Job Information
Comunilife Peer Bridger/Mentor-(OTDA) in Bronx and Brooklyn, New York
Peer Bridger/Mentor-(OTDA)
Job Details
Position Type
Part Time
Education Level
High School
Salary Range
$16.00 - $16.00 Hourly
Travel Percentage
Up to 50%
Job Shift
Any
Job Category
Nonprofit - Social Services
Description
Comunilife Inc.is looking forPeer /Bridge Mentorsfor its OTDA Program within various city locations. Assisting to promote recovery, re-housing, and coping skills among program participants by providing emotional support, companionship, and the benefit of their own experience with substance abuse, mental illness and/or homelessness, after undergoing peer mentor training. The Peer Mentors assist program participants manage recovery issues by promoting mental and physical health, sobriety or harm reduction, self-care, medication compliance, and in general, a better quality of life and independence. This position is part time up to 20 hours a week.
Essential Functions:
Assist with the outreach, engagement, and acculturation of program participants struggling with issues of mental illness, homelessness, and substance abuse
Provide crisis intervention services and supportive counseling within capability and training to assist participants to reduce/eliminate self-destructive behaviors;
Assist in building up the esteem and self confidence of participants, by engaging them in activities of mutual interest, accompanying participants to view apartments, or to appointments to aide in obtaining entitlements
Encourage participants to learn about and access specialized and natural community support
Using Peer Mentor Training and other skills to assist participants to appreciate and attain better mental and physical health, sobriety or harm reduction, services to help them manage mental illness issues and strive to attain and maintain independent living.
Assist clients in teaching/learning activities of daily living skills.
Peer Mentors will collaborate with case management staff on the needs of the client.
Conduct groups to promote socialization skills and promote recovery.
Documentation of interaction.
Qualifications
Education and Experience Requirement(s)
High School Diploma/GED; bilingual (Spanish and English) is preferred. Personal experience in managing homelessness, substance abuse and/or mental illness. Ability to form interpersonal relationships with others and to be able to influence and persuade others in positive activities.
Comunilife is an EEO employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.