeking harm reduction support and education. Working alongside a multidisciplinary team and using their lived expertise in mental health, substance use, and/or criminal legal systems. The Peer Navigator takes a trauma-informed, harm reduction approach to boosting individual engagement, awareness, and consumption of support at StartCare and throughout the community. The Peer Navigator connects participants to community-based recovery supports and facilitates navigation of barriers related to needed behavioral and other health-related resources.
The Community Peer Navigator will leverage their lived expertise to promote engagement from initial outreach to enrollment.
Essential Functions
Conduct community-based filed work focused on people who use drugs, people with serious mental illness, and/or experiencing homelessness, with the goal of connecting people to StartCare or other health -related services. Provide non-clinical crisis support, especially after periods of hospitalization or incarceration. Engage and educate community members about mental health, substance use, stigma, harm reduction, addiction, and recovery. Raise awareness of existing behavioral health, social and other health-related services, and provide referrals, linkages, and navigations to services. Support delivery of community-based harm training, including overdose prevention response (naloxone).
Required Qualifications
Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA) or CRPA-Provisional (CRPA-P) with CRPA obtained within 24 months of hire. High School GED or Diploma Ability to work in a variety of settings including the general community and OASAS regulated outpatient programs under the general supervision of a qualified healthcare professional. Proficient in Microsoft Office, mobile applications, and general office electronic resources. Bi/Multi-lingual
The function of the Peer Navigator is to engage community members, who may or may not be in treatment and are seeking harm reduction support and education. Working alongside a multidisciplinary team and using their lived expertise in mental health, substance use, and/or criminal legal systems. The Peer Navigator takes a trauma-informed, harm reduction approach to boosting individual engagement, awareness, and consumption of support at StartCare and throughout the community. The Peer Navigator connects participants to community-based recovery supports and facilitates navigation of barriers related to needed behavioral and other health-related resources.
The Community Peer Navigator will leverage their lived expertise to promote engagement from initial outreach to enrollment.
Essential Functions
Conduct community-based filed work focused on people who use drugs, people with serious mental illness, and/or experiencing homelessness, with the goal of connecting people to StartCare or other health -related services. Provide non-clinical crisis support, especially after periods of hospitalization or incarceration. Engage and educate community members about mental health, substance use, stigma, harm reduction, addiction, and recovery. Raise awareness of existing behavioral health, social and other health-related services, and provide referrals, linkages, and navigations to services. Support delivery of community-based harm training, including overdose prevention response (naloxone).
Required Qualifications
Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA) or CRPA-Provisional (CRPA-P) with CRPA obtained within 24 months of hire. High School GED or Diploma Ability to work in a variety of settings including the general community and OASAS regulated outpatient programs under the general supervision of a qualified healthcare professional. Proficient in Microsoft Office, mobile applications, and general office electronic resources. Bi/Multi-lingual
