Peer Counselor - Level 2
: Job Details :

The Peer Counselor, under the supervision of a social worker and in collaboration with clinical staff, will serve as a family peer advocate in the Children s Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CCPEP), playing an integral role with child and adolescent patients and their caregivers during mental health emergencies and connecting them to ongoing care and support.

• Provide direct services to patients and families in an emergency setting and after discharge.
• Collaborate with the clinical team to help patients and their families in the hospital while they visit the CCPEP and after discharge while they attend up to 3 appointments in our Interim Crisis Clinic (ICC).
• Support the patients and caregivers via telephone, video call and field visits for 90 days as they get connected to longer term support.
• Empower patients and their caregivers to advocate for themselves, resolve issues or problems and plan for their futures by serving as a role model.

Minimum Qualification

Assignment Level I

For Assignments in Mental Health:

1. Certification as a Peer Specialist (NYCPS) or Peer Specialist-Provisional (NYCPS-P) issued by the New York Peer Specialist Certification Board (NYPSCB); and

2. Satisfactory and documented completion of a formalized Peer Counselor/Specialist Training Program or one (1) year of full-time satisfactory experience working with consumers of mental health services as a peer counselor/specialist, peer advocate or in related human services.

For Assignments in Substance Use:

1. Certification as a Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA) or Recovery Peer Advocate-Provisional (CRPA-P) issued by the New York Certification Board (ASAP-NYCB); and

2. Satisfactory and documented completion of a formalized Peer Counselor/Specialist Training Program or one (1) year of full-time satisfactory experience working with consumers of substance use disorder services as a peer counselor/specialist, peer advocate or in related human services.

For all other Assignments:

1. Satisfactory and documented completion of a formalized Peer Counselor/Specialist Training Program or one (1) year of full-time satisfactory experience working with consumers of mental health services as a peer counselor/specialist, peer advocate or in related human services; and

2. A High school diploma or its educational equivalent.

Assignment Level II

In addition to meeting the qualification requirements of Peer Counselor Level I, assignment to Level II requires:

1. One (1) additional year of experience, as described in Assignment Level I above.