Job description

New hires must be vaccinated as a condition of employment.

New hires are required to have personal experience as a person who has been involved with te criminal justince system.

ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW: Providence House, Inc. is a value driven not-for-profit organization focused on assisting women in building community and transforming their lives. The agency is committed to promoting wholeness and healing while offering quality evidence based services to women and children who find themselves homeless and/or involved with the criminal justice system. Providence House follows a trauma based practice model. Providence House was founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph over thirty years ago and continues to hold the values of non-violence, compassion, hospitality and community at its core. Providence House actively seeks to provide support, training and opportunities that foster growth and well-being for its staff as well as the women we serve.

JOB DESCRIPTION: The overarching goal of the Peer Navigator position is to assist women who have been formerly incarcerated or involved with the criminal justice system in establishing new skills, patterns of behavior and thinking to enable them to avoid further arrests or violations. Specifically, the peer navigator will be responsible for providing support to residents as they navigate health, mental health, social service and judicial systems as well as providing skill building in the areas of relationships, decision making, problem solving, and positive recreation. The position will require occasional evening and weekend work hours and travel throughout the NYC area.

RESPONSIBILIITES:

• Accompany residents to appointments as needed with mental health provider, medical provider, HRA, court appointments, housing interviews, etc. Support residents in understanding and navigating government and legal agencies, health-related service providers, and other services.
• Assist new residents with addressing immediate needs, which may include, accompanying residents to receive clothing, benefits, health screenings and identification (birth certificates, social security card, etc.)
• Maintain communication with service providers to confirm residents’ attendance to program and other appointments, and to support residents in strengthening relationships with service providers. Completed in collaboration with Social Worker.
• Participate in weekly case conferences with full-time staff regarding identifying resident needs, goals and objectives to maintain success in Providence House program and to achieve independent living.
• Participate in weekly meetings with Social Worker to review appointment calendar and next steps for residents and/or service providers.
• Attend conferences with residents and referral partners, and other service providers, and Providence House Social Worker, as needed.
• Plan the logistics for recreational activities for current residents, including in-house activities, like birthdays, movie night, game night, etc., and outside activities, including ice skating, beach trip, etc. Sometimes will include hosting and facilitating events, if needed.
• Provide monthly workshops for current and former residents to build skills in any of the following areas or other: relationships, problem solving, decision making skills, HRA programs, accessing community resources, housing, as examples. May include coordinating outside service providers or internal staff members to lead workshops.
• Provide quarterly workshops and activities to residents and their families and support team related to strengthening and promoting healthy relationships with romantic partners, family and friends. Completed in collaboration with Social Worker.
• Co-lead and facilitate select workshops and activities, to provide group mentoring opportunities also related to skill building topics (for example, continuing conversations on healthy relationships, accessing community resources, problem solving, etc.).
• Providing logistic support to other events as needed, including Our Journey, a support meeting for women with previous or Interfaces with other staff to assure communication, consistency and teamwork.
• Attends all trainings, meetings and supervision scheduled by supervisor.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Sanctuary Model

• Effectively use and practice Sanctuary Models tools; safety plans, community meetings, psycho-educational groups, team meetings, red flags reviews, and self-care in the program to create a non-violent and trauma sensitive culture.
• Promote and model the core values of Providence House Mission (Compassion, Non-Violence, Hospitality, and Community) and the Seven Sanctuary Model Commitments to create a non-violent and trauma sensitive culture.
• Integrate the Sanctuary Model SELF (Safety, Emotional Management, Loss and Future) framework into daily practice to ensure quality care and an effective work environment.

Administrative

• Maintains appropriate documentation of services; maintain thorough and accurate records, files and correspondence in written and electronic form.
• Keeps accurate, up-to-date documentation on all clients.
• Assists with any and all data collection systems.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelors of Science in Social Work or related degree.
• Experience as a person who has been involved with the criminal justice system
• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work independently.
• Competent technology management skills, including proficiency with using Microsoft Office; client database management.
• Able to travel within the 5 boroughs
• Compatible philosophy with Providence House and Sanctuary paradigm.

WORK SCHEDULE

• The Peer navigator position is a full time, salaried position. Hours worked will be weekdays flexible to accommodate client availability. Evening and/or weekend work may be required on occasion.
• The office location for this position is Brooklyn, New York. Requires travel between WJP Locations.

SALARY & BENEFITS

Salary is $45,899.00 Annually. Benefits include 12 paid holidays, 3 weeks paid vacation, 3 paid personal days, 12 paid sick days. Medical, dental, vision, prescriptions coverage, short-term and long term disability benefits, 403(B), commuter benefits, life insurance, birthday day off, early holiday closing hours, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Providence House is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all of our employment programs and decisions. Discrimination in employment on the basis of any classification protected under federal, state or local law is a violation of our policy and is illegal. Equal employment opportunity is provided to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender (including “gender identity” -- which refers to a person’s actual or perceived sex, and includes self-image, appearance, behavior or expression, whether or not different from that traditionally associated with the legal sex assigned to the person at birth), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, partnership status, caregiver status, alienage or citizenship status, status as a covered veteran, or any other prohibited factor.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $45,899.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

COVID-19 considerations:
Providence House provides all of its employees with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) consisting of surgical face masks, and disposable gloves and face shields, when appropriate, along with social distancing.

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Work Location: In person

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