Senior Crisis Peer Specialist — Court Services

The Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (CASES); New York (NY); On-site; USD 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Vacation and Paid Time Off – starting

12 Paid Holidays per year

Retirement 403b – competitive matching

Employee Referral Program

Job summary

CASES is seeking a Senior Peer Specialist in the Court Services Department to provide rapid, holistic crisis response for individuals leaving arraignments. The role includes direct service in crisis situations and 50% time spent building behavioral health and employment relationships within the community.

The Senior Peer Specialist will join a coordinated clinical team, manage data systems, and participate in ongoing evaluations. Strong interpersonal and organizational skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Certified Peer Specialist Certificate.
• At least five years of experience working in human services with individuals with serious mental illness and those with co-occurring substance use disorders.
• Maintain a high level of schedule flexibility to ensure service delivery is adhered to 365 days per year.
• Experience understanding family systems based on diversity of cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
• Highly organized and self-motivated.
• Physical demands include commuting on public transportation for extended periods within NYC, visiting participants in their homes and/or community spaces.
• Might include standing for long periods.
• Candidate must be ambulatory throughout the courthouse daily.

Responsibilities

• Provide peer support to clients leaving arraignments and criminal court parts.
• Prepare immediate referrals to reduce distress for clients, such as hospitals, detoxes, rehabs, or completing intake at a CASES office.
• Complete monthly trainings to bring innovative and creative solutions to a hard to engage client population.
• Be flexible and innovative in the first of its kind position at CASES, where you assist staff who will work in the courtroom and the community.
• Provide recovery-oriented, trauma-informed and gender-responsive services.
• Complete direct service work to clients right after they are released and engage with them accordingly.
• Assess participant’s immediate needs, legal circumstances, substance use, mental health, trauma, psychosocial, vocational, educational, and housing needs to complete assessments and develop service plans.
• Senior Peer Specialist will provide transitional support for clients to their home, shelters, treatment programs and/or other services to ensure and secure connection to programming.
• Motivate and assist clients with linkages to behavioral health, human services, and criminal justice systems, as appropriate; conduct outreach to families and significant others to gather collateral information for service planning.
• Work regular schedule and adhere to schedule changes to ensure SRP consistently maintains coverage for all court shifts; perform other related duties as assigned by supervisors and senior staff.
• Perform additional tasks as assigned by supervisors.

Skills

Bi-lingual English and Spanish

Highly organized

Self-motivated

Ambulatory at courthouse

Flexibility in schedule

Strong interpersonal skills

Job description

CASES is seeking a Senior Peer Specialist in the Court Services Department to provide rapid, holistic crisis response for individuals leaving arraignments. The role includes direct service in crisis situations and 50% time spent building behavioral health and employment relationships within the community.

The Senior Peer Specialist will join a coordinated clinical team, manage data systems, and participate in ongoing evaluations. Strong interpersonal and organizational skills are essential.