Peer Program Specialist, 74 Avenue A

ACMH, INC.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

ACMH, INC. in Queens, NY is seeking a part-time Peer Program Specialist to provide in-home training and direct services to clients with lived experience in mental health, substance use, and homelessness services.

Scheduling is Fridays through Mondays, 9:00am-4:00pm, reporting to the Program Director. The role focuses on teaching daily living skills, budgeting, safety, and self-advocacy, with duties including monitoring housing units and documenting progress.

Qualifications

• Lived experience receiving mental health, substance use, or homeless services; commitment to support others.
• High School diploma or GED preferred.
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
• NY Certified Peer Program (NYCPS) certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Teaches daily living skills (hygiene, laundry, cleaning).
• Monitors apartment maintenance and reports issues to supervisor.
• Teaches budgeting, shopping, meal planning and cleanup.
• Teaches self-preservation and safety in living units.
• Administers and documents client medication management per policy.
• Reports incidents or behavioral changes to supervisor.
• Teaches travel skills and escorts clients when needed.
• Facilitates groups and documents client progress.
• Supports self-advocacy and recovery goals to reduce emergency contacts.
• Attends trainings and other duties as assigned.

Job description

Lived experience as a consumer of mental health, substance use, and/or homeless services is required

Description

Lived experience as a consumer of mental health, substance use, and/or homeless services is required

Position: Peer Program Specialist, 74 Avenue A

Reports to: Program Director

Function: Provides direct service to clients in their homes, assisting with training in skills of daily living.

Location: Queens (Queens Village)

Schedule: Fridays through Mondays (9:00am-4:00pm)

Tasks

• 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 client’s 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 or on track to receive New York Certified Peer Program (NYCPS) certification preferred. High School diploma or G.E.D. preferred. Strong written and verbal communication skills in English. Basic computer and data entry skills.

Peer Program Specialist (Single Site), Certified – P/T Hrly Salary: $22.07

Peer Program Specialist (Single Site), Non-certified – P/T Hrly Salary: $22.00

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.

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

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.