Associate, Youth Mental Health

Associate, Youth Mental Health

Start Date: February, 2025

End Date: February, 2026

Location: Remote / Virtual / Work from Home**

** Candidates must reside in or be willing to relocate to one of the following states within 30 days: California, Illinois, Washington D.C., Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, New Jersey, Texas, Georgia

Salary Range: Approx. High $50,000s to Low $60,000s

Organization Description

Peer Health Exchange (PHE) is a national non-profit organization that creates education opportunities for peers to share the tools and resources young people need to make healthy decisions. Since2003, we have trained more than 15,000 college students to deliver in-person health education to over 188,000 high school-aged young people in communities across the country. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we re-designed our in-person programming to be delivered virtually and partnered with high school students to understand their mental health needs. Following that collaboration, we launched our appselfsea.orgfor young people ages 13 18. In the past year, weve expanded from two in-person program models to five in-person and digital program offerings and we are continuing to grow!Our mission is critical, our team is diverse, and our work is vibrant.Check us out on TikTok (@peerhealthexchange)!

Learn more about our responsiveness and shift to digital in this article co-authored by our colleagues Youths Know What They Need to Support Their Mental Health!

About the role

As the Mental Health Coordinator you will support the Community Partnerships Team in creating a collective experience for the Youth Mental Health Corp across 4 states (MN, MI, TX, CO) and design, develop and implement a Youth Mental Health Corp Leadership Fellows Program. You will report directly to the Sr. Manager of Program Implementation, West.

About the Community Partnerships team

The Community Partnerships team promotes equity in access to health education by supporting and amplifying youth voice through the regional Youth Advisory Boards and partnering with schools and communities across the county to deliver a culturally responsive curriculum in service of young people.

Heres what you should know:

This is a full-time, salaried position working remote/virtual/from home.

Looking for more information about our awesome benefits, culture and more? Visit ourCareers Pageand check us out onGlassdoor!

Heres what you will do as part of our team:

Create a collective experience for the Youth Mental Health Corp across 4 states (MN. MI, TX, CO).

• Design and host monthly virtualspaces to foster supportive relationships, address challenges, and celebrate successes.
• Utilize Learning Management System (LMS)/digital platform for synchronous and asynchronous training and professional development resources.
• Provide training and coaching on: near-peer mentoring, skills-based mental health education skills, behavioral health field exploration, understanding secondary trauma and dealing with compassion fatigue, and youth advocacy
• Provide access to mental health supports and resources
• Create monthly feedback mechanisms for YMHC to voice their needs/thoughts
• Build relationships and conduct in-person visits with AmeriCorps programs, host sites, and members

Co-Design, develop and implement a Youth Mental Health Corp Leadership Fellows Program.

• Co-design the Fellows nomination process
• Co-design leadership and development curriculum
• Identify certification programs for Youth Mental Health Corp Leadership Fellows
• Implement outreach plan among the entire Youth Mental Health Corp member community to recruit Leadership Fellows

What you'll bring to the table:

Minimum qualifications:

• 2 years of experience implementing programs and increasing community mental health awareness,
• Willing and able to work remotely
• Attentive to detail and efficient in the management of diverse tasks
• Experience developing and designing a program
• Ability to virtually facilitate to a large group of individuals
• Demonstrate a strong passion for PHEs mission to build healthier communities with young people; strong alignment with PHEs core values of Health Equity, Commitment, Communication, Agency, and Impact
• Centers youth inclusion, community partnership, and equity work visibly, broadly, in action in part through deep listening and hearing with a lens of

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Public Health, Social Work, Education, or similar

Your turn! Wed like to learn about you.

Please submit your resume and cover letter telling us why you are interested in our team and this role!

At Peer Health Exchange, we celebrate difference and are committed to providing equitable opportunities, addressing the effects of power and privilege. PHE is proud to be an equal employment opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, physical disability, veteran status or length of time spent unemployed. We want to empower people to change lives!

Note:Peer Health Exchange reserves the right to add additional duties, as needed. All Peer Health Exchange employees are encouraged to be flexible and responsive to changes in scope of duties.