THE JEWISH BOARD
For nearly 150 years, The Jewish Board has been delivering innovative, best-in-class mental and behavioral health services. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families, to children, teens, and adults. That adds up to countless opportunities to use your skills, training, and compassion to make a difference in the lives of over 45,000 New Yorkers each year.
LOCATION
55 Westchester Square
The Bronx, NY 10461, US
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PURPOSE: The Jewish Board’s Community Behavioral Health treatment programs provide compassionate, high quality, evidence-based services to individuals and families in the communities we serve. Our staff use a culturally competent, person-centered approach to help individuals and their families develop skills and resources to improve overall functioning, to instill hope, and to strengthen resiliency. Our programs work closely with community partners to address health disparities in our neighborhoods while also celebrating the strengths and resilience of our communities.
POSITION OVERVIEW: The Peer Specialist provides PROS program participants with supportive psychiatric rehabilitation services that facilitate their full integration into the community. The program aims to help each participant achieve their chosen life goal related to housing, work, education and/or building their socialization skills. The services are provided using a recovery-oriented, person-centered, strengths-based approach with the goal of empowering individuals to improve their quality of life, achieve personal life goals as they take a more active role in their community. The Peer Specialist will draw on their lived experience with mental illness to model the recovery process for program participants by supporting them to articulate their goals for recovery, learn and practice new skills and monitor their progress in effectively overcoming mental health barriers. KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: • Provide concrete service delivery to clients as per program needs. • Lead and co-lead a variety of recovery-oriented groups, especially on topics of self-advocacy, work and entitlements, daily living skills, independent housing skills, prepare participants for employment and support their ability to maintain employment • Meet individually with participants as needed to provide additional support, facilitate problem-solving and implementation of tasks • Communicate with collaterals and other agency staff to support consistent and effective service delivery • Participate in team meetings, supervision, Initial Case Conferences and discharge planning meetings • Complete all documentation for services provided outreach efforts and collateral communications within program timeframes. • Develop, implement, coordinate and monitor a range of client-centered activities • Develop and maintain a Participants’ Resource Manual of community-based recovery resources. • Take a leading role with the Consumer Advisory Board to train, model and support program participants to develop and practice their own peer advocacy skills. • May be assigned additional tasks and duties as needed for the program and participants’ service needs • Ability to articulate the program’s philosophy, mission and goals to a varied audience via presentations and meeting participation. • Demonstrate sound judgment and good decision-making skills to reasonably manage unexpected events • Ability to effectively present information to clients and staff in verbal and written formats. • Attend trainings, meetings, case conferences • Other duties as assigned
CORE COMPETENCIES for the position include: • Ability to work within program guidelines with the support and guidance of a supervisor • Ability to recognize the need for confidentiality of information and to maintain such confidences • Ability to travel independently using public transportation
EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING REQUIRED: • GED/HS Diploma EXPERIENCE REQUIRED/LANGUAGE PREFERENCE: • Lived experience with a mental illness and recovery preferred • Familiarity with NYS entitlements, OMH housing services and mental health services
COMPUTER SKILLS REQUIRED: • Experience working with electronic medical records and proficient with use of Microsoft Office
VISUAL AND MANUAL DEXIERITY: • The candidate should be able to read paper and electronic documents and perform significant data entry into various computer programs.
WORK ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL EFFORT • While the offices of the Jewish Board are accessible in accordance with the ADA, the sites to which staff may need to travel may or may not be. • Risks/hazards associated with the position are those which may be encountered traveling around New York City
We are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. The Jewish Board delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health and social services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families to children, teens, and adults. We are proud to employ and serve people of all religions, races, cultural backgrounds, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to help support our mission, and we strongly encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply to work with us. Our
Values.
Our values help guide us in everything we do, from our relationships with fellow staff to the clients and communities we serve. Treat every person with dignity We act with respect and caring towards our clients, colleagues, and communities. Strive to be outstanding We are exceptional professionals in all that we do. Embrace each other’s differences We create a fair and inclusive environment for all. Engage individuals and families as our partners We heal our communities one person at a time through thoughtful collaboration. 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. 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.
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PURPOSE: The Jewish Board’s Community Behavioral Health treatment programs provide compassionate, high quality, evidence-based services to individuals and families in the communities we serve. Our staff use a culturally competent, person-centered approach to help individuals and their families develop skills and resources to improve overall functioning, to instill hope, and to strengthen resiliency. Our programs work closely with community partners to address health disparities in our neighborhoods while also celebrating the strengths and resilience of our communities.
POSITION OVERVIEW: The Peer Specialist provides PROS program participants with supportive psychiatric rehabilitation services that facilitate their full integration into the community. The program aims to help each participant achieve their chosen life goal related to housing, work, education and/or building their socialization skills. The services are provided using a recovery-oriented, person-centered, strengths-based approach with the goal of empowering individuals to improve their quality of life, achieve personal life goals as they take a more active role in their community. The Peer Specialist will draw on their lived experience with mental illness to model the recovery process for program participants by supporting them to articulate their goals for recovery, learn and practice new skills and monitor their progress in effectively overcoming mental health barriers. KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: • Provide concrete service delivery to clients as per program needs. • Lead and co-lead a variety of recovery-oriented groups, especially on topics of self-advocacy, work and entitlements, daily living skills, independent housing skills, prepare participants for employment and support their ability to maintain employment • Meet individually with participants as needed to provide additional support, facilitate problem-solving and implementation of tasks • Communicate with collaterals and other agency staff to support consistent and effective service delivery • Participate in team meetings, supervision, Initial Case Conferences and discharge planning meetings • Complete all documentation for services provided outreach efforts and collateral communications within program timeframes. • Develop, implement, coordinate and monitor a range of client-centered activities • Develop and maintain a Participants’ Resource Manual of community-based recovery resources. • Take a leading role with the Consumer Advisory Board to train, model and support program participants to develop and practice their own peer advocacy skills. • May be assigned additional tasks and duties as needed for the program and participants’ service needs • Ability to articulate the program’s philosophy, mission and goals to a varied audience via presentations and meeting participation. • Demonstrate sound judgment and good decision-making skills to reasonably manage unexpected events • Ability to effectively present information to clients and staff in verbal and written formats. • Attend trainings, meetings, case conferences • Other duties as assigned
CORE COMPETENCIES for the position include: • Ability to work within program guidelines with the support and guidance of a supervisor • Ability to recognize the need for confidentiality of information and to maintain such confidences • Ability to travel independently using public transportation
EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING REQUIRED: • GED/HS Diploma EXPERIENCE REQUIRED/LANGUAGE PREFERENCE: • Lived experience with a mental illness and recovery preferred • Familiarity with NYS entitlements, OMH housing services and mental health services
COMPUTER SKILLS REQUIRED: • Experience working with electronic medical records and proficient with use of Microsoft Office
VISUAL AND MANUAL DEXIERITY: • The candidate should be able to read paper and electronic documents and perform significant data entry into various computer programs.
WORK ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL EFFORT • While the offices of the Jewish Board are accessible in accordance with the ADA, the sites to which staff may need to travel may or may not be. • Risks/hazards associated with the position are those which may be encountered traveling around New York City
We are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. The Jewish Board delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health and social services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families to children, teens, and adults. We are proud to employ and serve people of all religions, races, cultural backgrounds, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to help support our mission, and we strongly encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply to work with us. Our
Values.
Our values help guide us in everything we do, from our relationships with fellow staff to the clients and communities we serve. Treat every person with dignity We act with respect and caring towards our clients, colleagues, and communities. Strive to be outstanding We are exceptional professionals in all that we do. Embrace each other’s differences We create a fair and inclusive environment for all. Engage individuals and families as our partners We heal our communities one person at a time through thoughtful collaboration. 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. 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.
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