Certified Peer Specialist: Housing Support

About Fountain House

Fountain House has a new Young Adult Community Housing Team (YACHT) that supports 25 Young Adults (YA 18-25 years old) living in scattered-site, individual apartments in the Bronx. We offer two different program types: Community Apartment Program and Supported Apartment Program. Each program provides in-home support for residents living on their own along with supporting goals aligned with a service plan. Our program is run alongside our Clubhouse programs in Manhattan, the Bronx and in Harlem – we offer membership to our Clubhouse and community programming for residents to build skills and socialize. There is an extensive and broad range of services provided to residents that include but are not limited to the improvement of daily living skills, managing finances, maintaining safe and living conditions, furthering one’s education, obtaining employment, achieving personal recovery and/or resilience, improving interpersonal relationships, preventing social isolation, connecting with effective and comprehensive behavioral health and primary care, and full community integration. The YACHT Certified Peer Specialist is responsible for delivering Peer Support as well as the other direct care services offered within the YACHT program.

The YACHT Certified Peer Specialist is responsible for ensuring members receive person-centered, trauma-informed and culturally competent services with a rehabilitation and recovery focus in their homes or their community. This role is responsible for facilitating the utilization of natural resources and the enhancement of recovery-oriented principles with the intention to assist individuals with initiating recovery, maintaining health and wellness, and enhancing the quality of personal life for long-term recovery.

Full-time, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm

$24.68 per hour