Peer Support Specialist- Residential Services
Jewish Association Serving the Aging
Peer Support Specialist (Part-Time - 17.5 Hours/Week) As a Peer Specialist, you will play a key role in engaging residents and serving as a bridge between residents and program staff at 1001 Thieriot Avenue, Bronx, NY. Drawing on lived experience, you'll support person-led care coordination and help integrate RISE-informed elder justice practices into building-based services, ensuring programming is responsive to resident needs.
Why You'll Love Working at JASA JASA is one of NYC's largest and most trusted nonprofits serving older adults. Our dedicated professionals help improve the lives of thousands of seniors through impactful, mission-driven work.
Why You'll Love Working at JASA JASA is one of NYC's largest and most trusted nonprofits serving older adults. Our dedicated professionals help improve the lives of thousands of seniors through impactful, mission-driven work.
- Meaningful Impact: Help foster a safe, supportive, and empowered community for older adult residents.
- Collaborative Environment: Work closely with program leadership, interdisciplinary teams, and housing staff.
- Resident-Centered Approach: Bring your lived experience to shape programming and improve service delivery.
- Advocacy & Liaison: Serve as a primary advocate and bridge for residents of Casa Celina; build trust, support conflict resolution, and model empowerment-based practices.
- Lived Experience Insight: Contribute lived experience perspectives during training sessions to help ground staff in the day-to-day realities of resident life.
- Program Development: Survey residents on workshops and educational opportunities; collaborate with the Program Director to develop and refine content.
- Engagement & Feedback: Attend social programming and workshops to elicit real-time resident feedback.
- Support Coordination: Connect residents to the Program Director or Residential Service Coordinators (RSCs) using a person-led, supportive decision-making framework.
- Risk & Crisis Management: Provide regular updates on resident trends and warning signs (e.g., self-neglect or elder abuse). Immediately report any crisis or emergency situations.
- Administration: Participate in IDT meetings, attend assigned trainings, and complete all required electronic documentation in a timely manner.
- Education: High School Diploma or equivalent.
- Communication: Ability to read, write, and speak English; Bilingual Spanish preferred.
- Technical Skills: Basic computer literacy with the ability to learn and complete electronic forms and record-keeping.
- Physical Requirements: Ability to travel to clients' homes and negotiate steps or barriers within residential buildings.
- Core Values: An understanding and appreciation of the roles of race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and individual values in serving a diverse community.
- Health & Wellness: Medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus Employee Wellness Programs and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Retirement Savings: 403(b) plan with Roth option and an employer-funded pension.
- Generous Time Off: 4 weeks of vacation, holidays, floating holidays, and sick days.
- Growth: Professional development and career advancement opportunities.
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