Job Title: Peer Specialist 

  

Job Summary: 

CASES is a New York City agency working at the forefront of the intersection between behavioral health and involvement in the criminal justice system. Our mission is to increase public safety through innovative services that reduce crime and incarceration, improve behavioral health, promote recovery and rehabilitation, and create community success opportunities. The Behavioral Health division consists of a continuum of services for justice-involved individuals with serious mental illness; The Nathaniel Clinic is an OMH-licensed Article 31 clinic that provides outpatient mental health services to adolescents and adults, with a focus on providing care to those involved in the criminal legal system.  

  

Peer Specialists will assist with person-centered goal planning, collaborate with participants, and other team members to identify immediate needs, service requirements, and recommend treatment objectives. Peer Specialists will support participants through navigating systems within the behavioral health, human services and criminal legal systems as needed by providing escorts, acting as client advocates and liaisons.  

 

Shift Hours: This position is full-time Monday - Friday from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM. 

 

Location Address: 2090 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10027. Our office is easily accessible by public transportation. 

 

Workplace Flexibility: In Person (roles designated as in person are eligible workplace differential pay).
 

Salary: The salary for this role is $50,000 per year. 

 

What You Will Be Doing:  

Assist client with person-centered goal planning. Collaborate with client and care management team to identify the services clients should receive based on stage of change, immediate needs, and recommended treatment objectives. Assess and provide services to clients to address housing, income support, education and vocational training, social support, employment, and primary care needs. Assist clients with linkages to and systems navigation within the behavioral health, human services, and criminal justice systems as appropriate. Act as an advocate and liaison for clients in accessing resources to support service plan goals.Use motivational interviewing, recovery, and trauma-informed approaches when delivering peer services.Involve family and significant others in the client’s treatment with the team.Provide individual peer support, wellness counseling, harm reduction counseling based on motivational interviewing.Complete Wellness Recovery Action Plans (WRAP), safety, crisis intervention, and relapse prevention plans.Conduct mobile outreach to clients who unexpectedly disengage from clinic services.Provide tele-mental health services to incarcerated persons pending release that will be connected to clinic services for engagement of services.Provide 24-hour crisis intervention on-call services on a rotating basis.Provide culturally competent services in accordance with CASES policies and practice.Any other duties as required by senior clinical leadership. 

 

What We Are Looking For:  

High school diploma. Must have NYS Peer Certification and in good standing or equivalent. At least 18 months of work experience providing peer support to individuals with serious mental illness and criminal justice involvement. Graduate of a recognized peer specialist training program such as the Howie the Harp Peer Advocacy and Training Center Peer Specialist Program. Lived experience using mental health and/or substance use treatment services. Individuals with previous criminal justice experience are encouraged to apply. Proficiency with computer and electronic and health records. 

 

Preferred Skills: 

Fluency in Spanish.

 

Employee Benefits: 

CASES cares about employee wellbeing, and we offer a comprehensive benefits package to support you and your family, including:   

Medical Dental Vision Vacation and Paid Time Off – starting at 25 days-off annually, plus an additional summer self-care day12 Paid Holidays per yearRetirement 403b Competitive matching up to 6%Employee Referral ProgramVisit www.cases.org/careers/ to learn more about benefits offered by the CASES

 

Although we would love to learn about the skills of every candidate, only selected candidates that are selected will receive a response. We encourage you to apply for any position(s) you feel you are qualified for.   

 

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. 

This position is full-time Monday - Friday from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
35 hours per week