Student - Wellness Peer Educator

Campus

Location:

Main Campus (Galloway)

Department: Student Health & Wellness

Salary Range: $15.92 per hour

Work Hours: 5 - 10 per week

Under the supervision of the Health Educator, the Wellness Peer Educator will support the Stockton University Wellness Center in promoting student health, wellness, and overall well-being. This position involves assisting with outreach programs, workshops, and events focused on topics such as stress management, mental health awareness, substance use prevention, nutrition, and healthy relationships. Peer Educators serve as role models and resources for fellow students, helping to create a positive and supportive campus environment.

• Assisting Health Educator with Health and Wellness Center workshops and events that may include evening and weekend hours
• Developing, promoting and presenting workshops relevant to current health issues within the campus community
• Attending weekly mandatory staff and planning meetings, one‑on‑one scheduled meetings, training, peer educator office hours, programming and events
• Working in collaboration with other Wellness Center staff and community vendors at events
• Working with other students who have already been trained as peer educators or those that desire to become peer educators
• Educating students about Wellness Center services and providing referrals where needed
• Working an average of 5 hours per week or more budget permitting, providing on campus education in the form of workshops, and programming as the primary facilitator, co‑facilitator or helping Wellness Center staff
• Maintaining cleanliness of the peer educator working area, peer educator storage and supplies closet including the set‑up and break‑down from events
• Checking and responding to email and text messages sent by supervisor promptly
• Completing bi‑weekly progress reports and timesheets documenting time spent along with a description of how time was spent
• Maintaining correct hours and descriptions for time spent in time sheet folder. Only document hours worked or approved by the supervisor. Peer Educators cannot work 6 hours straight without taking a ½ hour break. Inability to manage this information will result in delayed pay, not getting paid and/or may result in termination
• Completing the online peer education training and exam through NASPA. Upon successful completion of the program, you will become a certified Peer Educator
• Maintaining a semester grade point average of 2.5 and a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 during the active term of this contract. Any peer educator that falls below the 2.5 GPA requirement will be placed on academic and probation and must meet with their supervisor. If either the semester and/or cumulative GPA at the end of the academic probation semester are not at or above a 2.5, the peer educator will be released from their position
• Having no current or future violations of campus policy are acceptable and peer educators are expected to conduct themselves in ordinance with the University’s Code of Conduct which can be found in the Student Handbook on Stockton University’s website at: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).?site
  
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• Striving to be non‑judgmental, responsible, dependable, and function as a resource to individual students and groups. Always maintaining a high level of ethical standards while adhering to all federal, state and local laws, as well as University policies
• Striving to be a positive role model for responsible and healthy lifestyle choices. This extends to on and off campus, both physically in the community and through all forms of social media
• Maintaining confidentiality by not sharing any specific information about persons or situations with anyone other than the immediate supervisor unless someone reveals that they want to hurt themselves or someone else. In that instance, if the supervisor is not accessible, immediately notify Stockton police and/or the complex director on duty
• Maintaining confidentiality of any student seen in the Wellness Center including but not limited to discussions with of any aspect of assisting students,…