Young Adult Peer Mentor - IHBTC

Description

The Young Adult Peer Mentor provides guidance, support, and encouragement to young adults facing various life challenges. This role involves leveraging personal experiences to foster personal growth, build resilience, and help mentees achieve their goals. The mentor will act as a role model and resource for young adults, helping them navigate life transitions and develop essential skills. 

What You Will Be Doing to Make a Difference...

• Provides peer support counseling individually with persons served and in groups, drawing on common experiences as a peer, to validate clients’ experiences and to provide guidance and encouragement to clients to take responsibility and actively participate in their own recovery.
• Provides hope, information, guidance and support to young adults involved in behavioral health services or mental health services.
• Act as a positive role model for coworkers and persons served, treating them with respect, dignity, understanding and fairness
• Accurately document observation and progress of behavior, issues and performance of persons served
• Requires working with children, adolescents, young adults and families who may represent varying ethnicities, cultures, and religions, educational level and socioeconomic status
• Provides transportation for youth and families. Driving is needed for this role. 

 We are a qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program! 

Important Health and Wellness Benefits Begin on Your First Day of Employment

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Health and Dental Insurance 

Eye-Med Vision Benefits 

Employer Paid Life and Long-Term Disability Insurance 

Medical Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care Account

Employee Assistance Program 

Generous Paid Time Off

35 Days Paid Time Off (15 Vacation Days, 12 Holidays and 8 Sick Days)

Additional Benefits 

Retirement Plan 403(b) (employer match after the first year of employment)

Opportunities for Student Loan Forgiveness 

Mileage reimbursement

Extensive Training Program

Monthly Agency Wide Trainings (includes CEU's for obtaining/retaining license - LMHC, LMFT, LADC, CARC, LCSW and LICSW)

Supervision for Licensure and Specializations

Immediate Access to Comprehensive Online Self-Paced CEU Trainings

Opportunities for Certification in Evidence Based Practices

Requirements

Qualifications/Credentials

• High School Diploma or High School Equivalency Test preferred
• Personal lived experience with mental health and/or behavioral health issues required

Bay State Community Services is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing an environment free from bias, discrimination, or harassment of any kind, and mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all qualified applicants and teammates without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. 

Contact Information:

recruitment@baystatecs.org

857-374-5669