You are applying for a position through Medix, a staffing agency. The actual posting represents a position at one of our clients.
Company Information
Our client company proudly serves diverse communities, offering high-quality, multi-generational programs and services that enhance well-being and socioeconomic opportunities. For over a century, they have provided best-in-class programming focusing on education, health and wellness, arts and culture, and civic engagement.
Job Summary
Our client is seeking an Advocate, specifically a Youth Peer Mentor (YPM), to deliver youth-focused, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed recovery services to youth and families involved with child welfare services. The YPM will foster rapport, assess stages of change, explore change goals, and provide tailored interventions to promote motivation and readiness for positive change.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide orientation to youth regarding the process of Project ENTER and build motivation for and facilitate access to SUD treatment/recovery services.
- Engage youth around preventing an increase in substance use, staying motivated, and accessing youth development resources.
- Explore potential change goals, offer tailored interventions to promote motivation and readiness for change, address barriers to care, and explore treatment and recovery options in the youth's local community.
- Assist youth in identifying their goals and interests regarding recovery and developing strategies for achieving these goals.
- Escort individuals to appointments with agencies, self-help groups, and other community resources as needed.
- Identify and support linkages to community resources that support the recovering person's goals and interests.
- Promote self-advocacy by assisting youth to have their voices fully heard; their needs, goals, and objectives established as a focal point of rehabilitation and clinical services.
- Conduct sessions with youth and their parent(s)/guardian to identify support needed to foster holistic recovery.
- Promote and participate in outreach to inform community members about the Center's services.
- Connect youth (and families) to specialized educational and employment services as needed.
- Make referrals for family members to the Center for prevention programming, peer, and family support.
- Maintain an information database pertaining to peer activities.
- Accurately and efficiently document interactions with individuals in appropriate files and electronic databases.
- Provide advocacy services to participants involved with child welfare and juvenile justice systems.
- Facilitate meetings for family members.
- Develop relationships with community groups/agencies in partnership with the Center.
- Attend staff meetings, trainings, and other pertinent events as recommended by supervisors.
Qualifications
- Identified as a person who has first-hand experience with social, emotional, medical, developmental, substance use, and/or behavioral challenges.
- Ability to use lived experiences to support youth in their resiliency/recovery and wellness.
- Familiarity with the HCBS Behavioral Health "peer service" model.
- Experience with culturally diverse populations in an addiction service setting.
- Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office; experience in electronic database systems preferred.
Education
Certifications
- NYS Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA) or (CPRA-P) - required
Additional Requirements
- This is a full-time position, approximately 37 hours per week.
Benefits
- Paid Sick Leave (Medix provides paid sick leave according to state and local sick leave ordinances).
- Health Benefits / Dental / Vision (Medix offers 6 different health plans: 3 Major Medical Plans, 2 Fixed Indemnity Plans (Standard and Preferred), and 1 Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) Plan. Eligibility for health benefits is based on verifying that an average of 30 hours per week during the first 4 weeks of the work assignment has been met. If you meet eligibility requirements and take action to enroll, you will be covered no earlier than 60 days into your assignment, depending on plan selection(s)).
- 401k (Eligible on the first 401k open enrollment date following 6 consecutive months on assignment. 401k Open Enrollment dates are 1/1, 4/1, 7/1, and 10/1).
- Short Term Disability Insurance.
- Term Life Insurance Plan.
*We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO), Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers (ULAC), The San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance (FCO), and the California Fair Chance Act (CFCA).
Medix Overview:
With over 20 years of experience connecting organizations with highly qualified professionals, Medix is a leading provider of workforce solutions for clients and candidates across the healthcare, scientific, technology, and government industries. Through our core purpose of positively impacting lives, we’re dedicated to creating opportunities for job seekers at some of the nation's top companies. As an award-winning career partner, Medix is committed to helping talent find fulfilling and meaningful work because our mission is to help you achieve yours.
Any required state or Joint Commission training is compensated at the state or local minimum wage rate.
*As a job position within our Care Management division, a successful completion of a background check may be required as a condition of employment. This requirement is directly related to essential job functions including but not limited to: accessing financial and confidential information, access and handling of patient medical records, providing medical care inside a patient’s residential address, driving, prescription and other drug access and administration, and working with vulnerable populations, such as, minors, elderly and those with physical or mental disabilities. Due to these job duties, this position has a significant impact on the business operations and reputation, as well as the safety and well-being of individuals who may be cared for as part of the job position or who may interact with staff or clients.
