Peer Supervisor, Bronx HOPE

Peer Supervisor, Bronx HOPE

The Center for Justice Innovation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing community safety and racial justice. Since 1996, we've worked alongside communities, courts, and those most directly affected by the justice system to build stronger, healthier, and more equitable neighborhoods. With a team of over 900 staff and an annual budget of $130 million, the Center carries out its mission through three core strategies: operating programs that pilot new ideas and address local challenges;

conducting original research to evaluate what works—and what doesn't; and providing expert assistance and policy guidance to reformers across the country and beyond.

Bronx Community Solutions is seeking a Peer Supervisor, Bronx HOPE to provide supervision to the daily dispatch operations of the HOPE Program and to the team of Peer Specialists. The Peer Supervisor will assist with training, scheduling and dispatch operations to police precincts within established time frames. Additionally, the Supervisor will manage all assessed individuals who are arrested for the possession and/or use of controlled substance and link them with appropriate services such as recovery support, harm reduction services, mental health care, crisis intervention, and more.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Manage client's cases using Salesforce to track services, document case notes, monitor outcomes, and maintain accurate client's records in a fast-paced environment;
• Utilize Salesforce to coordinate client intake, referrals, follow ups, and reporting while ensuring timely and accurate documentation;
• Conduct outreach and engagement for District Attorney referral cases, perform client assessments, and deliver prevention recovery services through in-person, telephone, and virtual support;
• Collaborate closely with NYPD and the Peer Specialists staff to ensure response to precinct-level arrests are met at the appropriate time;
• Provide dispatch coverage, including response to NYPD dispatch calls and engagement with potential HOPE participants at the precinct;
• Help facilitate program referrals and assessments and manage the HOPE databases;
• Facilitate educational workshops in the community to spread overdose prevention education and facilitate ATI groups;
• Supervise and collaborate on the development of an initial action plan, including a thorough review of substance use-related issues;
• Participate in hiring and staff development, in collaboration with the HOPE Program Manager. Provide orientation and job training for HOPE Peer Specialists;
• Develop Peer Specialist work schedules and determine leave or vacancy coverage plans, in collaboration with the Program Manager;
• Provide constructive feedback to Peer Specialists based on direct observation of service delivery and review of service documentation for continuous quality improvement;
• Offer on-call supervisory coverage on a rotating basis and provide support to staff to address emergent or urgent issues they encounter in the field; and;
• Additional relevant tasks, as needed.

Qualifications:

The candidate should have a bachelor's degree and 2 years of relevant experience; or have an associate's degree and 2 years of relevant experience in advocacy, outreach and engagement, self-help, or recovery and 1 year of supervisory experience. Individuals with lived experience welcomed. Experience with integrated substance abuse assessment and treatment, motivational interviewing techniques, and stage-wise treatment required. CRPA (Certified Recovery Peer Advocate) preferred.

Candidate will have knowledge of the principles and practices of harm reduction and the ability to communicate accurately, empathically and under time constraints. Experience using…