Youth Peer Support Specialist

Requirements

• Provide individualized peer support aligned with each student’s needs, fostering choice, confidence, and independence.
• Facilitate small group sessions to teach recovery, resiliency, and life skills.
• Build rapport with students by modeling recovery and appropriately sharing lived experiences.
• Identify and connect youth to community resources, skill-building opportunities, and supportive services.
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation.
• Participate in the on-call rotation to provide crisis line coverage during scheduled times.
• Deliver crisis prevention, intervention, and post-stabilization support.
• Conduct screening, triage, safety planning, and referrals to appropriate levels of care.
• Represent the organization at school and community events as needed.
• Perform additional duties to support organizational goals as assigned.