Senior Peer Specialist

• Work in a mental health clinic and provide peer support as defined
  
• Assist client with person-centered goal planning 
• Collaborate with client and care management team to identify the services clients should receive based on stage of change, immediate needs, and recommended treatment objectives 
• Assess and provide services to clients to address housing, income support, education and vocational training, social supports, employment, and primary care needs 
• Assist clients with linkages to and systems navigation within the behavioral health, human services, and criminal justice systems as appropriate 
• Act as an advocate and liaison for clients in accessing resources to support service plan goals 

• Use motivational interviewing, recovery, and trauma-informed approaches when delivering peer services 
• Involve family and significant others in the client’s treatment with the team 
• Provide individual peer support, wellness counseling, harm reduction counseling based on motivational interviewing 
• Provide 10% of treatment contacts in the community, including accompanying clients to appointments and events as well as clients actively hospitalized 
• Complete Wellness Recovery Action Plans (WRAP), safety, crisis intervention, and relapse prevention plans 

• Conduct mobile outreach to clients who unexpectedly disengage from clinic services 
• Provide telemental health services to incarcerated persons pending release that will be connected to clinic services for engagement of services 
• Provide 24-hour crisis intervention on-call services on a rotating basis 
• Provide culturally competent services in accordance with CASES policies and practice 

Qualifications and Skills:  

• High school diploma 
• Must have NYS Peer Certification and in good standing or equivalent  
• At least 18 months of work experience providing peer support to individuals with serious mental illness and criminal justice involvement 
• Graduate of a recognized peer specialist training program such as the Howie the Harp Peer Advocacy and Training Center Peer Specialist Program 

• Lived experience using mental health and/or substance use treatment services 
• Individuals with previous criminal justice experience are encouraged to apply 
• Proficiency with computer and electronic and health records 
• Spanish speaking a plus