Youth ACT Youth Peer Advocate
Listed on 2026-01-12
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Social Work
Community Health, Family Advocacy & Support Services
Looking for an exciting and meaningful career helping youth and families across Long Island?
Come join Hope For Youth in our new Youth Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team as a Youth Peer Advocate!
For more than 50 years, Hope For Youth has provided services for children, youth and families, spanning a continuum of care from out‑patient, clinical and preventive services, to foster care, diagnostic and emergency residential services. The organization works with children as young as birth through 21 across the Long Island region. We are also honored to announce that the Hauppauge Industrial Association of Long Island (HIA‑LI), an advocate for its member organizations since 1978, has recognized HFY as their Not‑For Profit Business Award honoree for Excellence in 2025!
Youth Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is a program licensed by the NY State Office of Mental Health and designed to address the significant needs of children ages 10 up to 21, who are at risk of entering, or are returning home from high intensity services, such as inpatient settings or residential services, using a multi‑disciplinary team. Children with significant psychiatric needs, who are at risk of institutional level of care, require intensive interventions to adequately support the child and family's complex needs, to avoid high end services or facilitate and support a successful transition back to community.
Whatis a YPA
Youth Peer Advocates (YPA) are individuals aged 18-30 years old, who self‑identify as a person who has first hand experience with mental health and/or co‑occurring behavioral health challenges. Peer advocates are in a unique position to serve role models, educate recipients about self help techniques and self help group processes, teach effective coping strategies based on personal lived experience and teach symptom management skills.
Responsibilities60% Direct family therapeutic contact including transportation
20% Case documentation, reports, case related meetings
20% Staff/team meetings/supervision/training
Qualificationsread/write reports and log entries, walking/standing/sitting for prolonged periods, bending/stooping, kneeling/squatting, climbing stairs, reaching overhead, repetitive wrist/finger movements, driving own vehicle
This Opportunity is being offered as Full Time, 35-hour work week (flexible hours)
Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
Please include a resume, cover letter and salary requirements.
All positions are subject to background screening as required by law or contract, including but not limited to:
Staff Exclusion List (SEL), State Central Child Abuse Registry…
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