Peer Support Specialist — Recovery & Community Advocate

ICL; New York (NY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

ICL is seeking a Peer Specialist in New York to serve as a role model, educate recipients, and assist in developing community support systems. The role emphasizes self-help techniques, coping strategies, and driving independence through counseling and resource linkage.

Responsibilities include visits to residences, crisis intervention, case documentation, and coordination with teams to meet individualized service plan goals while advocating for recipients with external providers.

Qualifications

• Internship or training in peer advocacy completed.
• Experience providing advocacy services to people who are mentally ill or homeless.
• Past or current recipient of mental health, substance services or homeless services preferred.

Responsibilities

• Travel to recipients' residences to provide supportive services.
• Counsel recipients on plans for meeting service needs and mobilize resources.
• Educate about self-help techniques and self-help group processes.
• Teach coping strategies based on personal experience.
• Assist in clarifying rehabilitation and recovery goals.
• Maintain up-to-date, accurate individual case records.
• Refer recipients to community resources and accompany to appointments.
• Advocate for recipients with outside providers and within ICL.
• Report serious incidents and complete incident reports per policy.
• Attend clinical meetings and ongoing trainings.

Skills

Empathy

Communication skills

Documentation

Cultural sensitivity

Independent work

Team collaboration

Crisis intervention

Driver's license

Education

Internship in peer advocacy

Advocacy experience in mental health/homeless services

Volunteer experience in support services

Job description

ICL is seeking a Peer Specialist in New York to serve as a role model, educate recipients, and assist in developing community support systems. The role emphasizes self-help techniques, coping strategies, and driving independence through counseling and resource linkage.

Responsibilities include visits to residences, crisis intervention, case documentation, and coordination with teams to meet individualized service plan goals while advocating for recipients with external providers.