CORE Peer Navigator

Peer Navigator - Hayward Peer Navigators will serve as a partner on the multidisciplinary service team at each Center of Reentry Excellence (CORE) worksite. Peer Navigators must have direct lived experience with the criminal justice system or behavioral health system. Graduates of Alameda County Probation Department’s contracted Peer Mentorship program, or other local programs designed to develop the skills needed to provide successful peer support to individuals navigating public health or community supervision systems may be given special consideration for this position.

Responsibilities

Provide peer support to CORE Members by helping them navigate local resources that are available to them. Support CORE staff with activities related to new Member enrollment and orientations. Support each CORE Member’s reentry success by helping them navigate the internal and external resources available to them. Use their lived experience to connect with Members and encourage Member engagement with needed resources. Help with the recruitment of new Members and the identification of Members for the CORE Ambassador role. Provide information to community members and partners visiting a CORE site or attending a CORE outreach event. Support CORE staff in direct service delivery by providing a direct connection to available resources and co-facilitating classes, workshops, and other relevant group activities. Contributing program suggestions, feedback, and ideas to the multidisciplinary team to improve the quality of CORE service delivery and the experience of Members receiving services. COMPETENCIES: Strong communication skills, interpersonal flexibility, resourcefulness and teamwork; must be able to work effectively with minimal supervision. Mentoring, motivating and coaching Members receiving CORE services. Problem solving, effective reentry planning, and individualized service coordination, Proficient use of technology to track service delivery data, collaborate with others, and communicate important information. COMPENSATION: $20 - $22 per hour Medical, Dental and Vision health plans. Kaiser and Sutter Health options. Paid vacation and sick leave, 13 paid holidays. 4 days paid restorative holiday between Christmas and New Year’s. Employer sponsored retirement plan. About Rubicon An $18M non-profit Rubicon, provides direct services at eight locations in Alameda and Contra Costa counties and operates a growing commercial landscape social enterprise program that is a leader in sustainable practices. Rubicon transforms East Bay communities by equipping people to break the cycle of poverty. Recognized as a national leader in workforce development, Rubicon provides individualized one-on-one career advising, job search support, financial education, wellness and legal services, to very low-income people who face significant barriers to achieving economic mobility. Rubicon is a 2022 Great Place to Work, on a journey towards becoming a high-road employer and an anti-racist organization. We are committed to systems change and advocacy through efforts like expanding and deepening Employee Resource Groups; the launch of an internal Racial Justice Task Force; and implementation of talent and culture supports that acknowledge and facilitate healing from the direct and indirect effects of racial trauma. Rubicon actively recruits staff members with a diversity of culture, thought, and lived experiences who are not only highly skilled, but who consistently demonstrate a commitment to our vision of an East Bay without poverty and are passionate about this work. Rubicon is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veteran Friendly Employer. We value diversity of culture, thought, and lived experiences. We seek talented, qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, conviction history, uniform service membership/veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical conditions, genetic characteristics, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression regardless of physical gender, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws Rubicon uses E-Verify to validate the eligibility of our new employees to work legally in the United States.