Position: Peer Program Specialist, Manhattan Supportive Apartment (MSA)
Reports to: Program Director, MSA
Function: Provides direct service to clients in their homes, assisting with training in skills of daily living.
Schedule: Mondays through Fridays (9:00am-5:00pm)
Tasks:
- Teaches skills for maintaining personal hygiene, laundry and apartment cleaning.
- Monitors overall maintenance of apartments and alerts program director of maintenance problems.
- Teaches skills for budgeting, shopping, meal planning, preparation and clean-up.
- Teaches skills for self-preservation, monitors living units for safety and cleanliness.
- Administers the client cooking safety test.
- Monitors, documents and teaches self-administration of medication, according to program policy and procedures.
- Report incidents or behavioral changes in residents to supervisor.
- Teaches travel skills and escorts clients, where needed.
- Facilitates/co-facilitates groups, as requested.
- Documents services rendered and client progress in a timely manner.
- Assists in building self-advocacy skills to effectively communicate with client’s supports and treatment team
- Supports recovery skill building goals to decrease frequency of contact with emergency services
- Attends training and other duties as assigned by supervisory staff
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