Peer Support Navigator

POSITION SUMMARY:
The Peer Support Worker uses lived experience to conduct community outreach, re-engage
individuals at risk of loss to contact, ensure next-day clinic follow-up after mobile initiation, and
resolve barriers to care. Peer Support Workers support engagement and retention but do not
independently administer Contingency Management incentives.

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

- Conduct community outreach and engagement in the catchment area to reach

- individuals not yet in care.

- Provide lived-experience support and actively re-engage individuals at risk of

- disengagement.

- Ensure next-day clinic follow-up after mobile initiation and help resolve barriers such as

- transportation and Medicaid enrollment.

- Accompany and support individuals in navigating clinic-based and community services.

- Support, but do not independently administer, Contingency Management incentives.

- Maintain documentation of outreach and follow-up contacts in the electronic health record.

- Reports to Project Director / Licensed Mental Health Practitioner

Requirements
JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

- New York State Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA or CRPA-P) at hire, or

- obtained within Year 1 with VIP support.

-  Lived experience of recovery and the ability to engage individuals with empathy and

- professionalism.

- Experience with MOUD or opioid use disorder populations preferred.

- Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred; flexible schedule including early mornings and

- weekends.

JOB SETTING:

- Office, community, and field-based setting; travels to community locations.

- Periodically functions within a thirty (30) foot motorized Mobile Medication Unit.

- Flexible schedule including early mornings and weekends.

WE ASK ALL EMPLOYEES TO BE COVID VACCINATED.

Salary Description
$45,000 Yearly