Peer Program & Certification Specialist

ACMH INC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 47,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

ACMH INC in New York, NY seeks a Peer Program & Certification Specialist to support clients at home, assisting with daily living skills and helping peers obtain NYCPS certification.

Responsibilities include teaching budgeting, cooking safety, personal hygiene, medication administration, and group facilitation, while documenting progress and advocating for recovery goals. Salary is $52,683 with generous benefits.

Qualifications

• Lived experience and commitment to recovery goals.
• NYCPS certification required.
• High School diploma or GED preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication in English.
• Basic computer and data entry skills.

Responsibilities

• Support peers in obtaining New York State peer certification by guiding application requirements and mentoring through the process.
• Teach skills for daily living including hygiene, laundry, budgeting, shopping, meals, and safety.
• Monitor apartment maintenance and report issues to supervisor.
• Document services rendered and client progress in a timely manner.
• Assist in building self-advocacy and recovery skill building goals to reduce emergency service contacts.
• Facilitate groups as requested and accompany clients as needed.

Skills

Lived experience in behavioral health

Communication skills

Data entry skills

Education

High School diploma or GED

New York NYCPS certification

Job description

Peer Program & Certification Specialist

ACMH INC New York, New York, United States

About this position

Description:

Position: Peer Program & Certification Specialist

Reports to: Director of Recovery and Empowerment Support

Function: Provides direct service to clients in their homes, assisting with training in skills of daily living. Assists ACMH peer staff in obtaining peer specialist certification.

Tasks:

• Support ACMH employed peers in obtaining New York State peer certification by providing guidance on application requirements, facilitating skill development, offering mentorship throughout the certification process, and ensuring alignment with state standards and core peer support values.
• Teaches skills for maintaining personal hygiene, laundry and apartment cleaning.
• Monitors overall maintenance of apartments and alerts program director of maintenance problems.
• Teaches skills for budgeting, shopping, meal planning, preparation and clean-up.
• Teaches skills for self-preservation, monitors living units for safety and cleanliness.
• Administers the client cooking safety test.
• Monitors, documents and teaches self-administration of medication, according to program policy and procedures.
• Report incidents or behavioral changes in residents to supervisor.
• Teaches travel skills and escorts clients, where needed.
• Facilitates/co-facilitates groups, as requested.
• Documents services rendered and client progress in a timely manner.
• Assists in building self-advocacy skills to effectively communicate with supports and treatment team
• Supports recovery skill building goals to decrease frequency of contact with emergency services
• Attends training and other duties as assigned by supervisory staff

Requirements:

Lived experience receiving mental health services such as past or current participant of behavioral health, substance or homeless services; commitment to assist others in attaining their mental health recovery goals in part through sharing own personal lived experiences. Completion of New York Certified Peer Program (NYCPS) certification required. High School diploma or G.E.D. preferred. Strong written and verbal communication skills in English. Basic computer and data entry skills.

Salary: $52,683 plus generous benefits

ACMH is committed to the mental and physical wellbeing of vulnerable New Yorkers and is a leader in the provision of outreach and engagement, care management, rehabilitation, crisis support, and supportive housing. ACMH is committed to becoming an anti-racist organization and seeks to promote actionable change to create an intentional culture of equity at individual, interpersonal and institutional levels.

ACMH is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment decisions based on race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, mental or physical disability, marital status, veteran status or citizenship status.

For more information, visit our website: www.acmhnyc.org