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Vocational Instruction Project Community Services logoVocational Instruction Project Community Services$45,000/yrMat-Pdoa, NYPosted 6d ago
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POSITION SUMMARY

The Peer Support Worker uses lived experience to conduct community outreach, re-engage

individuals at risk of loss to contact, ensure next-day clinic follow-up after mobile initiation, and

resolve barriers to care. Peer Support Workers support engagement and retention but do not

independently administer Contingency Management incentives.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

  • Conduct community outreach and engagement in the catchment area to reach
  • individuals not yet in care.
  • Provide lived-experience support and actively re-engage individuals at risk of
  • disengagement.
  • Ensure next-day clinic follow-up after mobile initiation and help resolve barriers such as
  • transportation and Medicaid enrollment.
  • Accompany and support individuals in navigating clinic-based and community services.
  • Support, but do not independently administer, Contingency Management incentives.
  • Maintain documentation of outreach and follow-up contacts in the electronic health record.
  • Reports to Project Director / Licensed Mental Health Practitioner

From Vocational Instruction Project Community Services's job posting, checked Oct 23, 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.

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Vocational Instruction Project Community Services hires mental health staff, front-office staff and nurses in Bronx, New York.

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