Youth Peer Support Partner
Belfast, Maine
Employer: Maine Medical Center
Industry: Behavioral Health
Salary: $19.53 per hour
Job type: Part-Time
Summary
Youth Peer Support Partner
Supporting the Knox County Community
Youth Peer Support Partner, having lived experience with their own mental health struggles, provides one-on-one support to people in the community, at their homes, and/or at the location where the peer supporter works.
Position Highlights:
Youth Peer Support Partner
Supporting the Knox County Community
Youth Peer Support Partner, having lived experience with their own mental health struggles, provides one-on-one support to people in the community, at their homes, and/or at the location where the peer supporter works.
Position Highlights:
- Base hourly rate: $19.53
- Part Time
- Applicants must be between the ages of 18-26
- Growth: Largest Employer in the State and the largest Healthcare provider in Northern New England
- Create an authentic secure space to discuss hard topics and thoughts so each person can learn about themselves without fear of negative or coercive responses.
- Develop positive strategies that will help each person to better support their mental health.
- Build and practice healthy relationship skills, so each person can create stronger natural support networks that allow them to participate fully in a happy life, work, and community.
- Develop training materials and provide education to the peer supporter's multidisciplinary team, and the larger organization.
- Develop Peer Support relationships with individuals in service
- Help carry out outreach and engagement activities
- Develop and co-facilitate groups and other activities
- Education: High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
- License/Certifications: Completion of, or ability to complete, the relevant training to the position is required*. Valid Driving license and reliable transportation.
- Experience: Experience providing one-on-one and/or group facilitation peer support is preferred
- Ability to work a flexible work schedule, including evenings and weekends when needed.
Created: 2024-08-27
Reference: 187419
Country: United States
State: Maine
City: Belfast
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