Peer Mentor – Intensive Home-Based Therapeutic Care

Job overview

The Peer Mentor – Intensive Home-Based Therapeutic Care role is onsite in Pittsfield, MA. Pay is $24.27 per hour. Brien Center for Mental Health provides the setting for this youth-focused peer support role. The mentor uses lived experience and recovery stories to support young people’s wellness, self-determination, and decision-making. By listening, modeling recovery, and sharing community resource knowledge, the mentor helps youth work toward greater quality of life and satisfaction.

What you'll do

• Support youth in care through modeling, active listening, and sharing lived experience
• promote person-centered self-determination and decision-making
• use recovery stories to encourage wellness and recovery
• draw on knowledge of community resources
• suggest options and alternatives.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

peer mentor

intensive home-based therapeutic care

pittsfield ma

brien center for mental health

youth support

peer recovery

lived experience

wellness

self-determination

community resources

$24.27/hour

full-time

onsite

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Requires lived recovery experience, including at least 6 months to one year of personal recovery; the posting specifies at least one year of recovery or sobriety for people with alcohol or substance issues.

About the employer

Brien Center for Mental Health is hiring for this role. Industry: Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers. Sector: 62.