Youth Peer Advocate

Job Description

Job Description

What You’ll Do

• Assist program participants in obtaining and maintaining housing by providing frequent coaching and peer-to-peer mentoring.
• Support program participants in understanding the housing and social service system.
• Accompany program participants on appointment for mental health, health, education, employment and other concrete needs.
• Assist participants with concerns including housing, health care, social service and educational issues.
• Help youth to understand and follow their individualized plan.
• Assist with mediation of conflict between roommates enrolled in the program.
• Advocate for needs and best interest of program participants with case management staff.
• Act as a source of support for program participants and provide appropriate feedback to promote success.
• Participate in treatment team meetings, service plan reviews, intake meetings and discharge conferences to represent the needs and best interest of program participants.
• Document all interactions and meetings in progress notes.
• Other duties that may be assigned.

Your Qualifications

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Supervisory Responsibility

No

Work Environment : Field

Position Type / Expected Hours of Work :

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday in our Jamaica Office. Work hours options are 9 : 00 am - 5 : 00 pm, 9 : 30 am - 5 : 30 pm, 10 am - 6 pm.

Additional Requirements :

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

It is the policy of Rising Ground that the Agency complies with equal treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to an individual’s perceived or actual race, creed, color, national origin, alienate, citizenship status, gender, age, disability, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or veteran status in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, layoff and termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.