Senior Peer Specialist

Min: USD $50,000.00/Yr. Max: USD $55,000.00/Yr. Position Overview

SCSC - Supportive Crisis Stabilization Center Brooklyn, New York

• Develop a partnership with guests experiencing crisis utilizing trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, intentional peer support and provide support to peer specialists
• Provide strength-based, person-centered, trauma-informed, social determinants-of-health assessments of children’s biological, educational, psychological, and social needs
• Develop connection with guests experiencing an emotional crisis by utilizing trauma-informed care, recovery-oriented focus, and intentional peer support and provide support and recommendation to the peer specialist as needed
• Promote a safe and secure environment for staff members and guests by ensuring safety protocols, boundaries, and ethics are followed
• Support peers with identifying and processing linkages to internal S:
  
  US programs and community resources to aid in peer support
• Provide emergency and relief coverage as necessary; maintain the physical appearance of the program and report necessary findings to management
• Ensure full occupancy of the Supportive Crisis Stabilization Center to meet Length of Stay (LOS) requirements by following up, reviewing admission packets timely, and conducting outreaches to S:
  
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• Support peers with registration and departures and ensure accurate documentation was completed
• Conduct weekly reviews of all program documentation and provide reports on outreaches, groups, fire drills, community meetings, progress notes, and the program’s guest tracking system to maintain accuracy
• Ability to work evenings and weekends
• Complete mandatory S:
  
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• Schedule and host mandatory supervisions with supervisee caseload
• Host monthly community meetings to receive guest feedback
• Complete tasks assigned by any program manager as needed

• Minimum of high school diploma or equivalent (GED)
• Minimum 2 years of work experience in a behavioral health or related setting
• Have lived experience with mental health or substance use recovery with a willingness to share personal experience appropriately and respectfully
• Experience working with people diagnosed with mental illness and people struggling with substance use and co-occurring disorder
• Experience working within a respite/residential or crisis 24‑hr program
• Effective written and oral communication skills
• Ability to utilize critical thinking, problem-solving, and de‑escalation skills to assist with creating and maintaining an environment that promotes recovery
• Ability to utilize various computer programs, specifically Microsoft Word and Excel
• Completion of peer specialist coursework with active peer certification

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Services, Psychology, or Social Work
• Bilingual – Spanish preferred
• Experience working with families, youth, and children

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