Peer Employment Coach
About The Position
The Peer Employment Coach provides recovery-oriented guidance, mentorship, advocacy, and support services, focusing on participant engagement in internships and employment retention. The role is part of the Kate Rothko Center for Recovery – 15 Hell Gate Circ., Ward's Island, NY 10035, and reports to the Work & Out Grant, Vocational Manager. The position is non-exempt. The coach supports adolescents and transition-age youth in early recovery through wellness and recovery planning, community-resource connections, employment preparation, and ongoing recovery support. Duties include outreach and educational presentations, eligibility screening, coordinating hand-offs to internship sites and service providers, facilitating group seminars, documenting services in clinical records, and participating in team meetings, clinical case conferences, and required training. Some local travel is required, and occasional out-of-state travel may be required.
Requirements
- CRPA certificate or CRPA-Provisional Certificate required.
- At least one year of experience working in a similar role in a behavioral health setting.
- High school diploma or high school equivalency diploma.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
- Ability to work with individuals in early recovery.
- Knowledge of behavioral health and recovery-oriented systems of care.
- Ability to document care in an electronic health record.
- Some local travel is required; occasional out-of-state travel may be required.
Nice To Haves
- At least 12 months of continuous experience in a competitive employment role before the date of hire.
Responsibilities
- Provide recovery coaching and mentorship.
- Facilitate wellness and recovery planning.
- Link participants to community resources.
- Conduct outreach and deliver educational presentations to employers and program participants.
- Conduct eligibility screening with potential program participants.
- Assist participants with planning for internship and employment participation, including transportation, scheduling, and budgeting.
- Facilitate and support engagement in the evidence-based Therapeutic Community.
- Facilitate warm hand-offs with internship placement sites.
- Facilitate warm hand-offs with network service providers.
- Facilitate large-group seminars regarding the Work & Out grant.
- Advocate for participants with professional staff, employers, and network service providers.
- Assist participants with planning drug-free leisure-time activities.
- Participate in team meetings and clinical case conferences.
- Document service delivery in the clinical record.
- Maintain accessibility to adolescents and transition-age youth through text messaging or a recovery support app.
- Participate in in-service training according to program requirements.
- Perform additional responsibilities as needed.
Benefits
- 35-hour work week
- Vacation plan and holiday schedule
- Life insurance
- Medical insurance with two plans
- Dental and vision insurance
- Additional insurance coverages, including hospitalization, accidental, and critical illness coverage
- Long-term and short-term disability
- Flexible Spending Account/Health Reimbursement Account
- 403(b) plan
- Corporate Counseling Associates (CCA) EAP benefit
- Ability Assist Counseling Services through The Hartford
- Commuter benefits
- Educational assistance programs
- Shopping discounts through ADP Marketplace and PlumBenefits
- RUFit?! Fitness Program
- Pet insurance
- Legal assistance
- Optum Financial Service through ConnectYourCare
- Benefit Advocacy Center through Gallagher
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
