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 provides services chosen by participants, helps them progress toward their goals, and adjusts support as their needs change. The staff-to-participant ratio is small, and services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, as needed. Team members provide outreach to people enrolled in ACT and/or served by Groundworks, including in community settings such as shelters, tent sites, and hotels. The team advocates for participants’ access to and autonomy in physical and mental health care through an equity and justice lens. The ACT Peer Support Advocate provides ongoing individual and/or group peer support using the Intentional Peer Support model, a framework focused on mutual relationships, connection, and learning together. The advocate helps participants build peer networks and natural and social supports, supports their participation in decisions about their lives and care, and advocates for their expressed interests. This position also contributes to the development, implementation, and maintenance of ACT team services and collaborates with other team members to provide comprehensive support.
Requirements
- Lived experience that supports the ability to connect and relate to people served by the program, such as experiences of homelessness, institutionalization, incarceration, mental health services, or substance use/addiction.
- Personal or professional experience supporting people in crisis.
- Experience in peer support, harm reduction, community organizing, or related work.
- Ability to provide honest and compassionate feedback and accountability to people in a wide variety of roles.
- No minimum formal education requirements.
Responsibilities
- Provide ongoing individual and/or group peer support to participants who want peer support services, using the Intentional Peer Support model.
- Assist in developing, implementing, and maintaining ACT team services.
- Facilitate the establishment of peer support networks, natural supports, and social support systems.
- Work with 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 support.
- Provide rotating coverage of holidays and on-call overnight shifts.
- Participate in and complete mandatory trainings, including ACT 101 and Intentional Peer Support (IPS).
Benefits
- 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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