What are the responsibilities and job description for the Peer Navigator position at MARYHURST INC.,?
Description
WE ARE HIRING!
Peer Navigator for Maryhurst. This is a temporary position (avg. 10 hrs per week). This role is available through the end of the year.
The Peer Navigator will be responsible for providing direct assistance to individuals and families who have experienced the trauma of gun violence. This role involves providing supportive, structured, support, acting as a mentor, coach, and companion. The Peer Navigator will assist clients in navigating support systems, developing self-advocacy skills, and utilizing available services and resources to pursue new opportunities for personal growth and healing.
What you'll be doing
- Meet with newly assigned surviving individuals and families within 24-48 hours of assignment.
- Establish and maintain 1:1 peer mentoring relationship based on personal background, community, religion, sexual orientation, race, employment, income, or other relevant factors.
- Link surviving individuals and families to emotional support, mentorship, and referrals to external services as appropriate.
- Provide support and monitor the utilization of services by surviving families, reporting progress and results to OSHN in accordance with the grant agreement.
Last, but not least, we believe in diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
At Maryhurst, we actively celebrate colleagues' different abilities, sexual orientation, ethnicity, faith, and gender. Everyone is welcome and supported in their development at all stages in their professional journey with us. We champion creating an environment where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and advocate for making it effortless for others to do the same.
We sincerely hold inclusion and diversity near our hearts. We know that getting this right is critical for us to live out our organization's core values: Mercy, Reconciliation, Individual Worth and Zeal.
This is a place where you can be you, all of you, and bring your true and honest self to work, every day in every way.
A little about Maryhurst.
At Maryhurst, our residential programs, community-based homes and our outpatient clinical programs all work to serve children in the greatest need. Our residential programs break the cycle of abuse using treatments that restore hope and successfully transition children to more permanent, community or family-based settings. Maryhurst's community and transitional living programs offer tools that prepare survivors of abuse and neglect for better, more hope-filled futures. And lastly, the team at Maryhurst Renewal partners with children, adults and families who are hurting to find the right combination of support, ultimately clearing barriers to success at home, at school, and in the community. Renewal provides one-on-one, group and family counseling in office, home or school-based settings.
Requirements
- Have a high school diploma or equivalent.
- Be at least 21 years of age.
- Have excellent communication and organizational skills
- Possess exceptional time management and detail-orientation skills
