Sr. Peer Specialist

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

Job Summary:

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.

Job Title:

Senior Peer Specialist

Job Summary:

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 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Salary:

The salary for the Senior Peer Specialist role is $55,000.00

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:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Vacation and Paid Time Off – starting at 25 days-off annually
• 12 Paid Holidays per year
• Retirement 403b Competitive matching up to 6%
• Employee Referral Program
• Visit www.cases.org/careers/ to learn more about benefits offered by CASES

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, 9am to 5pm 35 hours per excluding breaks