Respite Worker - PD

divdivdivp style="margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px;padding: 0px;font-weight: normal;font-style: normal;vertical-align: baseline;background-color: transparent;color: windowtext;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;" data-pasted="true"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:19px;font-style: normal;text-transform: none;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;font-weight: normal;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;"Founded in 1974, Community Access continues to uphold andnbsp;operatenbsp;as a pioneer of supportive housing and social services in NYC for people with mental health concerns. We proudly lead advocacy efforts that rally our community to promote human rights, social justice, and economic opportunities for all. /span/spanspan style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:19px;font-style: italic;text-transform: none;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;font-weight: bold;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;"We are built upon the simple truth that people are experts in their own lives./span/spanspan style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:19px;font-style: normal;text-transform: none;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;font-weight: normal;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;" Our programs are spread across 25 locations and include over 1200 units of supportive housing in three boroughs, the Howie the Harp Advocacy Center, Peer-driven Crisis Respite Center, Adult Home Initiative, Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)nbsp;and the Intensive Mobile Team (IMT). /span/spanspan style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;font-size:19px;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"nbsp;/span/pp style="margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px;padding: 0px;font-weight: normal;font-style: normal;vertical-align: baseline;background-color: transparent;color: windowtext;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;font-size:19px;line-height: 25.575px;font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif;"nbsp;/span/pp style="margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px;padding: 0px;font-weight: normal;font-style: normal;vertical-align: baseline;background-color: transparent;color: windowtext;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:19px;font-style: normal;text-decoration: underline;text-transform: none;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;font-weight: bold;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;"Program Description /span/spanspan style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;font-size:19px;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"nbsp;/span/pp style="margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px;padding: 0px;font-weight: normal;font-style: normal;vertical-align: baseline;background-color: transparent;color: windowtext;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:19px;font-style: normal;text-transform: none;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;font-weight: normal;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;"The Residential Crisis Support program, or ldquo;The Respite,rdquo; is a residential mental health crisis, alternative-to-hospitalization program offering short-term Peer-led care in a friendly and supportive home-like environment. Guests are provided with the opportunity to learn and practice recovery and relapse prevention skills to support their current mental health crisis and to provide more effective tools to cope with future crises and avoid hospital-based care. Recovery-oriented services are provided 24-hours a day and include peer support, self-advocacy education and self-help training while supporting guests to maintain their established daily activities such as visiting with friends, attending a doctor or other appointments or going to work or school. Guests are encouraged to participate in the operations of the residence, including working together to prepare communal meals. The maximum length of stay is 28 days./span/spanspan style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;font-size:19px;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"nbsp;/span/pp style="margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px;padding: 0px;font-weight: normal;font-style: normal;vertical-align: baseline;background-color: transparent;color: windowtext;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;font-size:19px;line-height: 25.575px;font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif;"nbsp;/span/pp style="margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px;padding: 0px;font-weight: normal;font-style: normal;vertical-align: baseline;background-color: transparent;color: windowtext;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:19px;font-style: normal;text-decoration: underline;text-transform: none;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;font-weight: bold;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;"Position Overview/span/spanspan style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;font-size:19px;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"nbsp;/span/pp style="margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px;padding: 0px;font-weight: normal;font-style: normal;vertical-align: baseline;background-color: transparent;color: windowtext;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:19px;font-style: normal;text-transform: none;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;font-weight: normal;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;"The /span/spanspan style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:19px;font-style: normal;text-transform: none;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;font-weight: bold;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;"Per Diemnbsp;Respite Worker/span/spanspan style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:19px;font-style: normal;text-transform: none;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;font-weight: normal;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;" is responsible for all tasks related to the programrsquo;s daily operation including providing individual and group-based supports to the guests, meal planning and preparation, and processing and preparing for referrals, intakes, and discharges./span/spanspan style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;font-size:19px;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"nbsp;/span/pp style="margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px;padding: 0px;font-weight: normal;font-style: normal;vertical-align: baseline;background-color: transparent;color: windowtext;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;"br/pp style="margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px;padding: 0px;font-weight: normal;font-style: normal;vertical-align: baseline;background-color: transparent;color: windowtext;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:19px;font-style: normal;text-decoration: underline;text-transform: none;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;font-weight: bold;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;"Key Performance Indicators/span/spanspan style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;font-size:19px;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"nbsp;/span/pp style="margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px;padding: 0px;font-weight: normal;font-style: normal;vertical-align: baseline;background-color: transparent;color: windowtext;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:19px;font-style: normal;text-transform: none;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;font-weight: normal;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;"All key performance indicators below are expected to be met fully. /span/spanspan style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;font-size:19px;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"nbsp;/span/pul style="list-style-type: disc;"li style="margin-left: 24px;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:19px;font-style: normal;text-transform: none;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;font-weight: normal;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;"Assigned guests have one progress note per day reflecting appropriate peer support.nbsp;/span/span/lili style="margin-left: 24px;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:19px;font-style: normal;text-transform: none;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;font-weight: normal;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;"All documentation is entered within 48 hours of the contact./span/span/li/ulp style="margin: 24px 0px 5.33333px;padding: 0px;font-weight: normal;font-style: normal;vertical-align: baseline;background-color: transparent;color: rgb(15, 71, 97);text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:19px;font-style: normal;text-decoration: underline;text-transform: none;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;font-weight: bold;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;"Job Qualifications/span/spanspan style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;font-size:19px;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"nbsp;/span/pul style="list-style-type: disc;"li style="margin-left: 24px;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:19px;font-style: normal;text-transform: none;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;font-weight: normal;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;"Have an understanding, appreciation, and commitment to the philosophy and mission of Community Access./span/span/lili style="margin-left: 24px;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:19px;font-style: normal;text-transform: none;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;font-weight: normal;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;"Have lived experience with the mental health system and willingness to share personal experience appropriately and respectfullynbsp;ndash;nbsp;required./span/span/lili style="margin-left: 24px;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:19px;font-style: normal;text-transform: none;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;font-weight: normal;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;"Previousnbsp;professional experience in thenbsp;behavioral health fieldnbsp;- preferred./span/span/lili style="margin-left: 24px;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:19px;font-style: normal;text-transform: none;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;font-weight: normal;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;"Anbsp;respect for andnbsp;high levelnbsp;of comfort around people experiencing psychiatric crisisnbsp;ndash;nbsp;required./span/span/lili style="margin-left: 24px;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:19px;font-style: normal;text-transform: none;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;font-weight: normal;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;"Commitment to recovery orientated practice and the ability tonbsp;utilizenbsp;critical thinking, problem-solving and de-escalation skills tonbsp;assistnbsp;with creating andnbsp;maintainingnbsp;an environment that promotes recovery./span/span/lili style="margin-left: 24px;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:19px;font-style: normal;text-transform: none;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;font-weight: normal;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;"NYS Peer Certification,nbsp;ornbsp;provisional level withinnbsp;90nbsp;daysnbsp;of hire and full certification within one year of hire ndash;nbsp;required./span/span/lili style="margin-left: 24px;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:19px;font-style: normal;text-transform: none;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;font-weight: normal;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;"Minimum of high school diploma or equivalent (/spanspan style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;"GED)nbsp;ndash;/spanspan style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;"required. /span/span/lili style="margin-left: 24px;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:19px;font-style: normal;text-transform: none;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;font-weight: normal;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;"Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines./span/span/lili style="margin-left: 24px;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:19px;font-style: normal;text-transform: none;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;font-weight: normal;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;"Strong analytical ability./span/span/lili style="margin-left: 24px;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:19px;font-style: normal;text-transform: none;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;font-weight: normal;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;"Excellent oral and written communication skills./span/span/lili style="margin-left: 24px;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:19px;font-style: normal;text-transform: none;line-height: 24.4125px;font-family: Garamond, Garamond_EmbeddedFont, Garamond_MSFontService, serif;font-weight: normal;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;"Be creative and flexible./span/span/lili style="margin-left: 24px;"span style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;color: rgb