Peer Advocate Broadway House Womens Shelter
Peer Advocate Broadway House Womens Shelter
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Who We Are:CAMBA is a community of staff volunteers clients donors neighbors and partners who work together to build an inclusive New York City where all children and adults have access to the resources and supports they need to thrive. We take a comprehensive approach by offering more than 180 integrated programs in: Education & Youth Development Family Support Job Training & Employment Support Services Health Housing and Legal Services. We reach more than 73000 individuals and families including almost 13000 youth.CAMBA serves a diverse cross section of New Yorkers from new mothers in Brownsville to job seekers in the Rockaways. More than half of our clients are immigrants and refugees from around the globe. Over 85 of our families are in living in poverty reflecting the challenges faced by nearly 1.7 million New Yorkers today.
CAMBA operates 6 single adult shelters and 6 family shelters and one drop in center. Each shelter offers clients a supportive structured therapeutic safe and drugfree facility. Homeless (often mentallyill and substanceabusing) men and women are provided with comprehensive services to stabilize their condition in order to successfully transition into to permanent and/or supported housing.
TheBroadway House Womens Shelterin Bushwick serves 200 women approximately 100 of whom are mentally ill and chemically addicted
Position: Peer Advocate
Reports To: Clinical Supervisor
Location: 1245 Broadway Brooklyn NY 11221
What The Peer Advocate Does:
- Respond to offsite locations where there are community complaints regarding client behavior in the surrounding neighborhood.
- Engage clients in the field and work to deescalate potential situations using methods that are sensitive to clients with mental health and trauma diagnosis.
- Work with and educate clients on the Good Neighbor Policy to reinforce good habits and behaviors within the community of the shelter.
- Independently engage local businesses/community stakeholders to checkin about and address issues within the community.
- In collaboration with the case managers work with clients to break through barriers to client goals and to assist clients in advocating for themselves and in moving toward selfsufficiency.
- Document client and community engagement interactions.
- Attend staff/internal/outside agency meetings as requested.
Minimum Education/Experience Required:
- High school diploma or G.E.D. and two 2 years of applicable experience and/or equivalent experience.
- May be required to become First Aid/CPR certified.
- May be required to become certified in prevention.
- Bilingual preferred.
Compensation: $17.00 hourly
When salary ranges are listed the range would represent the low and high end for the applicable position & program. The salary offered would be based on various factors unique to each program and candidate.This includes but is not limited to experience education budget and/or program size internal equity skills and other factors that may be required for the position and organization.
Status: Fulltime 35 hours per week)
Benefits: CAMBA offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance dental insurance 403(b) retirement plan with employer match paid time off (vacation personal and sick time) and paid holidays.
CAMBA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace. People of color people with disabilities and lesbian gay bisexual and transgender people are encouraged to apply. We consider all applicants without regard to race color religion creed gender gender identity gender expression national origin age disability socioeconomic status marital or veteran status pregnancy status or sexual orientation.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
