What are the responsibilities and job description for the Young Adult Peer Mentor position at Riverside Community Care?
Young Adult Peer Mentor (MCI)- Milford
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The MCI Young Adult Peer Mentor (YAPM) is an integral member of the interdisciplinary youth mobile crisis team, providing strength-based, peer-to-peer education, coaching, modeling, guidance, and support to youth within the Youth Mobile Crisis Intervention (YMCI) component of the larger Community Behavioral Health Center (CBHC).
The peer mentor assists youths through their lens of lived experience as a youth who has lived with behavioral health challenges during their youth in a variety of settings, including community locations. YAPM provide specialized expertise based on sharing their own lived experience of mental health challenges with purpose and intent to inspire hope and motivation in a youth who is dealing with similar experiences. YAPM will guide youth through their treatment process providing peer support and advocacy for the youth, all in accordance with the individual’s goals. Working in coordination with the interdisciplinary team, the YAPM will use their recovery experience as a positive model for individual’s process.
Schedule : Full Time, 40 hours
- Monday through Friday
Rate : $22.27 / hour
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Riverside Community Care is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and inclusive organization committed to working in a multicultural environment and strongly encourages applications from minorities. We provide equal opportunity for all persons seeking employment without regard to race, age, color, religion, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic as established by law.
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