Riverside Community Care
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Young Adult Peer Mentor - Family After School Program
Great opportunity to join Riverside Community Care as a Young Adult Peer Mentor for our amazing Family After School Program!
In this vital role, the Young Adult Peer Mentor will guide youth through their treatment process providing outreach, peer support and advocacy, all in accordance with the client’s individual action plan.
The Young Adult Peer Mentor will:
- help clients to gain access to resources and communities
- work in coordination with the clinical team the Peer Mentor will use their experience as a positive model for clients’ process
- transport (picking up and dropping off) children via a staff monitored van from school to the program, and from the program home
Schedule: Part Time 20 hours per week
- School Year Hours: 2-6pm; Summer Hours: 1-5pm
Pay Rate: $21.22/hourly
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 Riverside was named a Boston Globe Top Workplace and a best-in-state employer by Forbes.
Benefits include:
- 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
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Required Skills
- Basic computer skills (Microsoft Office)
- Certification as a Peer Specialist which can be attained after hire
- Valid Massachusetts driver’s license
Required Experience
- Experience living with and recovering from mental health needs, substance use, and or traumatic life concerns which caused challenge in one or more areas of life
- High School Degree/GED required, Bachelors preferred
- One year experience working with target population preferred
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.
