Sr. Peer Specialist

CASES; New York (NY); On-site; USD 49,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Vacation and Paid Time Off – starting

12 Paid Holidays per year

Retirement 403b with matching up to 6%

Job summary

CASES seeks a Senior Peer Specialist in the Court Services Department to provide rapid crisis response to people leaving arraignments. The role offers peer support and immediate referrals, with direct service in crisis and creative engagement, including time spent forging community behavioral health and employment relationships.

The ideal candidate will work within a coordinated clinical team, manage data systems, and perform self-audits.

Qualifications

• Certified Peer Specialist Certificate.
• 5+ years of experience in human services with individuals with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders.
• High schedule flexibility to cover 365 days per year.
• Experience understanding family systems across diverse cultural backgrounds.
• Highly organized and self-motivated.
• Willingness to commute via public transportation in NYC and visit participants in homes/community spaces.
• Ambulatory throughout courthouse daily.

Responsibilities

• Provide peer support to clients leaving arraignments and criminal court parts.
• Prepare immediate referrals to reduce distress (hospitals, detoxes, rehabs, intake at CASES).
• Complete monthly trainings to bring innovative solutions for hard-to-engage clients.
• Assist staff who work in the courtroom and community.
• Provide recovery-oriented, trauma-informed and gender-responsive services.
• Deliver direct service right after release and engage with clients accordingly.
• Assess participants' immediate needs and develop service plans.
• Provide transitional support to home, shelters, or treatment programs and ensure connections to services.
• Motivate and assist with linkages to behavioral health and human services, including outreach to families.

Skills

Certified Peer Specialist Certificate

Bilingual English/Spanish

Job description

Job Title: Senior Peer Specialist

CASES is currently seeking a Senior Peer Specialist within the Court Services Department. In their role, the Senior Peer Specialist will provide rapid and holistic crisis response to people leaving arraignments. The role supports clients undergoing distress to receive peer support and immediate referrals. The role will include direct service to clients in crisis and in a creative engagement. The role will include 50% of the time spent forging community behavioral health service and employment relationships.The Rapid Response Treatment team initiative will implement innovative approaches to working with individuals who have been placed in the Supervised Release Program and experience more extensive needs and challenges that may impact daily functioning and overall program engagement. The ideal candidate for this position will work well as part of a coordinated clinical team actively assisting all team members and clients. The Senior Peer specialist will manage and update all data systems, be a self-auditor of and assist in its evaluation. The candidate should possess strong interpersonal and organizational skills.

Shift Hours:

This position is full-time Monday - Friday from 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM.

Salary:

The salary for the Senior Peer Specialist role is $54,500.00 annually.

Location Address:

100 Centre Street, New York, NY 10013. Our office is easily accessible by public transportation.

Workplace Flexibility:

On-site (for roles that are 100% in-office/in-person)

What You Will Be Doing:

• 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

What We Are Looking For:

• Certified Peer Specialist Certificate
• At least five years of experience working in human services with individuals with serious mental illness and those with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders
• Maintain a high level of schedule flexibility to ensure service delivery is adhered to 365 days per years
• Experience understanding family systems based on diversity of cultural and ethnic backgrounds
• Highly organized and self-motivated
• Physical demands of the job 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 of time
• Candidate must be ambulatory throughout the courthouse daily

Preferred Skills:

• Bi-lingual English and Spanish
• CASAC or CASAC-T preferred

Employee Benefits:

CASES cares about employee wellbeing, and we offer a comprehensive benefits package to support you and your family, including:MedicalDentalVisionVacation and Paid Time Off – starting at 25 days-off annually12 Paid Holidays per yearRetirement 403b Competitive matching up to 6%Employee Referral ProgramVisit www.cases.org/careers/ to learn more about benefits offered by CASES

Although we would love to learn about the skills of every candidate, only selected candidates that are selected will receive a response.

CASES is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment with CASES is based solely on qualifications and competence for a particular position without regard to race, color, ethnic or national origin, age, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or marital, military, or citizenship status. We also actively recruit individuals with prior involvement in the criminal legal system.

Monday - Friday, 10:00am to 6:00pm 35 hours per excluding breaks