Peer Program Specialist, Queens Treatment Apartment (QTA)

ACMH, INC.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 49,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

ACMH, INC. in Queens seeks a Peer Program Specialist to provide direct services in clients’ homes and support recovery goals through teaching daily living skills and group activities.

The role requires lived experience with mental health or related services, strong English communication, and the ability to document progress and coordinate with the treatment team.

Qualifications

• Lived experience in mental health, substance use, or homelessness services and commitment to recovery.
• Strong communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
• Basic computer and data entry skills.
• High school diploma or GED; NYCPS certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Teach daily living skills: hygiene, laundry and apartment cleaning.
• Monitor apartment maintenance and report issues to supervisor.
• Teach budgeting, shopping, meal planning, preparation and cleanup.
• Teach self-preservation, safety and cleanliness of living units.
• Administer the client cooking safety test.
• Monitor and teach self-administration of medication per policy.
• Report incidents or behavioral changes to supervisor.
• Teach travel skills and escort clients when needed.
• Facilitate or co-facilitate groups as requested.
• Document services and client progress in a timely manner.
• Build self-advocacy and coordinate with supports and treatment team.
• Support recovery goals to reduce emergency service contact.
• Attend training and perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Lived experience with mental health

Written communication

Verbal communication

Basic computer skills

Data entry

Team collaboration

Education

High School diploma or GED

NYCPS certification preferred

Job description

Description

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

Position: Peer Program Specialist, Queens Treatment Apartment (QTA)

Reports to: Program Director

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

Schedule: Mondays through Fridays (9:00am-5:00pm)

• 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 (Scattered Site) Certified – FT Salary: $49,192 plus generous benefits

Peer Program Specialist (Scattered Site) Non-certified – FT Salary: $48,672 plus generous benefits

Please include a resume, cover letter and contact information for 3 professional references.

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.