Peer Program Specialist, Ryer Avenue

ACMH INC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 30,307 - 30,403; Part time

Job summary

ACMH INC is hiring a Peer Program Specialist to provide direct services to clients in their homes in the Bronx. The role involves teaching daily living skills, monitoring apartment safety, and supporting client recovery and advocacy goals.

Requirements include lived experience in mental health and strong communication skills. The position offers a salary of $22.00 – $22.07 per hour, depending on certification.

Qualifications

• Lived experience as a consumer of mental health, substance use, or homeless services is required.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Basic computer and data entry skills.

Responsibilities

• Teach skills for personal hygiene, laundry, and apartment cleaning.
• Monitor overall maintenance of apartments.
• Teach budgeting, shopping, meal planning, and preparation.
• Provide self-preservation training.
• Monitor and document self-administration of medication.
• Assist in building self-advocacy skills.

Skills

Communication skills

Budgeting skills

Safety and cleanliness monitoring

Self-advocacy skills

Education

High school diploma or G.E.D.

New York Certified Peer Program (NYCPS) certification

Job description

Peer Program Specialist – Ryer Avenue

ACMH Inc. is seeking a Peer Program Specialist to provide direct services to clients in their homes in the Bronx (Mount Hope). The role reports to the Program Director and focuses on teaching daily living skills, monitoring apartment maintenance and safety, and supporting recovery and self‑advocacy goals.

Responsibilities

• Teach skills for personal hygiene, laundry and apartment cleaning.
• Monitor overall maintenance of apartments and alert the program director of maintenance problems.
• Teach budgeting, shopping, meal planning, preparation, and clean‑up.
• Provide self‑preservation training and monitor safety and cleanliness of living units.
• Administer the client cooking safety test.
• Monitor, document, and teach self‑administration of medication.
• Report incidents or behavioral changes in residents to a supervisor.
• Teach travel skills and escort clients as needed.
• Facilitate or co‑facilitate groups as requested.
• Document services rendered and client progress promptly.
• Assist in building self‑advocacy skills to communicate with client’s supports and treatment team.
• Support recovery skill‑building goals to reduce emergency service use.
• Attend training and other duties assigned by supervisory staff.

Qualifications

Lived experience as a consumer of mental health, substance use, and/or homeless services is required. Preferred qualifications include completion or progress toward New York Certified Peer Program (NYCPS) certification, high school diploma or G.E.D., strong written and verbal communication skills in English, and basic computer and data entry skills.

Schedule

Thursdays, Fridays, & Sundays (8:00 am–4:00 pm).

Salary

$22.00 – $22.07 per hour (Certified and non‑certified rates).

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.