ACT Youth Peer Advocate

Northern Rivers Family of Services•Troy, NY

3d•$19 - $21•Hybrid

About The Position

Assertive Community Treatment Youth Peer Advocate PART TIME, 20 hours weekly. As a Youth Peer Advocate, you will be an ally, mentor, and advocate for clients and families as they contend with the difficulties and uncertainties of mental illness. You will use lived experience to contribute to treatment planning for each participant, and facilitating the team’s development and maintenance of a culture of respect. The Youth Assertive Community Treatment team (ACT) Program is an innovative treatment program. The program serves children with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance and their families. You will report to the Director of Youth Act and work onsite with community-based travel required.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED, Associates Degree preferred
A valid New York State driver’s license with reliable transportation.
Complete and obtain the NYCPS-Provisional certification for review by the New York Peer Specialist Certification Board (NYPSCB) within the agreed-upon time of start date.

Responsibilities

Engage individuals and establish trusting, collaborative relationships directed toward the goals clients identify on their treatment plans
Contribute to client treatment plans, advocating for clients' needs
Participate in daily treatment team meetings and work directly with other team members to provide support and assistance to program participants.
Provide individual face-to-face support to youth and families receiving services
Spend 70% or more of scheduled work hours in community settings
Meet with family, youth, and collateral contacts to provide psychoeducation about serious mental illness
Be a role model, educate recipients about self-help techniques and self-help group processes, teach effective coping strategies based on personal experience, teach symptom management skills, assist in clarifying rehabilitation and recovery goals, and assist in the development of community support systems and networks.