Peer Specialist
The Jewish Board

Make a bigger difference

Peer Specialist

At The Jewish Board, we don't just make a difference - we make a bigger difference as we serve 45,000 New Yorkers every year. Join our dedicated team that's been helping communities across New York City for almost 150 years and see just how big of a difference you can make.

Reasons you'll love working with us:

• If you have a particular age range or population you're interested in working with, you can find your niche here. Our clients and staff are as diverse as the city we work in, and include people of all cultures, religions, races, gender expressions, and sexual orientations.
• We're committed to supporting your career development by encouraging mobility and advancement across different program types and jobs.
• With 70 locations throughout the five boroughs, you can work close to where you live.
• Generous vacation time and generous paid holidays will help you achieve a healthy work/life balance.
• We offer an excellent benefits package with affordable, high-quality health and dental insurance with low co-pays.
• You'll receive ongoing support through high-quality supervision, specialized trainings from our Continuing Education team, and an education benefit.

How you can make a bigger difference:

CORE services are designed to build skills and self-efficacy for individuals with SMI and/or SUD so they can participate and live independently in the community. Empowerment Services - Peer Supports are non-clinical, peer-delivered services with a focus on rehabilitation, recovery, and resilience. Services are designed to promote skills for coping with and managing behavioral health symptoms while facilitating the utilization of natural supports and community resources. The intentional, goal-directed activities provided by this service emphasize the opportunity for peers to model skills and strategies necessary for recovery, thereby developing the individual's skills and self-efficacy.

• Conduct person-centered planning, documentation and collaboration.
• Provide advocacy support, including building self-advocacy skills and raising awareness of existing social support and services.
• Facilitate engagement in recovery. This includes increasing individuals' sense of hope and purpose, and empowering them to achieve their goals to make positive changes.
• Provide personalized support to assist individuals in developing social networks, engaging in meaningful activities, and building healthy relationships.
• Provide transitional support for individuals with long or repeated hospitalizations, detox admissions, or other institutional stays as they transition back to their home communities or to a different level care

EDUCATIONAL /TRAINING REQUIRED: HS Diploma or GED; Provisional Certification or NY State Certification as a Peer Specialist required; Applicable lived/professional experience, preferred.

We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

This applies with respect to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and all other terms and condition of employment as well as general treatment during employment.

We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities, without regard to any protected classifications, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Any employees who need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact human resources.

Other details

• Job Family Direct Care [200s]
• Job Function Misc Professionals
• Pay Type Hourly
• Employment Indicator 8857 - Case Worker - Social Services - Traveling
• Min Hiring Rate $21.50
• Travel Required Yes
• Required Education High School

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