Upstate Caring Partners
Location
City of Utica, New York
Salary
$19 - $22 / HOUR
The Forensic ACT Peer Specialist provides non-clinical support, mentorship, and advocacy to individuals with serious mental illness and justice system involvement. They collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to facilitate recovery, crisis prevention, and community integration through individualized service planning.
Candidates must have a high school diploma and identify as having lived experience in recovery from mental health, substance use, or justice involvement. A Certified Peer Specialist or Certified Recovery Peer Advocate certification is required or must be obtained within 90 days of hire.
Pay $19.23 - $21.63 an hour
The Forensic ACT Peer Specialist (PS) is a core member of the Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) team, a multidisciplinary treatment team serving individuals with serious mental illness (SMI), co-occurring substance use disorders, and current or prior involvement in the justice system. The Peer Specialist draws upon their lived experience of recovery to provide non-clinical support, mentorship, advocacy, and engagement to promote hope, choice, and empowerment in the recovery process.
This position supports participants in all phases of service, including outreach, engagement, treatment planning, crisis recovery, and reentry from incarceration or hospitalization. The PS fosters trusting relationships, facilitates connections to natural supports, and helps individuals navigate behavioral health and legal systems.
The PS must identify as actively in recovery from a SUD or MH condition and/or self-disclose one’s recovery or justice involvement journey. The PS must currently have a certification or attain provisional certification within 90-days of employment, as a Peer Specialist or Advocate recognized by the Office of Mental Health (OMH) and/or Office of Addiction Supports and Services (OASAS).
Upstate Caring Partners is the premier provider of direct-care services and programs in Central New York for individuals of all abilities and their families. If you believe in empowering people, Upstate Caring Partners is an excellent place to start or grow your career. Please visit our careers website to access the full job description located within the job posting. upstatecpjobs.org
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