Young Adult Peer Mentor (MCI)- Milford
We make a difference - in your community and in your career!
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: Part Time - 16 hours, Friday and Saturday
Rate: $22.27/hour
- additional $1 with CPS
- additional $2 with CARC
Why you’ll Love Riverside
We make a true difference in people’s lives through rewarding work. Most of our jobs come with great benefits – including healthcare, numerous professional development opportunities, and generous time off - all in a respectful and inclusive environment, perhaps why Forbes named Riverside a best-in-state employer.
Benefits include:
- 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
- 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
Learn more about our benefits and culture:
Hear what employees think about working for Riverside!
Required Skills
- Ability to become trained as a Certified Peer Specialist and/or Recovery Coach
- Must successfully complete the Core Elements of Young Adult Peer Mentoring Training within 1 year of hire
- Intermediate computer skills (Microsoft Office)
- Valid driver’s license and regular access to a reliable vehicle
Required Experience
- High School Degree/GED required; Bachelors preferred
- At least 3 years’ experience living with and recovering from mental health needs and/or substance use which caused challenge in one or more areas of life
- One year experience working with target population as a YAPM or very closely related role preferred
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.