Young Adult Peer Mentor
Job Description
Young Adult Peer Mentor (MCI)- Milford
We make a difference - in your community and in your career!
The Mobile Crisis Intervention (MCI) program provides crisis and behavioral health assessment, intervention, and stabilization services 24 hours per day, seven days per week, and 365 days per year (24/7/365) for individuals who are experiencing a behavioral health crisis.
The mission of MCI is to respond rapidly, assess effectively, and deliver a course of treatment intended to promote recovery, ensure safety, and stabilize the crisis in a manner that allows the person served to receive appropriate services in the community, or if medically necessary, in an inpatient or 24-hour diversionary level of care.
The Young Adult Peer Mentor (YAPM) is an integral member of the interdisciplinary Mobile Crisis Intervention (MCI) component of the larger Community Behavioral Health Center (CBHC).
The Young Adult Peer Mentor will:
- provide strength-based education, coaching, modeling, guidance, and support to youth and young adults from a peer perspective
- draw on their lived experience with behavioral health challenges during their own youth and young adulthood to provide support to individuals served in a variety of settings, including community-based locations
- provide specialized expertise drawn from their lived experience, and when appropriate, shares personal experiences related to their own behavioral health challenges and interactions with the behavioral health system to inspire hope, motivation, and engagement among the individuals they support
- provide peer support and advocacy while supporting youth and young adults through the crisis intervention and follow-up process, with an approach tailored to the individual’s needs and goals
- work in coordination with the interdisciplinary team and draw on their recovery experience to serve as a positive model and support individuals in their own recovery process
Schedule: Full Time, 40 hours
- Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. or 12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Rate: $22.94/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
- Twelve paid holidays
- Separate accruals for vacation (increases with tenure), personal, and sick time
- Tax-deferred 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer match
- 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
- Intermediate computer skills (Microsoft Office)
- Valid driver’s license, safe driving record and regular access to a reliable vehicle
Required Experience
- High School Degree/GED required; Bachelors preferred
- At least 3 years lived experience with behavioral health and/or substance use challenges during youth and/or young adulthood
- Experience as a recipient of behavioral health services
- One year experience working with target population as a YAPM or closely related role
- Must be a Certified Peer Specialist or complete CPS training to obtain certification as a Peer Specialist within 1 year of hire
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.
Young Adult Peer Mentor (MCI)- Milford
We make a difference - in your community and in your career!
The Mobile Crisis Intervention (MCI) program provides crisis and behavioral health assessment, intervention, and stabilization services 24 hours per day, seven days per week, and 365 days per year (24/7/365) for individuals who are experiencing a behavioral health crisis.
The mission of MCI is to respond rapidly, assess effectively, and deliver a course of treatment intended to promote recovery, ensure safety, and stabilize the crisis in a manner that allows the person served to receive appropriate services in the community, or if medically necessary, in an inpatient or 24-hour diversionary level of care.
The Young Adult Peer Mentor (YAPM) is an integral member of the interdisciplinary Mobile Crisis Intervention (MCI) component of the larger Community Behavioral Health Center (CBHC).
The Young Adult Peer Mentor will:
- provide strength-based education, coaching, modeling, guidance, and support to youth and young adults from a peer perspective
- draw on their lived experience with behavioral health challenges during their own youth and young adulthood to provide support to individuals served in a variety of settings, including community-based locations
- provide specialized expertise drawn from their lived experience, and when appropriate, shares personal experiences related to their own behavioral health challenges and interactions with the behavioral health system to inspire hope, motivation, and engagement among the individuals they support
- provide peer support and advocacy while supporting youth and young adults through the crisis intervention and follow-up process, with an approach tailored to the individual’s needs and goals
- work in coordination with the interdisciplinary team and draw on their recovery experience to serve as a positive model and support individuals in their own recovery process
Schedule: Full Time, 40 hours
- Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. or 12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Rate: $22.94/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
- Twelve paid holidays
- Separate accruals for vacation (increases with tenure), personal, and sick time
- Tax-deferred 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer match
- 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
- Intermediate computer skills (Microsoft Office)
- Valid driver’s license, safe driving record and regular access to a reliable vehicle
Required Experience
- High School Degree/GED required; Bachelors preferred
- At least 3 years lived experience with behavioral health and/or substance use challenges during youth and/or young adulthood
- Experience as a recipient of behavioral health services
- One year experience working with target population as a YAPM or closely related role
- Must be a Certified Peer Specialist or complete CPS training to obtain certification as a Peer Specialist within 1 year of hire
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.
About Riverside Community Care
A community-based non-profit organization serving more than 40,000 people a year in Massachusetts, Riverside Community Care offers a wide range of mental healthcare, developmental and brain injury services, early childhood and youth programs, addiction treatment, trauma response, and more. And our digital learning platforms extend our reach to more than one million people around the globe, providing tools for education, prevention, and crisis management.
We are dedicated to: Children, youth, and families needing mental healthcare, early intervention services, family support, and care coordination services.
Individuals with mental health needs seeking counseling and/or medication, emergency psychiatric services, employment, and housing support.
Those with developmental disabilities, brain injury, or autism, needing residential services, employment assistance, or support services.
Families and children who have experienced domestic violence.
Schools, colleges, workplaces, and communities seeking to address mental health issues, substance use, and suicide risk.
Organizations and communities facing the aftermath of a tragic event such as a teen suicide or natural disaster.
We partner with local hospitals and physicians, and work with most insurers and MassHealth in support of individual and collective goals.
Our staff are remarkable, compassionate people who are proud of the work they do to improve people’s lives and are up for any challenge.
You can count on Riverside when you or someone you know needs help.
We take your trust seriously and work hard to make a difference by delivering integrated, quality care.
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