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A Young Adult Peer Mentor plays a crucial role in providing guidance, support, and advocacy to their peers who are navigating similar life experiences pertaining to their mental and behavioral health. Use your professional experience in social services and lived experience to make a positive impact in the lives of youth today!!! Urgently Hiring!!!
What You Will Be Doing to Make a Difference...
- Completes all documentation in a timely manner
- 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
Important Health and Wellness Benefits - BENEFITS BEGIN FIRST DAY OF WORK
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
Paid Time Off
35 Days Paid Time Off (15 Vacation Days, 12 Holidays including Juneteenth and 8 Sick Days)
Additional Benefits
Retirement Plan 403(b) (employer match after the first year of employment)
Opportunities for Reduced Tuition for Clinical Master's Degree
Opportunities for Student Loan Forgiveness
Mileage Reimbursement
Extensive Training Program
Two-Week Orientation, Training, and Shadowing
Weekly Group Supervision
Weekly Individual Supervision
Daily Mentoring and Support
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 lithe mental health
- Valid MA driver's license with acceptable driving record and current proof of insurance
- Acceptable CORI and SORI background record check as required by program
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. Bay State Community Services believes diversity,inclusion, and social justice are actions of integrity and respect, and as such Bay State Community Services seeks to operationalize policies, procedures and systems that support a talented, and diverse workforce.
