Youth Peer Support (KRCC Perry or Letcher Counties)
Kentucky River Community Care
Location
Hazard, Kentucky
Quick overview
The Youth Peer Support Specialist uses personal experiences to teach and serve as a role model for clients. They empower clients to voice their choices and enhance relationships with community partners.
Requirements summary
Candidates must be between 18 and 35 years old and have a high school diploma or GED. They should have experience with emotional, social, behavioral, or substance use challenges and have received services from a child-serving agency.
Job description
Position: Youth Peer Support Specialist (FAIR Team)
Company/Location: Kentucky River Community Care/Hazard or Whitesburg, KY
Employment type: Regular Full-Time
Credentials needed
must be at least eighteen (18) years of age but no older than thirty-five (35); receiving or have received at least one (1) child serving agency or a state funded service that is related to youth’s emotional, social, behavioral, or substance use disability.
Special skills/knowledge required
high school diploma or equivalent, KFLA training, demonstrate leadership and advocacy in the field of behavioral health.
Primary Functions
- Use relevant personal stories to teach through experience.
- Serve as a role model for clients.
- Ensure and empower clients to use their voice and choice during development and implementation of plans.
- Enhance client relationships with community partners.
Shift/Days and Work Hours: Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm
Eligibility Criteria
- Per 908
- KAR 2:240 Section 2. Youth Peer Support Specialist must meet the eligibility criteria established by the
- Commonwealth of
- Kentucky under 908
- KAR 2:240 Section 2 to serve as a Youth Peer Support Specialist.
- I am between the ages of 18 and 35.
- I have a high school diploma or GED.
- I have experience as a child or youth with emotional, social, behavioral, or substance use challenges as defined in the current version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).
- I have received or am receiving services from at least one child-serving agency a state-funded service that is related to emotional, social, behavioral, or substance abuse disability.
- I have completed or am in the process of completing the Kentucky Youth Peer Support Specialist Core Competency Training.
- I have completed or will complete as a prerequisite the Kentucky Family Leadership Academy (KFLA) training.
- I am willing and able to appropriately discuss and share my experience to support other youth.
- I have not been convicted of any disqualifying offenses as defined by state regulation.
- I understand that providing false information may result in disqualification from certification or employment.
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