AOT Peer Counselor, Mental Health-Assisted Out Treatment

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Job Description The Bureau of Mental Health's (BMH) mission is to improve mental health and wellness for people in New York City, and to eliminate racial and other long-standing societal disparities by providing services, resources, and opportunities to New Yorkers that are grounded in accurate, data-driven information that fosters community participation, thus reducing the stigma around mental health. DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: - Assist professional staff with referrals to specific individual and group treatment activities, by helping to prepare treatment plans and legal documents required for the pursuit of a court order of Assisted Outpatient Treatment. - Collaborate and interface with mental health providers and families to make referrals and support consumers in the referral process and assist in monitoring both the client and the service providers' engagement and adherence to the treatment plan through case conferences and other interactions which may include suggesting alternative referrals as well as following up with consumers who have missed appointments for AOT exam or the treatment plan services. - Ensure all service providers serving a consumer effectiv...