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Young Adult Peer Mentor

Mobile Position North of Boston

$21.00 per hour

The Edinburg Center is seeking a part-time Young Adult Peer Mentor for a Children’s Mental Health Services program providing services to youth under the age of 21 with mental health needs in the communities of the North Shore.

Who You Are:

A dedicated individual who must have personal experience living with mental health diagnosis, substance use, trauma or DCF/juvenile justice system knowledge and a willingness to share their journey, with purpose and intent. A High School Diploma/GED, and reliable transportation. Demonstrated experience working with youth in professional or nonprofessional capacity. Good listening skills, nonjudgmental ability to foster self-sufficiency; desire to work in community with family and youth. Ability to establish trusting relationships through compassion, and empathy. Computer proficiency required including ability to work with email, and to learn electronic health records.

What you will do:

Young Adult Peer Mentors (YAPMs) working in a variety of settings, use their personal lived experience to connect with, validate, inspire, and provide support to youth and young adults with mental health diagnoses. YAPMs meet individually with youth and young adults to provide one-on-one peer support, collaborate with parents/caregivers (as appropriate) and other service providers to ensure youth and young adult needs are met. YAPM’s support youth and young adults by connecting them with support groups, activities, and by building on natural supports. YAPMs use their perspective in team meetings to educate and ensure services are youth and young adult attuned.

Who We Are:

A dedicated team of professionals who have chosen to join an organization with a forty year history of serving people with mental illness, developmental disabilities, brain injury and autism in the community. When we’re not at work, we love to hike, bike, craft, read, shop and sing opera, among many other things! Our staff of 350 have range of interests and skills and we know you do too! We know that The Edinburg Center will mean as much to you as it does to us!

At work, we are psychiatrists, social workers, clinicians, nurses, behavior specialists, peer specialists, board certified behavior analysts, direct service staff and employment specialists.

What We Offer:

We offer an excellent benefits package for both full and part-time staff, including health and dental (must work a minimum of 30 hours) vision, life, short- and long-term disability insurance as well as a 401(k)-retirement savings plan. Paid time off benefits include vacation, personal, sick and holidays. To support ongoing professional development, we offer tuition reimbursement, conference, seminar, certification, and specialized training funding, as well as free clinical supervision for licensure.

We think the best benefit we offer is the chance to learn from each other and we hope you will be willing to teach us as well.

Be YOU! We are committed to providing a welcoming, inclusive, and diverse environment for our employees and the people we serve. Persons from diverse backgrounds including women, communities of color, the LGBTQ community and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

The Edinburg Center, Inc. is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer

Please apply by visiting us at http://www.edinburgcenter.org/careers