Peer Support Worker

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 

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.

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