Young Adult Peer Mentor - Life Skills

Young Adult Peer Mentor – Life Skills

Exciting opportunity to join Riverside Community Care as a Peer Mentor! Peer Mentors provide specialized expertise based on sharing their own lived experience of mental health challenges with purpose and intent to inspire hope and motivation in a youth who is struggling with similar concerns.

• Guide youth through their treatment process providing outreach, peer support and advocacy, all in accordance to the client’s individual service plan
• Help clients gain access to recovery resources and communities
• Work in coordination with the clinical team while using their recovery experience as a positive model for clients’ process

• Part Time, 20 hours
• Flexible hours between 8 a.m.–4 p.m.; schedule to be determined with manager

• $21.63/hour
• or $22.28/hour with Certification as a Peer Specialist

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 – in a respectful and inclusive environment, perhaps why Riverside was named a Boston Globe Top Workplace and a best-in-state employer by Forbes.

• Comprehensive, high-quality health, dental, and vision insurance options
• Flexible Spending Accounts – both medical and dependent care
• Eleven 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

• Basic computer skills (Microsoft Office) required
• Valid driver’s license and regular access to a reliable vehicle required

• High School Degree/GED required;
  Bachelors preferred
• One year experience working with target population required, though experience as a consumer can be substituted
• Certification as a Peer Specialist (can be attained after hire) required

Riverside Community Care is dedicated to respect, integrity and engagement of all individuals. We are committed to building an inclusive and culturally competent organization and we value the richness of having a diverse applicant pool. As an employer committed to equal opportunity, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for 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.