Peer Mentor - Life Skills

Riverside Community Care • Needham, MA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Peer Mentors at Riverside Community Care 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 struggling with similar concerns. In this important role, the Peer Mentor will guide youth through their treatment process, providing outreach, peer support, and advocacy, all in accordance with the client’s individual service plan. They will also help clients gain access to recovery resources and communities, and work in coordination with the clinical team while using their recovery experience as a positive model for clients’ process.

Requirements

• Lived experience of mental health challenges

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: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees