Respite Worker

Better World Books • New York, NY

52d

About The Position

The Residential Crisis Support Program Respite Center (CRC) is a Community Access Health Division program. The CRC is an alternative to hospitalization program offering short-term respite care in a friendly and supportive home-like environment. Guests are provided with the opportunity to learn and use recovery and relapse prevention skills to ameliorate their current psychiatric crisis and to provide more effective tools to cope with future crises and avoid hospital-based care. Recovery-oriented services are provided 24-hour and day and include peer support, self-advocacy education and self-help training. The Residential Crisis Support Program offers people experiencing a mental health or emotional crisis an up to 28 days residential alternative while supporting individuals in continuing their established daily activities such as visiting with friends, attending a doctor s appointment or going to work. The Respite Worker is responsible for all tasks related to the Respite daily operation during shift hours including providing services and support to CRC guests. Some responsibilities of the Respite Worker are to develop partnerships with guests experiencing crisis utilizing trauma-informed, recovery-oriented intentional peer support and promotes the provision of a comfortable, secure, and trusting environment where guests are listened to and respected by staff. Respite Workers are skilled with the mental health system with a focus on guest s personal recovery process. This helps to create a sense of community through the mutual sharing of lived experiences and offering encouragement and support to participate in daily activities within the RCS community.

Requirements

• Minimum high school diploma or equivalent (GED), Bachelors degree preferred.
• Graduate of core peer specialist training program
• And/or willingness to participate in/successful completion of all required training, with ability to integrate skills, knowledge and approach into work with guests
• Acquisition of NYS Peer Certification, at least at Provisional level within 90days of hire (preferably attained) with a commitment to achieve permanent certification within one year of hire.
• Must be fingerprinted and cleared by the Office of Mental Health (OMH).

Responsibilities

• responsible for all tasks related to the Respite daily operation during shift hours including providing services and support to CRC guests
• develop partnerships with guests experiencing crisis utilizing trauma-informed, recovery-oriented intentional peer support
• promotes the provision of a comfortable, secure, and trusting environment where guests are listened to and respected by staff
• skilled with the mental health system with a focus on guest s personal recovery process
• create a sense of community through the mutual sharing of lived experiences and offering encouragement and support to participate in daily activities within the RCS community

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees