Peer Bridger/Mentor-(DOHMH) Woodhull

Comunilife; New York (NY); On-site; USD 22,000 - 23,000; Part time

Job summary

Comunilife in Brooklyn, NY is seeking part-time Peer/Bridge Mentors to support program participants recovering from homelessness, substance use, and mental illness. The role provides emotional support, companionship, and opportunities to share lived experience through mentor training and ongoing guidance.

The position is up to 20 hours per week with a day shift, offering an hourly wage of $16.00 to $17.00 and opportunities to help clients access entitlements, housing, and health services while

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED is required.
• Bilingual (Spanish and English) preferred.
• Personal experience with homelessness, substance use and/or mental illness is valued.
• Ability to form relationships and influence others in a positive direction.

Responsibilities

• Assist outreach, engagement, and acculturation of program participants with mental illness, homelessness, and substance use.
• Provide crisis intervention services and supportive counseling to reduce self-destructive behaviors.
• Build self-esteem by engaging participants in activities and accompanying them to view apartments or appointments.
• Encourage participants to learn about and access community supports.
• Use Peer Mentor Training to promote health, sobriety, or harm reduction outcomes.
• Assist clients in learning daily living skills.
• Collaborate with case management staff on client needs.
• Conduct groups to promote socialization and recovery.
• Document interactions and progress.

Skills

bilingual (Spanish & English)

interpersonal relationships

persuasion in positive activities

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Job description

Job Details: Job Location: Brooklyn, NY 11206, Position Type: Part Time, Education Level: High School, Salary Range: $16.00 - $17.00 Hourly, Travel Percentage: Up to 25%, Job Shift: Day, Job Category: Nonprofit - Social Services, Comunilife Inc. is looking for Peer /Bridge Mentors for its Brooklyn location. Assisting to promote recovery, re-housing, and coping skills among program participants by providing emotional support, companionship, and the benefit of their own experience with substance abuse, mental illness and/or homelessness, after undergoing peer mentor training. The Peer Mentors assist program participants manage recovery issues by promoting mental and physical health, sobriety or harm reduction, self-care, medication compliance, and in general, a better quality of life and independence. This position is part time up to 20 hours a week.

Essential Functions

• Assist with the outreach, engagement, and acculturation of program participants struggling with issues of mental illness, homelessness, and substance abuse
• Provide crisis intervention services and supportive counseling within capability and training to assist participants to reduce/eliminate self-destructive behaviors;
• Assist in building up the esteem and self confidence of participants, by engaging them in activities of mutual interest, accompanying participants to view apartments, or to appointments to aide in obtaining entitlements
• Encourage participants to learn about and access specialized and natural community support
• Using Peer Mentor Training and other skills to assist participants to appreciate and attain better mental and physical health, sobriety or harm reduction, services to help them manage mental illness issues and strive to attain and maintain independent living.
• Assist clients in teaching/learning activities of daily living skills.
• Peer Mentors will collaborate with case management staff on the needs of the client.
• Conduct groups to promote socialization skills and promote recovery.
• Documentation of interaction.

Qualifications

High School Diploma/GED; bilingual (Spanish and English) is preferred. Personal experience in managing homelessness, substance abuse and/or mental illness. Ability to form interpersonal relationships with others and to be able to influence and persuade others in positive activities.

Comunilife is an EEO employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.