Peer Specialist Crisis Residence

sign on bonus may apply 

Exciting opportunity to join our multidisciplinary team as a full or part time Peer Specialist!  

Non-Certified Peer Specialist pay rate range:  $16.00 -$16.98

(Salary posted in posting is for a Certified Peer):  $18.06 - $19.09

If you are either a OMH NY Certified Peer Specialist (NYCPS) via the Academy of Peer Services credentialing or 

OASAS Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA)  Must show proof of certification! 

Our Crisis Residence provides a safe, supportive environment designed to help individuals stabilize psychiatric symptoms while offering person-centered, trauma-informed services. This short-term program allows participants to stay for up to 28 days as they prepare to transition back into the community.

Join our team and make a meaningful impact in advancing our comprehensive specialty care residence while supporting participants on their recovery journey.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide direct support services to participants.
• Educate clients about available community resources.
• Assist participants in connecting with program services.
• Accompany participants to appointments as needed.
• Support clients in developing health literacy skills.
• Share effective coping strategies based on personal lived experience.
• Maintain strict confidentiality in accordance with agency standards.
• Promote a culture of inclusion, dignity, and belonging.

Qualifications:

• Valid and clean New York State driver’s license is preferred.
• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Lived experience with homelessness, mental illness, substance use, or living with HIV/AIDS is required.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Basic computer skills.
• Reliable transportation is required.
• Certification(s), if applicable, must be provided.

  Benefits: (PT Prorated benefit eligible 20 hours) 

• 13 paid days off in your first year for full time employment (increases every year)
• 56 hours of NYS Sick Leave
• 12 paid holidays plus 2 floating holidays
• Major medical leave
• Medical/dental/vision/life insurance
• 403b company contributions begin after two years of employment
• 50% reduction in childcare tuition at A Child's Place.
• Plus, gym, tuition and cell phone discounts 

 Come work for an agency that cares about their employees and community!

Unity House is a Rensselaer County-based human service agency that provides a wide range of services to meet the otherwise unmet needs of people in our community who are hurting and struggling. We assist those who are living in poverty, adults living with mental illness or HIV/AIDS, victims of domestic violence, and children with developmental delays. We work to achieve social justice in our community and to create a better understanding of those we serve. 

As An Equal Opportunity Employer, we commit ourselves to recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting persons in all job classifications without regard to race, color, age, sex, creed, disability, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, predisposing genetic characteristics national origin, domestic violence victim status, familial status, marital status, military status, pregnancy related condition, arrest and/or criminal conviction record, or any other category protected by law, unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification or other exception.