Peer Mentor - Life Skills - Part Time

Riverside Community Care • Needham, MA

11d

About The Position

Riverside Community Care is seeking a Peer Mentor to provide specialized expertise based on lived experience of mental health challenges. The goal is to inspire hope and motivation in youth struggling with similar concerns. The Peer Mentor will guide youth through their treatment process, offering outreach, peer support, and advocacy in accordance with the client's individual service plan. They will also help clients access recovery resources and communities and work in coordination with the clinical team, using their own recovery experience as a positive model.

Requirements

• Lived experience of mental health challenges
• Ability to share lived experience with purpose and intent to inspire hope and motivation
• Ability to guide youth through their treatment process
• Ability to provide outreach, peer support and advocacy
• Ability to help clients gain access to recovery resources and communities
• Ability to work in coordination with a clinical team

Nice To Haves

• Peer Specialist certification

Responsibilities

• Guide youth through their treatment process providing outreach, peer support and advocacy, all in accordance to the client’s individual service plan
• Help clients gain access to recovery resources and communities
• Work in coordination with the clinical team while using their recovery experience as a positive model for clients’ process.

Benefits

• Comprehensive, high-quality health, dental, and vision insurance options
• Flexible Spending Accounts – both medical and dependent care
• Eleven paid holidays
• Separate accruals for vacation (increases with tenure), personal, and sick time
• Tax-deferred 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Employee Assistance Plan / Travel Assistance Plan
• Employee bonus for referrals resulting in hiring
• Discounts to movie theaters, sporting, and entertainment events
• Employee YMCA discount: 10% off a YMCA monthly membership and 50% off the joiner’s fee

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed