Certified Peer Specialist I

Jawonio•New City, NY

1d•$20 - $23•Hybrid

About The Position

The Certified Peer Specialist I will align his/her scope of work with Jawonio’s Mission, while incorporating Jawonio’s Core Values as the guiding principle for all work activities. This role delivers peer support, psychosocial rehabilitation, and family support/training services to members of the Community-Oriented Recovery Services (CORE) program. The specialist ensures members receive person-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally competent services within a rehabilitation and recovery focus in their homes or their community. The role facilitates the utilization of natural resources and the enhancement of recovery-oriented principles to assist individuals with initiating recovery, maintaining health and wellness, and enhancing the quality of personal and family life for long-term recovery. Additionally, this position provides assistance and support for Saturday programming in the Personalized Recovery Oriented Services (PROS) program.

Requirements

High School diploma or GED required
Must have active NYS Peer Certification (NYCPS) or NYS Peer Certification-Provisional (NYCPS-P) credential.
Lived experience required: personal experience living with a disability, history of mental health challenge and/or substance abuse and willingness to draw upon this experience to serve as a role model to support the recovery goals of individuals served.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to write comprehensive reports and documentation.
Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Knowledge of MS Word, Excel and internet software.
Daily access to an automobile is required.
A valid NY State Driver’s License and ability to drive and driving record acceptable for agency insurance coverage are required.
Remain current in all OMH and agency required trainings
Knowledge of Medicaid, Social Security, and other entitlement systems required.
Candidates must be cleared and maintain acceptable record under the NYS Justice Center and NYS OMH mandated criminal background check process.
Must be clear and maintain an acceptable record under the Medicaid Fraud & Abuse clearance process.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Oversee and manage a caseload of members that are enrolled in the CORE services program, seeing them on a 1:1 basis as needed, wanted, and defined by an individualized service plan.
Help individuals work on goals such as community connectedness, development of natural resources, physical and mental health wellness, education, employment, self-help, and independent living skills.
Provide services in a person-centered, goal-oriented, trauma-informed, and culturally competent approach which includes advocacy, outreach and engagement, self-help tools, recovery supports, transitional supports, pre-crisis and crisis supports.
Assist in selecting and utilizing self-directed and evidence-based recovery tools, including but not limited to Wellness and Recovery Plans (WRAP) OR Relapse Prevention Planning, with members to develop skills for long-term recovery.
Provide health coaching and recovery support, especially on issues of self-advocacy, wellness self-management, medication adherence, smoking cessation, entitlements, and daily living activities.
Assist with and coordinate transportation to appointments, including provision of travel training as needed.
Accompany members to behavioral health, medical and/or other appointments to support and facilitate engagement and follow-through as needed.
Act as a linkage to community services including medical, behavioral, residential, entitlement and any other needed services.
Coordinate and communicate care planning with other providers of services.
Communicates and works with members, their families, and professional staff (both internal and external) to help ensure member growth and recovery.
Assists in planning and facilitation of groups, social/recreational activities and outings for participants during PROS Danny’s Promise programming on Saturdays.
Completes all mandated documentation requirements by Jawonio and regulating agencies within prescribed deadlines including but not limited to the following: Individualized service plans, Individual progress notes, Discharge summaries.
Complete required trainings and pass post-training tests in the areas of psychosocial rehabilitation, trauma-informed care, person-centered planning, shared decision making, motivational interviewing and wellness self-management.
Helps ensure appropriate safeguards for participants are developed and maintained.
Serve as a role model for peers, with positive behaviors, ethical practice and demonstrating compassion for those who attend/participate in program services.
Embraces team approach, attending and participating in staff meetings and mentoring new peer staff.
Attends all required interdisciplinary and team conferences and special meetings both in and outside of the agency to determine appropriate programs and recovery plans for participants.
Provides individual and group coverage for program members as needed when other CORE staff are unavailable.
Maintains safe and orderly work environment and work area.