Youth Peer Support Specialist
$40,851–$40,851 year
On-siteAdrian, Michigan, United States
Job Summary
Build and foster relationships with youth, families, and treatment team members to advocate for community support needs. Actively engage in treatment planning while teaching self-advocacy, problem-solving strategies, and independent living skills. Empower adolescents to build understanding of their unique mental health needs through lived experience as a peer support specialist. This occasional part-time role requires 15 hours per week at $19.64 hourly. Candidates must have lived experience with mental health services as a youth, hold a high school diploma, and be between ages 18 and 28. Certification as a Youth Peer Support Specialist is required within one year of hiring.
Required Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent (GED)
- Lived experience with mental health services as a youth
- Willingness and ability to self-identify as a person who received mental health services as a youth
- Preparedness to use that experience in helping others
- Ability to achieve MDHHS certification as a Youth Peer Support Specialist within one year of hiring
- Willingness to participate in ongoing required training
- Age between 18 and 28
Desired Qualifications
- Experience receiving services as a youth in complex, child serving systems (behavioral health, child welfare, juvenile justice, special education, etc.)
- Bi-lingualism
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