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Center for Alternative Sentencing & Employment Services

<div><div><div><div><div><b>Job Title: </b>Peer Specialist<br>
</div><div></div><div><b>Job Summary:
</b></div><div>Manhattan newSTART (short term alternatives and referral to treatment), is an alternative to incarceration program for individuals at high risk of criminal recidivism diverted from the Manhattan Criminal Court. Manhattan newSTART support individuals diverted from the Manhattan Criminal Court who are at high risk for criminal recidivism. The Peer Specialist facilitates groups using standard curriculum, provides individual rehabilitation support to engage participants in brief intervention substance use services, cognitive behavioral groups, peer support, employment and vocational training needs in community resources. The Peer Specialist provides services within the framework of the core principles of recovery, self-determination and public safety.<br>
</div><div></div><div><b>Shift Hours: </b>This position is full-time Monday - Friday from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM<br>
</div><div></div><div><b>Salary: </b>The salary for this role is $50,000 per year<br>
</div><div></div><div><b>Location Address: </b>2090 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard, New York, NY 10027. Our office is easily accessible by public transportation.<br>
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</div><div><b>Workplace Flexibility: </b>Flexible &ndash; Staff have flexibility to complete their workday from home or another suitable space, typically after reporting to the office and/or engaging in field or community-based work.<br>
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</div><div><b>What You Will Be Doing:
</b></div><ul><li>Engagement of participants enrolled in ATI services.
</li><li>Assess the needs and identify of appropriate services (mental health, substance use, health, education, employment self-help).
</li><li>Provide linkage to income support and health insurance (Medicaid).
</li><li>Progress note writing in electronic record and computer literacy.
</li><li>Delivery of gender specific services.
</li><li>Plan and deliver intensive case management and peer support services that address risk factors for criminal recidivism.
</li><li>Knowledge of how and when to use self-disclosure as an intentional strategy to support participant engagement and recovery.
</li><li>Knowledge of how to provide crisis intervention services and know how to intervene during a crisis.
</li><li>Complete participant admission into CASES&rsquo; database and complete letters and progress reports to ensure information is received by defense attorneys, judges, and prosecutors.
</li><li>Understand the legal framework of ATI and the compliance issues related to community supervision.
</li><li>Understand and deliver culturally competent services.
</li><li>Advocacy skills &ndash; supporting participants to navigate and access housing, income support, treatment, medical care, civil legal services, self-help and other community services and supports.
</li><li>How to empower participants to know their rights and responsibilities and to utilize procedures to ensure their rights are protected.
</li><li>Knowledge of motivational interviewing techniques when providing services.
</li><li>Learn how to address risk factors for criminal recidivism to support participants to achieve recovery goals.
</li><li>Knowledge of recovery principles and use Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP) as a strategy and intervention to support participants to learn how to manage recovery from mental illness and substance use problems.
</li>Help ensure we maintain a safe working environment by reporting any hazards or unsafe conditions, e.g., liquid spill in hallway, to the appropriate facilities staff member or supervisor.<br>
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</li></ul></div><div></div><div><div><b>What We Are Looking For:
</b></div><ul><li>High school degree with related work experience.
</li><li>Participant or graduate of a recognized peer specialist training program such as the Howie the Harp Peer Advocacy and Training Center Forensic Peer Specialist Program, Academy for Peer Services, or Recovery Coach Academy (NYCPS, NYCPS-P, CRPA, CRPA-P).
</li><li>Must be a mental health consumer or a person in recovery from SUD with a history of involvement in the criminal justice system. As an individual in recovery from mental illness and substance abuse the peer must be willing to utilize his/her recovery experience to engage and support alternatives to incarceration participants.
</li><li>Strong knowledge of wellness, recovery and self-help.
</li><li>Effective communication and written skills are essential.
</li>Proficiency with computer and databases.<br>
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 </li></ul><div></div><div><b>Preferred Skills:
</b></div>Fluency in Spanish.<br>
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</li></ul></div><div></div><div><div><b>Employee Benefits:
</b></div><div>CASES cares about employee wellbeing, and we offer a comprehensive benefits package to support you and your family, including:
</div><ul><li>Medical
</li><li>Dental
</li><li>Vision
</li><li>Vacation and Paid Time Off &ndash; starting at 25 days-off annually
</li><li>12 Paid Holidays per year
</li><li>Retirement 403b Competitive matching up to 6%
</li><li>Employee Referral Program
</li>Visit www.cases.org/careers/ to learn more about benefits offered by the CASES<br>
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</li></ul><div></div><div><b>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 you feel you are qualified for.<br>
</b></div><div></div><div>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.<br>
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This position is full-time Monday - Friday from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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35 hours per week</div>

Peer Specialist

<div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><b>Job Title: </b>Peer Specialist<br>
</div><div></div><div><b>Job Summary:
</b></div><div>Are you someone with lived experience in mental health and/or criminal legal systems who is passionate about helping others navigate these systems? If so, we need your help on our new Nathaniel Community Success (NCS) team at CASES! NCS is a new alternatives-to-detention/incarceration (ATD/ATI) program that serves individuals of all genders, aged 16 and older, with mental illness (including substance use problems); this program will directly help reduce the utilization of jails and prisons.<br>
</div><div></div><div>Come join our team&rsquo;s efforts to reduce the City's reliance on correctional institutions, promote justice, and help NYC achieve its goal to close Rikers Island in 2026. At CASES, we offer a comprehensive training curriculum available to all employees, as well as an ongoing organization-wide support group for Peer Specialists in all departments. We are a diverse team at CASES, and we welcome candidates of all genders, races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and disabilities to apply.<br>
</div><div></div><div>We are seeking a Peer Specialist for our Brooklyn NCS team, who will join a multidisciplinary team comprised of a Team Leader, Forensic Clinical Case Coordinator, Forensic Case Coordinator, Substance Use Specialist, Clinical Criminal Legal Specialist, and Program Assistant. The NCS team provides clinical case management and linkage to services for mental health and medical treatment. The Peer Specialist will use their unique perspective to provide peer support to participants within the framework of the core principles of recovery and self-determination. They will facilitate participants&rsquo; utilization of community treatment services and will provide support for participants in pursuing housing, benefits, employment, and vocational services. The Peer Specialist works individually with participants and may also facilitate groups using standard curriculum.<br>
</div><div></div><div><b>Shift Hours: </b>This position is full-time Monday - Friday from 9:00 AM &ndash; 5:00 PM<br>
</div><div></div><div><b>Salary: </b>The salary for this role is $53,045 per year<br>
</div><div></div><div><b>Location Address: </b>151 Lawrence Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Our office is easily accessible by public transportation.<br>
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</div><div><b>Workplace Flexibility: </b>Flexible &ndash; Staff have flexibility to complete their workday from home or another suitable space, typically after reporting to the office and/or engaging in field or community-based work.<br>
<br>
</div><div><b>What You Will Be Doing:
</b></div><ul><li>Engagement of participants enrolled in ATI services.
</li><li>Conduct outreach activities to engage client participation and reduce recidivism.
<ul><li>Conduct an immediate needs assessment and identify appropriate services (mental health substance use, education, employment self-help).
</li></ul></li><li>Collaborate with team members for case management program planning.
</li><li>Provide linkage to income support and health insurance (Medicaid).
</li><li>Delivery of gender-specific services.
</li><li>Plan and deliver case management and peer support services that address strength and risk factors for criminal recidivism.
</li><li>Understand and deliver culturally competent services.
</li><li>Knowledge of how and when to use self-disclosure as an intentional strategy to support participant engagement and recovery.
</li><li>Knowledge of how to intervene during a crisis.
</li><li>Advocacy skills &ndash; supporting participants to navigate and access housing, income support, treatment, medical care, civil legal services, self-help, and other community services and support.
</li><li>Knowledge of how to empower participants to know their rights and responsibilities and to utilize procedures to ensure their rights are protected.
</li><li>Knowledge of motivational interviewing techniques when providing services.
</li><li>Learn how to address risk factors for criminal recidivism to support participants to achieve recovery goals.
</li><li>Understand the legal framework of ATI and the compliance issues related to community supervision.
</li><li>Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings and deliver case reviews.
</li><li>Assist with Outreach and Diligent Search to help reduce recidivism.
</li><li>Documentation in electronic record that is timely, accurate, and appropriate.
</li><li>Complete participant admission into CASES&rsquo; database and complete letters and progress reports to ensure information is received by defense attorneys, judges, and prosecutors.
</li>Perform other related duties as assigned by the Team Leader, Director, or Senior Director.<br>
<li>
</li></ul></div><div></div><div><div><b>What We Are Looking For:
</b></div><ul><li>High school degree with related work experience.
</li><li>Participant or graduate of a recognized peer specialist training program, such as the Howie the Harp Peer Advocacy and Training Center Forensic Peer Specialist Program.
</li><li>Must have Peer Certification.
</li><li>Must be a mental health consumer with a history of involvement in the criminal legal system. As an individual in recovery from mental illness and substance use, the Peer must be willing to utilize their recovery experience to engage and support ATI participants.
</li><li>Strong knowledge of wellness, recovery, and self-help.
</li><li>Effective communication and written skills are essential.
</li>Proficiency with computers and databases.<br>
<li>
 </li></ul></div><div></div><div><div><b>Preferred Skills:
</b></div>Fluency in Spanish.<br>
<ul><li>
</li></ul><div></div><div><b>Employee Benefits:
</b></div><div>CASES cares about employee wellbeing, and we offer a comprehensive benefits package to support you and your family, including:
</div><ul><li>Medical
</li><li>Dental
</li><li>Vision
</li><li>Vacation and Paid Time Off &ndash; starting at 25 days-off annually
</li><li>12 Paid Holidays per year
</li><li>Retirement 403b Competitive matching up to 6%
</li><li>Employee Referral Program
</li>Visit www.cases.org/careers/ to learn more about benefits offered by the CASES<br>
<li>
</li></ul></div><div></div><div><b>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 you feel you are qualified for.<br>
</b></div><div></div><div>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.<br>
</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div></div><br>
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This position is full-time Monday - Friday from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
<br>
35 hours per week</div>

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