Youth Peer Advocate

1 week ago

Middletown, Connecticut, United States Access-Supports for Living Full time

Location:  Middletown, NY

Rate: $17.48/hr
M-F 40 hours flex

Seeking a Youth Peer Advocate (aged with lived experience with a mental health challenge who is willing and able to share that experience, and has the ability to be trained and certified in NYS as a Youth Peer Advocate. 

"a youth peer advocate is defined as someone between the ages of 18-30 years old with lived or shared experience…"

Job Description:

In this role you will:

  • Share your lived experiences to support the youth in the program
  • Work together with providers including Care Coordinators and Family Partners
  • Provide services in the form of direct support, information sharing, and skill building.
  • Provide youth perspective to professionals and community stakeholders.
  • Coach, educate, support, encourage youth to use their voice and make informed choices.
  • Increase youth self-empowerment and advocacy skills.
  • Mediate, facilitate, or bridge between youth and agencies.
  • Ensure youth point of view is heard.
  • Educate others on significance of youth voice and choice.
  • Serve as spokesperson if the youth requests.
  • Work within different programs depending on the youth
  • Work within ASFL Urgent Care
  • Keep timely and accurate notes including using an electronic health record system
  • Manage youth's files and keep track of paperwork
  • Responsible for any daily or monthly reports    

Assist youth in:

  • Building their team
  • Identifying natural supports
  • Connecting to informal supports
  • Collaborating with the team
  • Discovering their own strengths
  • Ensuring the plan of care is customized and individualized
  • Understanding assessment results
  • Defining what success looks like for the youth and their family
  • Resolving conflicts
  • Integrating into community, school, and family
  • Achieving successful independent living options (youth18 and over)
  • Obtaining employment
  • Transitioning into adulthood
  • Navigating the public human services system

Any other duties assigned

Qualifications: 

  • Demonstrated direct experience with their own mental health challenges
  • Ability to work as a team player with other providers as well as independently
  • Ability to work with a variety of agencies/organizations/schools
  • Must be organized and able to prioritize
  • Have good organization, writing and telephone skills
  • Willingness to participate in ongoing training
  • Good communication and active listening skills
  • Ability to become a NYS Certified Peer Specialist & a Credentialed Youth Peer Advocate (Note: These certifications require you be between the ages of 18-30)
  • Ability to have a flexible work schedule including evenings and weekends

ALL POSITIONS ARE SUBJECT TO A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND, FINGERPRINTING AND MOTOR VEHICLE REPORT CHECK.  

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