Young Adult Peer Mentor; Youth Quake

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Established in 1977, Vinfen is a nonprofit, health and human services organization and a leading provider of community-based services to individuals with mental health conditions, intellectual and developmental disabilities, brain injuries, and behavioral health challenges. Our services and advocacy promote the recovery, resiliency, habilitation, and self-determination of the people we serve. Vinfen’s 3,500 dedicated employees are experienced, highly-trained professionals who provide a full range of supportive living, health, educational, and clinical services in over 550 sites throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut.

My Job. My Community. My Vinfen.

• Works with the YYA (if chosen) to enhance skills of self-direction and empowerment.
• Provides 1:1 support, coaching, and modeling to support and improve engagement in services.
• Carries caseload of YYA for the purposes of providing individual 1:1 peer mentoring.
• Provides the core staffing for the Drop In center.
• Uses the Young Adult Peer Mentoring Practice Profile to define role.
• Provides outreach and marketing efforts to educate YYA and other stakeholders in the community about the program and services.
• Helps the Drop In leadership and TIP Facilitator staff with the identification and accessing of existing and new services and service providers that will benefit the YYA.
• Helps the YYA to develop supportive relationships and community connections.
• Promotes the development of healthy lifestyles and wellness practices, including substance misuse.
• Supports the YYA in the development of self-sufficiency and positive employment behaviors.
• Helps the YYA to identify their needs and goals relating to education, employment, family relationships, spirituality, and social recreation, and ensures they are integrated in their Wraparound Plan.
• Helps YYA in communicating and working effectively with service providers, employers, natural supports, family members, and others to achieve their goals.
• Helps YYA in developing life skills, finding their voice and identifying and using their strengths.
• Uses Achieve My Plan, Gathering and Inspiring Future Talent, motivational interviewing, harm reduction, and other evidence informed/based and best practice models, as trained.
• Promotes discovery and recovery as they use their own lived experience in a purposeful, strength-based way to support YYA.
• Inspires hope and future focus in YYA.
• Attends in-service trainings and staff meetings.
• Helps YYA develop self-advocacy skills, in groups or individually.
• Serves as a bridge between the child/young adult-serving mental health service systems on behalf of the YYA.
• Helps maximize choices available to YYA as well as their self-determination and participation in the planning, delivery, and evaluation of their services.
• Models effective coping techniques and self-help strategies.
• Provides crisis intervention, when needed.
• Performs other related duties, as required.

• Experience as a recipient of services for people with psychiatric conditions and be well along in own personal recovery (self-knowledge and habits needed to support one’s own health) required.
• One year experience working with YYA experiencing co-occurring disorders in addition to psychiatric conditions.

• A high school diploma or equivalent is required;
  Bachelor’s degree in a human services discipline strongly preferred.

• May be called on to drive for Vinfen using either a Vinfen van or personal vehicle.
• A valid driver's license must be presented at the time of employment.
• Incumbents must be at least 21 years of age, have maintained a valid US driver's license for at least one year, and must be able to pass a driver's screening background check.
• If driving, must maintain a safe driving record, which is subject to annual checks. If using a personal vehicle, must possess and maintain adequate insurance.

• Ability to stand, walk, bend, kneel, stoop, crouch, crawl, climb as this is a very physically active position.
• Must be able to lift at least 25 pounds using proper lifting…