Peer Advocate
Location | Canton, OH |
Date Posted | May 5, 2020 |
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Job Type |
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Description
VACANCY NOTICE
CHILD AND ADOLESCENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
Position Available: Peer Advocate
Job Duties/Description:
Provide positive peer role modeling, emotional support, and life skills to youth and young adults with mental, emotional, and/or behavioral challenges in our community.
Qualifications:
Ideal candidate is a young adult who has been a past recipient of services in the child-serving system (mental health, foster care, juvenile justice). Must have desire and ability to serve as a positive role model and mentor to youth in need of direction and support. Candidate must have a valid driver’s license, auto insurance and use of personal vehicle. Peer certification preferred, or you will be required to attend trainings to become a certified peer.
Salary range: Agency Standards
Hours: Flexible hours, based on need, 40 hours per week
Send resume/apply by: May 20, 2020
To: Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health (C&A)
Email: mfrazier@childandadolescent.org
Website: www.childandadolescent.org
Questions to: Stacey Pancher-Rippey, MA, LPCC-S, TCTT Manager at 330-470-4061 ext. 403, or email at spancher@childandadolescent.org.
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