Position Summary: The Peer Recovery Advocate conducts street outreach and engagement activities with individuals. Using a harm reduction and person-centered approach, combined with personal experience, they will learn about the needs of individuals encountered, provide education on services and resources available to them, and provide in-person warm handoff introductions to service providers. Direct Supervisor: Director of Behavioral…
At The New York Foundling, we trust in the power and potential of people, and we deliberately invest in proven practices. From bold beginnings in 1869, our New York-based nonprofit has supported hundreds of thousands of our neighbors on their own paths to stability, strength, and independence. We help children and families navigate through and…
At The New York Foundling, we trust in the power and potential of people, and we deliberately invest in proven practices. From bold beginnings in 1869, our New York-based nonprofit has supported hundreds of thousands of our neighbors on their own paths to stability, strength, and independence. We help children and families navigate through and…
At The New York Foundling, we trust in the power and potential of people, and we deliberately invest in proven practices. From bold beginnings in 1869, our New York-based nonprofit has supported hundreds of thousands of our neighbors on their own paths to stability, strength, and independence. We help children and families navigate through and…
At The New York Foundling, we trust in the power and potential of people, and we deliberately invest in proven practices. From bold beginnings in 1869, our New York-based nonprofit has supported hundreds of thousands of our neighbors on their own paths to stability, strength, and independence. We help children and families navigate through and…
Compeer is a dynamic, 45-year-old, community-based program that uses the power of human connection to help those living with mental illness and behavioral health challenges reach their full potential. Caring volunteers and staff help individuals identify and develop strengths, reducing isolation and feelings of loneliness, and shatter the stigma around mental health. www.compeerrochester.org Through the power…
Join a premier organization dedicated to Creating Community and having opportunities every day for people that matter. Human Development Services of Westchester (HDSW) is community-based not-for-profit, having been involved in the evolution of community-based direct-care services for vulnerable populations in New York State since 1968. In today’s ever-changing health care marketplace, HDSW offers person-centered, trauma-informed,…
Hourly rate commensurate with experience. Hybrid: In-Person and Virtual Join UP! We are lighting the path home, one person at a time. About Urban Pathways Since 1975, Urban Pathways has engaged New York City’s most vulnerable residents, people on the streets or in areas unfit for human habitation, “lighting the path home, one person at…
Bilingual with a CRPA or CRPA-P certificate Position Overview Under general direction, The Peer will work with the team to provide community based support with a rehabilitation and recovery focus using shared lived experiences in NYS OASAS regulated programs. In addition, the Peer Worker will work as a fully integrated team member providing individual face…
The Madison County Mental Health Department seeks a full-time Peer Specialist or Peer Assistant. PEER SPECIALIST: The work involves responsibility for utilizing various outreach strategies that encourage peers to engage with others and utilize available services and supports. The incumbent will refer participants to needed services, including behavioral and physical health care, employment, financial supports,…