ACT Peer Support Advocate - Adult Services - Brattleboro
About The Position
Healthworks Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is a participant-led approach to improving care and outcomes for people experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity in Windham County. It is an intensive, integrated services and support model for people whose basic needs are not being met by existing housing, medical, and mental health services. The team delivers integrated services chosen by participants, helps them make progress toward their goals, and adjusts services to meet changing needs. The team maintains a small staff-to-participant ratio and provides services 24 hours a day, seven days a week, as needed. Team members conduct outreach to people enrolled in ACT and/or served by Groundworks, including in community settings such as shelters, tent sites, and hotels. The team values and advocates for physical and mental health access and autonomy through an equity and justice lens. The Peer Support Advocate provides ongoing individual and/or group peer support to participants who want these services, using the Intentional Peer Support model. The role supports mutual relationships focused on connection and learning together, helps develop and maintain ACT services and peer support networks, and advocates for participants' expressed interests. The advocate works with team members to ensure participants can take part in decisions about their lives and care to the extent they choose.
Requirements
- No minimum formal education requirements.
- Lived experience that supports the ability to connect and relate to people served by the program, such as experience of homelessness, institutionalization, incarceration, mental health services, or substance use/addiction.
- Personal or professional experience supporting people in crisis.
- Ability to provide honest and compassionate feedback and accountability to people in a wide variety of roles.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in peer support, harm reduction, community organizing, or other related work.
Responsibilities
- Provide ongoing one-on-one and/or group support to participants who want peer support services.
- Use the Intentional Peer Support model, a framework for mutual relationships focused on connection and learning together.
- Assist in the development, implementation, and maintenance of ACT team services.
- Facilitate the establishment of peer support networks, natural supports, and social support systems.
- Work with other team members to ensure participants can take part in discussions and decisions about their lives and care to the greatest extent they desire.
- Advocate with or on behalf of individuals for their expressed interests within the ACT team and in other relevant settings.
- Participate in daily and weekly treatment meetings as indicated by shift.
- Collaborate with ACT staff and smaller teams to provide comprehensive services and supports.
- Provide rotating coverage of holidays and on-call overnight shifts.
- Complete mandatory training, including ACT 101 and Intentional Peer Support (IPS).
- Provide outreach to community members enrolled in ACT and/or served by Groundworks.
Benefits
- Pay of $22–$24 per hour.
- Three weeks of paid vacation to start, prorated.
- Health, dental, and vision coverage.
- Nine paid holidays.
- One week of personal time.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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