COME DEMONSTRATE YOUR PASSION FOR CHILD & FAMILY EMPOWERMENT BY JOINING THE WAYSIDE TEAM!

SIGN ON BONUS OF $2000!! ($1000 AFTER 30 DAYS; $1000 AFTER 90 DAYS)

At Wayside, you can expect to be part of an inclusive, innovative, and equity- focused community that approaches client care as a matter of social justice. Wayside is one of Massachusetts’ most respected child and family serving agencies with program locations across Central, Eastern and Northeastern Massachusetts serving more than 6,000 children, young adults, and families each year.

Wayside thinks of our employees as whole people and invests in benefits to support employee wellness.

• Tuition, training & student loan reimbursement
• PTO Package: 3 Wellness Days (time off), 9 Paid Holidays, Up to 3 weeks of vacation (in your first year)
• A learning environment - free training institute with thought leaders, CEU trainings & program trainings, etc.
• Financial health supports
• Equity focused medical benefits
• Teamwork atmosphere
• Career development support - a great place to grow your career!!!

Peer Mentor - Community Based Salary Range: $16-$18/hour

Wayside Youth & Family Support Network is hiring for creative and empat hi c Peer Mentors with personal "lived" experience in the behavioral health system. We provide a supportive culture that is team-focused and places value on healthy work dynamics. This position can be full or part time.

What you will do:

• Use your story and experience to provide hope, information, advocacy and one on one support to young adults learning to manage their mental health challenges.
• Promote skill building in the life domains of: social functioning, symptom management, coping skills and activities of daily living.
• Collaborate with all members of the team to ensure continuity in treatment, services, and messages delivered.
• Provide both "soft" services (mentoring, counseling, skill-building) with identified clients as well as "hard" services including transportation, referrals, accessing concrete services such as furniture, food, etc.
• Serve as an advocate and attend meetings with the family and as requested by the youth and/or family.

Minimum Requirements:

• Personal experience managing your own mental illness, trauma, and/or substance dependency
• Valid driver’s license/access to reliable automobile

We will train you in : Motivational Interviewing; Courageous Conversations; Trauma Informed Practice Wayside welcomes equity-minded applicants whose values align with our goal of being a child welfare and behavioral health agency committed to anti-racism, social justice, and advocacy. Successful candidates are asked to be engaged in Wayside’s dedication to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. Bilingual/bicultural and LGBTQ+ applicants are encouraged to apply!

Competencies/Traits of Our Superstars:

• Talent connecting with people
• Strong communication skills -both written and verbal
• Ability to assess and manage risk
• Flexibility and creative thinking with an ability to adapt
• Strong boundaries

Founded in 1977, Wayside Youth & Family Support Network is a non-profit, nationally accredited human services agency dedicated to building Strength, Hope and Resiliency through its family-based outreach services, residential treatment programs, and community-based counseling services to thousands of children, youth and families throughout Eastern and Central Massachusetts.

Wayside is committed to an inclusive, diverse, vibrant workforce that reflects the communities we serve, celebrates the rich diversity of our children, youth, families and employees and believes that by harnessing the power of our collective similarities and differences we can better serve our mission. Therefore, we are dedicated through open communication and ongoing education to increase awareness and pledge to seek out and respect diverse voices in all aspects of our work.