What are the responsibilities and job description for the Peer Mentor position at The Home for Little Wanderers?
Description
The transition to adulthood can be difficult to navigate, especially for youth in their late teens or early 20s who have spent most of their lives in state care. The Home recognizes the unique issues that our youth "aging out" of the system face - including homelessness, unemployment, incarceration, early pregnancy and substance abuse-and offers resources and support designed to prepare them for their future as confident, self-sufficient adults in our community.
When you join The Home for Little Wanderers, you join a team of professionals dedicated to creating better, brighter futures for kids.
For over 200 years, The Home for Little Wanderers has helped build stable lives and hopeful tomorrows for vulnerable children and their families. Our 25 community-based and residential programs serve thousands of at-risk youths from birth to age 26. Many of these children have experienced abuse, neglect, trauma, or a disrupted family life. As the oldest child welfare agency in America, we provide them with safe surroundings, permanent loving relationships, and a secure path toward a better, brighter future.
Program Description
This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of Metro Boston's first ever PACT-Y team through the Home for Little Wanderers. PACT (Program for Assertive Community Treatment) is an evidence-based home / community centered model supported by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The Department of Mental Health is launching PACT-Y for the first time for youth and young adults in the Metro Boston area. PACT-Y utilizes a highly integrated multidisciplinary team model that includes Clinicians, Outreach Counselors, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Family Partners, Young Adult Peer Mentor, Vocational Specialists, and Psychiatrists / Nurse Prescribers to help support growth and recovery for youth and young adults in the community. Team members provide customized support to youth and young adults based on individual goals. This is your chance to be a part of this incredible new addition to the Massachusetts behavioral health landscape for youth and young adults!
How You Will Be Making a Difference
- Collaborate to provide individual support, through ongoing routine contact to youth
- Provide in-person mentoring services to youth both within their home communities and onsite
- Participate as needed in quarterly treatment reviews and other meetings, as requested by the youth and / or program team
- Facilitate peer groups with the goal of sharing personal strengths and interests that align with those of the program youth population
- Partner with and advocate for youth through Restorative Practices
- Assist program team in collecting and sharing information about community resources for our youth population
- Partner with, engage, and retain resources identified to support program youth
- Meet weekly for Supervision
- Complete required documentation
Requirements
Skills & Specifications
What The Home Can Offer You
In addition to the chance to make a lasting impact on the lives of the youth we serve, The Home for Little Wanderers offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including :
Valuing Diversity
We are committed to excellence in diversity, equity, and inclusion, while simultaneously creating a culture that supports those values. We believe the differences we bring enhance our ability to provide exceptional service and care to diverse children, families, and communities. Moreover, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging align with our values and our mission to help vulnerable children and their families build permanent, positive change.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
Salary : $2,400
