Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $21-23 per hour /  HS Diploma 

         $30-35 per hour /  Bachelors Degree

Expected hours: After school hours and weekends

Sunshine Care Network, a division of Clinical Staffing Resources, is seeking Youth Peer Advocates for work in the five boroughs of NY as well as Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester Counties

Part-time (20-25 hours per week) after school, nights and weekends required,

Hourly position $25-30 per hour depending on experience and case load

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Youth Peer Advocate (YPA) is a young adult who self-identifies as having experience with social, emotional, or behavioral health challenges as a young person, and/or has received services in any one of the child-serving systems (juvenile justice, foster care, special education, or addiction recovery).

YPAs use their “lived experience” to promote resiliency, recovery, wellness, and self-efficacy in young people, and support the practice of youth-guided and family-driven approaches. The Youth Peer Advocate position is community-based. Services are delivered in a variety of settings that meet the young person’s individual needs and schedule.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Establish structured, strength-based, supportive relationships with youth and their families for the benefit of the young person. Meet youth in the office, at home or in the community as requested;
• Connect youth to community resources and services;
• Provide mutual support, hope, reassurance and advocacy which includes sharing one’s own “personal recovery/resiliency story” as appropriate;
• Facilitate meetings as needed and serve as an advocate and mentor;
• Assist in navigating the service system, including engagement and bridging during transitions in care and developing skills to independently navigate services;
• Using an electronic database, document demographic data on all individuals seen, track all services provided and monitor progress towards identified goals;
• Complete all documentation in compliance with agency policy and funding regulations in a timely fashion. This includes, but is not limited to case records, time sheets, mileage forms and expense reports;
• Participate in all agency quality improvement activities.

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Paid time off
• Health, Vision and Dental

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday Afternoons
• Weekends as needed

Application Question(s):

• This position is mainly for after school and weekends. Are you available to work then?
• Do you have access to a vehicle to drive to the required location for this position?

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

• Caregiving: 1 year (Required)

Language:

• Spanish (Preferred)

Work Location: In person