The Doe Fund Inc
Location
New York
Salary
$19 / HOUR
The Peer Specialist provides mentoring, advocacy, and direct assistance with daily living activities for residents in supportive housing for individuals living with HIV/AIDS. Responsibilities include coordinating care, leading recreational events, and helping residents secure public benefits.
Candidates must have a High School Diploma or GED and lived experience related to homelessness, substance abuse, or being a person living with HIV/AIDS. Two years of experience as a Peer Specialist or Counselor working with special needs populations is required.
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The Doe Fund is a leading New York City non-profit organization that operates the enormously visible Ready, Willing & Able program, whose participants clean over 115 miles of streets and sidewalks every day. With an $80 million budget, 500+ staff members, and 46,000 individual donors, The Doe Fund is nationally acclaimed as a work-based model for solving homelessness and criminal recidivism. We empower people to break the cycles of homelessness, welfare dependency, substance abuse, and incarceration through innovative work and housing programs.
We are seeking a Peer Specialist for The Doe Fund's newest permanent supportive housing for homeless individuals living with HIV/AIDS. The housing program is designed to provide long-term residential care and twenty-four-hour supportive services in a community environment that maximizes residents' independence while ensuring their physical and emotional security and well-being. This 98-unit residence will provide housing for 49 individuals referred by the New York City HIV/AIDS Services Administration (HASA), and the remaining 49 units will be apartments for moderate-income households.
The Peer Specialist is responsible for providing mentoring, advocacy, care coordination, support, and direct assistance with the activities of daily living to the residents using his/her personal life experience and knowledge of substance abuse and mental health treatment, along with an understanding of the HIV/AIDS population.
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Before you go, we want to assure you that we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace reflective of individuals who share our mission and who want to join us in working on the cutting-edge of important social issues.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and we highly encourage applications from candidates regardless of race, color, citizenship, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran or reservist status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.
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