Acacia Network, the leading Latino integrated care nonprofit in the nation, offers the community, from children to seniors, a pathway to behavioral and primary healthcare, housing, and empowerment. We are visionary leaders transforming the triple aim of high quality, great experience at a lower cost. Acacia champions a collaborative environment to deliver vital health, housing and community building services, work we have been doing since 1969. By hiring talented individuals like you, we've been able to expand quickly, with offices in Albany, Buffalo, Syracuse, Orlando, Tennessee, Maryland and Puerto Rico.
The Certified Recovery Peer Advocate position requires someone who is culturally aware and sensitive to the needs of the Latino population, possesses excellent computer skills, can function as a part of an interdisciplinary team, and have an understanding of therapy and group work rooted in evidenced-based approaches for intervention and management strategies. Peer Support services are peer-delivered services with a rehabilitation and recovery focus. They are designed to promote skills for coping with and managing behavioral health symptoms while facilitating the utilization of natural resources and the enhancement of recovery-oriented principles (e.g. hope and self-efficacy, and community living skills). Peer support uses trauma-informed, non-clinical assistance to achieve long-term recovery from a behavioral health disorder.
Pays: $21.97 Per hour.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Must Have full CRPA to qualify. No provisional accepted.Provide integrated peer care services to the client population at the clinic as indicated by the OASAS, CCBHC expansion scope of practice.Provide clients with services in the field as required.Participate in grant-related workshops and training.Use the grant portals; SPARS to enter any grant-required data in terms of service provision, and clinical indicators.Provide recovery-oriented interventions for adults and children diagnosed with severe and persistent mental illnesses and co-morbid disorders.Provide integrated dual disorder services, including relapse prevention planning.Conduct assessments and groups specific to substance abuse and dependency.Utilize motivational interviewing and other EBPs while working with individuals at different stages of change to help individuals reduce use/abstain from substance use.Work as a member of the multidisciplinary treatment team that practices client-centered and holistic care; accompany clients to appointments and complete warm-hand referrals, including health homes services.Communicate effectively with clients and collateral contacts and conduct outreach for care coordination.Provide advocacy services for clients, including assisting individuals to obtain benefits and entitlements, obtain food, obtain housing, and access appropriate care in the community.Conduct interim visits with individuals after a discharge from a hospital, rehab, or inpatient stay to facilitate community tenure and increased readiness while waiting for the first post-discharge visit with a community-based mental health provider.Assist in the selection and utilization of self-directed recovery tools such as relapse prevention planning.Connect individuals to self-help groups in the community.Provide recovery education and counseling to individuals and their family members.Provide transitional support- bridging from an institution (jail, hospital, rehab) to an individual"s home.Provide pre-crisis and crisis support services.Provide parent skills development and training.Conduct groups with families to strengthen social skills, decrease isolation, provide emotional support and create opportunities for ongoing natural support.Participate in staff and organizational meetings as requested for care coordination and development of policies and procedures.Maintain compliance with all organizational policies and procedures.Facilitate and co-facilitate EBPs groups.Participate as a member of the EBPs group's curriculum development process.Perform additional relevant duties as requested by supervisor/management.Complete office duties as needed/required.Complete wellness, and health promotion activities.EDUCATION AND REQUIREMENTS:
High school diploma or equivalent requiredNYS Certified Recovery Peer Advocate Certification (CRPA) required. No Provisional accepted.Strongly preferred: Bi-lingual (Spanish/English)Experience or desire to work with people who have a mental illnessExperience or desire to work with people with substance use disordersPositive attitude and professional demeanorAbility to complete work independently as well as in collaboration with team membersMust be team oriented with a willingness to be flexible and helpful.Excellent computer skills including, Microsoft Windows, Excel, PowerPoint, and electronic communications tools: internet and emailAbility to communicate effectively orally and in writing.Highly organized, motivated self-starterExcellent time management skills*Acacia Network is an equal opportunity employer*