CPEP Peer Bridger

Job Summary/Objective

The Peer Bridger is a member of HALI’s Empowerment team. The primary responsibility of this role, in collaboration with Stony Brook University Hospital, is to support individuals in and being discharged from Stony Brook Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP). Leveraging the power of shared lived experience, Peer Bridgers will provide a voluntary recovery alternative for people with complex needs related to mental health, substance misuse, medical issues, family and systemic trauma, and histories of homelessness, incarceration, and/or frequent hospitalization. This role will report to the Senior Director of Empowerment Services.

Essential Job Duties/Responsibilities

• To provide support to individuals in Stony Brook's Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP), overseen onsite by designated CPEP staff.
• Follow up with assigned members in the community as defined by Peer Bridger services. This will include home visits, community agency visits, and other support to individuals transitioning to the community from the CPEP.
• To provide peer support, advocacy education, and community resources relevant to the needs of the people utilizing CPEP services.
• To provide information and documentation to the staff at Stony Brook University Hospital regarding any participants of CPEP Bridging.
• Adhere to regulations required by both HALI and Stony Brook Settings.
• Engage in Co-supervision with HALI Supervisor and Stony Brook Supervisor.
• Provide intensive and hands-on, time-limited peer support and service linkage services for the approximately 10-15 Peer Bridger enrollees in the setting of their choice.
• Ongoing engagement with individuals focused on developing or executing recovery plans, connections to community supports, natural supports or clinical services.
• Project positive image of HALI via inter-agency relationships and occasional public speaking and promote overall agency vision of recovery, peer support, empowerment, and social justice.

Additional tasks/duties as assigned.
To accomplish this job successfully, employees must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Supervisory Responsibility: None