Senior Peer Support Worker, Youth Prevention & Recovery Centre (YPARC)
Core
Provide individual peer support and facilitate recovery-focused group programs for young people accessing mental health and drug/alcohol services, leveraging lived experience to promote hope and independence.
Role type
Senior Peer Support Worker (Lived Experience)
Builds
Recovery-oriented, trauma-informed youth mental health care within a 24/7 supported, home-like environment
Domain
Mental Health / Drug and Alcohol Services / Youth Care
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Lived experience in tertiary mental health and/or alcohol and other drug services, Facilitation, Mentoring, Trauma-informed practice, Recovery-oriented practice, Person-centred practice
Preferred skills
Leadership, Multidisciplinary collaboration, Service innovation
Responsibilities
Provide individual peer support, Facilitate therapeutic and peer groups, Mentor and guide Peer Workers, Advocate for lived experience perspectives in policy and service delivery
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities