Peer Specialist - Self Help - Part Time

Baltic Street Wellness Solutions; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Baltic Street Wellness Solutions is seeking a Peer Specialist for Self Help in New York. You will lead self-help groups and provide individual services to participants in the community, drawing on lived experience to empower others.

You will train new group leaders, coordinate with mental health and housing services, and participate in ongoing trainings to meet credentialing standards. This role involves both on-site and off-site work.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required; college preferred but not required.
• Basic knowledge of self-help techniques.
• Knowledge of community mental health system.
• Bi-lingual abilities preferred but not required.
• Basic office and computer skills with Microsoft Office 365.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Must be vaccinated.
• Driver’s license a plus but not required.

Responsibilities

• Teach and model recovery and self-help principles.
• Provide psychiatric rehabilitation interventions to individuals and collaterals.
• Ensure and protect consumer rights and civil liberties.
• Provide direct services to an ongoing client caseload.
• Attend staff meetings and present cases as necessary.
• Position requires working both on site and off site.
• Maintain HIPAA-compliant confidentiality of all matters.
• Link participants to entitlements, housing, and other services.
• Document progress notes, group notes, plans, and reviews in AWARDS.
• Facilitate support groups and training sessions.

Skills

Excellent communication

Multisystem communication

Patience and support

Basic office skills

Bi-lingual abilities

Knowledge of Community Mental Health

Self-Help techniques

Education

High School Diploma or GED

College preferred but not required

Tools

Microsoft Office 365

Job description

Vision:

Our vision is to drive a cultural transformation within the mental health community by advocating for the underserved, educating for change, and inspiring wellness. We approach our role with cultural humility and mindfulness of oppressive systems.

Our Core Values:

• We value a mentoring philosophy delivered by staff with peer-lived experiences.
• We value the recovery journey of every individual with a mental health diagnosis.
• We value the personal and professional experiences of our staff and board members.
• We value community action to change societal views to break the stigma of mental health through advocacy within all systems.
• We value everyone's desire to have opportunities to obtain their visions of wellness.
• We value education and training to enhance an individual's opportunities for growth in one's journey to self-discovery.

Position Summary

The Peer Specialist for Self Help is responsible for providing self-help and empowerment tools to participants in the community through participant led groups as well as providing individual services. This position will develop and lead self-help groups and train new group leaders among its group attendees.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Teach and model the principles and practices of recovery and self-help
• Provide quality psychiatric rehabilitation interventions to individuals and collaterals in a timely and responsive manner
• Ensure and protect all consumer civil liberties and rights
• Provide direct services to an ongoing client caseload
• Attending staff meetings and presenting cases as necessary
• Position requires working both on site and off site
• Maintain and protect the confidential nature of all matters related to this position
• Provide program participants with linkages, referrals, and case coordination with other services including mental health, education, medical, social, financial, and housing
• Submit electronically supportive housing application (2010E Form) to the Coordinated Assessment and Placement System (CAPS) for participants in need of housing.
• Teach individuals how to become better self-advocates through information sharing, explanation, and modeling
• Provide entitlement counseling and assist participants to obtain entitlements.
• Accompany individuals to entitlement offices and housing interviews as needed.
• Actively participate in ongoing training as needed to meet all certification standards and credentialing policies
• Conduct timely documentation in the AWARDS Database (Progress Notes, Group Notes, Plan and Reviews, and Discharges)
• Facilitate support groups, workshops and training sessions which can include sharing your own recovery stories/lived experiences.
• Conduct outreach activities to community base agencies and work collaboratively withother programs within Baltic Street to maintain positive interagency relationships.
• Document all required program records and information in a clear & timely manner in accordance with agency regulations and policies.
• Maintain high standards of conduct in the performance of their job duties; this includes maintaining and protecting the confidential nature of all matters related to this position/program within HIPPA guidelines.
• Maintain program, and client records in a timely, complete, and organized manner, consistent with all applicable policies, rules, regulations, and procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• High School Diploma, GED required
• College preferred but not required
• Basic Knowledge of Self-Help Techniques
• Knowledge of Community Mental Health System
• Bi-lingual abilities preferred but not required
• Basic office and computer skills proficiency (Microsoft Office 365)
• Excellent communication skills verbally and written
• Ability to be patient and supportive
• Ability to communicate over a multisystem phone line
• Must be vaccinated
• Driver’s license a plus but not required

Annual Trainings:

• Certified with the Academy of Peer Services or completion of certification within 6 months of employment (www.academyofperservices.org)
• Mandatory Annual trainings (Sexual Harassment, Cultural Competency, Mandated Reporter and Fire Safety)

Baltic Street Wellness Solutions will require selected candidates to submit proof of complete vaccination against COVID-19 and having received a booster shot. If a candidate has a qualifying medical condition or religious exemption that contraindicates a COVID-19 vaccination, an exemption form should be requested from Human Resources.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit; reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.