Peer Navigator - CCWF

About the role

Amity Foundation is an internationally acclaimed Teaching and Therapeutic Community providing a safe environment where people can change, fostering trust, forming new values, developing responsibility, and building lasting relationships. Amity is dedicated to the inclusion and habilitation of people marginalized by addiction, homelessness, trauma, criminality, incarceration, poverty, racism, sexism, and violence, and is committed to research, development, implementation, and dissemination of information regarding community building. The Peer Navigator position works with prison and re‑entry programs, instructing CBI Life Skills and Family Relations Programming. Locations span multiple regions (Regions 1, 2, 6) within state prison facilities.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate CBI Life Skills and/or Family Relations classes using evidence‑based and standardized curriculum.
• Conduct class and facilitate individual sessions to develop action plans and/or provide make‑up work (does not include developing relapse prevention plans).
• Evaluate and document progress of participants assigned to their classes.
• Engage participants daily, reinforce group norms and expectations for participation and completion.
• Document delivery of CBI programming services in ARMS.
• Work collaboratively with CDCR/CCHCS headquarters, local institution, and CDCR contracted staff.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Must be a Cal MHSA Certified Peer Navigator (certification number on resume prioritized; if not yet certified, include scheduled test date).
• Must possess Peer Support Specialist certification to be considered.
• Ability to frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Frequently required to sit and/or stand for extended periods; frequently sitting and typing for extended periods.
• Occasionally required to reach, walk, climb, pull, push, grasp, stretch, stoop.
• Frequently required to talk, hear, see, and use repetitive motions.
• Ability to use close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth vision for daily tasks.
• Ability to thrive in an environment requiring adaptation to changing circumstances.
• Ability