Youth Peer Support Specialist

Job overview

The Youth Peer Support Specialist role is community-based, with work across Boyd, Carter, Elliott, Greenup, and Lawrence counties in Kentucky and settings that include offices, homes, schools, primary care offices, and telehealth. Compensation starts at $18 per hour. The role supports RE’s NEKY Children Crisis-to-Community Regional Telebehavioral Health Spoke and Collaborative Care team. Using lived experience, the specialist helps youth and caregivers stay connected to care after referrals, crises, emergency department visits, or hospital discharge. Peer support, outreach, resource navigation, and follow-up help families engage with care and address barriers to continued participation.

What you'll do

• Use relevant lived experience to build trust and engagement
• contact youth and families promptly after referrals and crises
• explain services and coordinate appointments
• model coping strategies and resilience
• support youth and caregivers in care planning
• participate in Collaborative Care meetings and case reviews
• connect families with community resources
• re-engage families after missed appointments
• help families use telehealth equipment
• coordinate with schools and community partners
• document contacts, referrals, and outcomes.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

youth peer support specialist

peer support

youth mental health

care coordination

telebehavioral health

resource navigation

crisis follow-up

community-based

boyd county ky

carter county ky

elliott county ky

greenup county ky

lawrence county ky

$18/hour

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Full-time benefits package includes 401(k) with immediate vesting and dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6%, paid leave, and health, dental, and vision coverage.

Why this role

Requires lived experience receiving youth mental health or substance use services, or involvement in foster care, residential, DCBS, or DJJ settings; applicants must be ages 18–35 under state regulations. Local travel across five Kentucky counties is required.

About the employer

Ramey-Estep / Re-group is hiring for this role. Industry: Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities. Sector: 62.