Description

Pay $18.00 - $20.00 per hour

Youth Peer Advocates (YPA) are peers who are in a unique position to draw on their personal experience to engage and inspire hope. The focus of their work is empowering young people to find their voice, acquire new skills, and learn how to plan and partner effectively with their parents/caregivers and service providers. In the course of their work, YPAs are also promoting constructive advocacy at all levels, modeling and mentoring young people in those same skills.

YPAs are individuals between 18 and 30 years of age who have self-identified as a person who has first-hand experience with social, emotional, medical, developmental, substance use, and/or behavioral challenges. They are able to use their lived experience with a disability, mental health challenge, substance use disorder and/or experience in juvenile justice, special education, and/or foster care to support young people in their resiliency/r...