Peer Specialist (3 Positions Available)

LOCATION: KINGSBORO PSYCHIATRIC CENTER
681 Clarkson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11203

SALARY / GRADE: Salary Range $40,193 to $49,405 Annually / Gr: 09
Downstate Adjustment of $3,087
Negotiating Unit: CSEA – Non-competitive Position

SHIFT/ PASSDAYS: Day / TBD
DEADLINE: September 8, 2023

JOB REQUIREMENTS
As a Peer Specialist, you would provide direct mental health services to recipients in emergency,
inpatient, outpatient, community support programs, and residential settings. You would serve as a role model for recipients and educate recipients about self-help techniques and self-help group process; teach them effective coping strategies, sometimes based on personal experience; assist them in clarifying their goals for rehabilitation and recovery; and help them to develop support systems. As a Peer Specialist, you would perform a range of tasks designed to assist recipients in regaining personal control over their lives and over their own recovery processes. Your tasks would focus on facilitating the development of self-help skills, support systems, coping strategies, and the increased hope and self-esteem that are central to recovery from a psychiatric disability.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Candidates must have demonstrated interpersonal communications skills and the ability to empathize with, relate to and effectively work with recipients of mental health services AND two (2) years of active participation in mental health self-help activities, peer support or peer advocacy programs, or recipient run organizations or similar experiences or programs.

NOTE: Background Investigation/Justice Center Review: Prospective appointees will be:

1) Checked against the Staff Exclusion List (SEL) maintained by the Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs. Prospective employees whose names appear on the SEL as having been found responsible for serious or repeated acts of abuse or neglect will be barred from appointment and may have their names removed from the eligible list(s) for the title(s) if applicable.

2) Investigated through a Criminal Background Check (CBC), which includes State and federal Criminal History Record Checks. All convictions must be reported; conviction of a felony or misdemeanor, or any falsified or omitted information on the prospective appointee’s employment application, may bar appointment or result in removal after appointment. Each case will be determined on its own merits, consistent with the applicable provisions of State and federal laws, rules, and regulations. Prospective employees will be fingerprinted in order to obtain a record of their criminal history information, and may be required to pay any necessary fees.

3) Screened against the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment (SCR). Prospective employees may be required to pay any necessary fees. Additionally, prospective employees whose names are indicated on the SCR may be barred from appointment.

HOW TO APPLY:
Qualified candidates interested in employment at this location should MAIL, FAX or EMAIL their resume and application to:

Kingsboro Psychiatric Center
Attn: Human Resources
681 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203
Fax: (718) 221-7345
Email: [email protected]