Peer Support Worker in Bronx, New York at Vocational Instruction Project Community Services Inc.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Peer Support Worker uses lived experience to conduct community outreach, re-engage

individuals at risk of loss to contact, ensure next-day clinic follow-up after mobile initiation, and

resolve barriers to care. Peer Support Workers support engagement and retention but do not

independently administer Contingency Management incentives.

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

• Conduct community outreach and engagement in the catchment area to reach
• individuals not yet in care.
• Provide lived-experience support and actively re-engage individuals at risk of
• disengagement.
• Ensure next-day clinic follow-up after mobile initiation and help resolve barriers such as
• transportation and Medicaid enrollment.
• Accompany and support individuals in navigating clinic-based and community services.
• Support, but do not independently administer, Contingency Management incentives.
• Maintain documentation of outreach and follow-up contacts in the electronic health record.

• Reports to Project Director / Licensed Mental Health Practitioner

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

• New York State Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA or CRPA-P) at hire, or
• obtained within Year 1 with VIP support.
• Lived experience of recovery and the ability to engage individuals with empathy and
• professionalism.
• Experience with MOUD or opioid use disorder populations preferred.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred; flexible schedule including early mornings and
• weekends.

JOB SETTING:

• Office, community, and field-based setting; travels to community locations.
• Periodically functions within a thirty (30) foot motorized Mobile Medication Unit.
• Flexible schedule including early mornings and weekends.

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