Peer Specialist - IMT

Community Access • Bronx, NY

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About The Position

The Peer Specialist is an integral member of a multidisciplinary Intensive Mobile Treatment (IMT) team and a resource to participants and team members on integrating wellness goals. The role is intended for someone with lived experience in the mental health system who is willing to share personal and practical experience, knowledge, and firsthand insight to benefit program participants. Recovery experience related to substance use services or the criminal justice system is preferred. The Peer Specialist engages participants and their networks, builds trusting relationships, and supports recovery.

IMT provides flexible, trauma-informed treatment, rehabilitation, and support to people whose needs have not been met by traditional services, including people who are street homeless or moving between institutional settings and housing. Team members collaborate to help participants pursue housing and personal goals related to health, safety, social life, work, or education. Services are delivered in participants’ natural settings and are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The Peer Specialist is expected to complete assigned assessments and service plans on time and to complete progress notes for all contacts, collateral contacts, and engagement attempts within two business days. The position requires community-based work, including travel across the boroughs using public transportation, and a flexible schedule that may include mornings, evenings, and weekends.

Requirements

• New York Certified Peer Specialist (NYCPS) or Provisional certification, or Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA), required.
• Lived experience within the mental health system required.
• At least two years of experience working with individuals with a mental health condition, substance use disorder, and/or history of trauma.
• Commitment to Community Access’s philosophy and mission, person-centered treatment strategies, participants’ rights, and self-determination in service provision.
• Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines, show initiative, and follow through responsibly.
• Creativity and flexibility.
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Conflict mediation and negotiation skills, with an assertive approach to problem solving.
• Computer proficiency with Windows operating systems and programs such as MS Word and Excel, and comfort learning new electronic systems.
• Availability for a flexible schedule, including mornings, evenings, and weekends, in response to participant needs.
• Must be fingerprinted and cleared by the New York State Justice Center.

Nice To Haves

• Recovery experience related to substance use services or the criminal justice system.
• History of homelessness, involvement with the criminal justice system, and experience with substance use services.
• Bilingual Spanish-speaking.

Responsibilities

• Engage participants and their networks and build trusting relationships to support recovery.
• Share personal and practical experience, knowledge, and firsthand insight to benefit IMT participants.
• Serve as a resource to participants and team members on integrating wellness goals.
• Collaborate as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver comprehensive, integrated, flexible services responsive to participants’ choices, needs, and goals.
• Complete assigned assessments and service plans on time.
• Complete progress notes for all contacts, collateral contacts, and engagement attempts within two business days.
• Work in the community, including traveling across the boroughs using public transportation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed