Respite Specialist

Min USD $45,000.00/Yr. Max USD $50,000.00/Yr.

About the Role

The Crisis Respite Center (CRC), part of Parachute NYC, provides an innovative and unique “hospital diversion” model whereby persons seeking temporary residential/respite care can stay in a warm, friendly, safe, and supportive home-like environment where they are taught to use new recovery and relapse prevention skills. This is achieved through 24-hour peer support, self-advocacy education, self-help training, and mutual understanding. The CRC offers people experiencing a psychosis-related crisis a short-term (one day to two weeks) residential alternative that allows individuals to maintain daily activities and connect with community-based services and supports, including primary care. The program provides recovery-oriented services incorporating Need Adapted Treatment and Intentional Peer Support. Parachute NYC is an innovative CMS-funded pilot project designed to support a continuum of community-based services for individuals experiencing a psychosis-related crisis, including specially trained mobile crisis teams and Crisis Respite Centers.

Qualifications

• Certification or Provisional certification as a Certified Peer Specialist (CPS) OASAS and/or OMH/CRPA certification.
• Active participation in self-help activities, peer support or peer advocacy programs, or Participant Run Organizations or similar experiences or programs.
• Must have lived experience with the Mental Health and/or Substance Use Treatment system and willingness to share personal experience appropriately and respectfully.
• Understanding of the community in which the team is based with an awareness of available community resources.
• Experience working with adults impacted by mental health disorders.
• The Peer Specialist should also be someone who has made positive and productive progress toward their own recovery.
• Demonstrate good interpersonal communications skills and the ability to empathize with, relate to, and effectively work with participants.
• Must possess the ability/willingness to disclose their recovery story (where appropriate) for the purposes of empowerment.
• Excellent judgment/ability to understand boundaries when working with participants is required.
• Have a clear understanding of community diversity and needs.
• Ability to document and translate member needs with a trauma-informed and culturally competent lens.
• 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.
• Bilingual a plus.
• A minimum of High School Diploma or equivalent or higher required.

Benefits

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