Youth Peer Advocate

• Educate recipients about self-help techniques and self-help group processes.
  
• Teach effective coping strategies based on personal lived experience.
  
• Teach symptom management skills.
  
• Assist in clarifying rehabilitation.
  
• Attend required meetings.
  
• Maintain documentation/reports.
  

Requirements

Education:

• High School Diploma or GED required
  
• NYS Peer Advocate credential is required within 30 days of employment.
  

• Must self-identify as a person who has first-hand experience with social, emotional, medical, developmental, substance use, and/or behavioral challenges or has received services in any one of the child serving systems juvenile justice, foster care, special education, addiction recovery.
  
• Driver's license and ability to maintain insurance throughout employment is .
  

Benefits

• Student Loan and Tuition Reimbursement
  
• Agency-Paid CEUs, License Prep Course, and License Exam
  
• 
  
  403(b) with 6% employer contribution
  
• PTO plus 9 paid holidays​
  
• Childcare Reimbursement
  
• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance (with HSA/FSA Accounts)
  
• Life Insurance
  
• Employee Assistance Program
  
• Employee Discounts at the Southern Tier Community Center
  
• Opportunities for Professional Development