Peer Navigator

Responsibilities

• Harness own lived experience navigating foster care to engage, empower and connect with youth who are currently involved with the child welfare system.
• Serve as mentors, role models and "system navigators" to youth (ages 14-21) who are in the DCF foster care system and preparing for adulthood.
• Support the philosophy, mission and purpose of P2P, and its strength-based, trauma and healing informed care services to assist the youth in leading self-directed lives centered on fostering authentic goals-centered partnerships.
• Connect youth to resources and services necessary to support their individual growth and success.
• Aid youth in the foster care system to understand the different and key roles that various professionals such as child welfare, legal professionals (Law Guardian), advocates (CASA), and behavioral health system professionals (CSOC, CMO) play in their lives.
• Establish rapport with youth and provide guidance in youth’s identification, development, and planning of specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound goals to pursue.
• Ensure that youth assessments and data entry are completed on time to track youth progress.
• Attend ongoing supervision to process the challenges and barriers in working with youth, and to develop strategies to enhance youth mentorship.
• Schedule and attend appointments with youth and ensure that communication is maintained between appointments.
• Gain a thorough understanding of the roles of other professionals who assist the youth.
• Ability to maintain written communication logs and progress notes in a timely manner.

Requirements

• Must have at least a GED or High School Diploma with lived experience in the child welfare system.
• P2P navigators are considered “near peers” and are required to be relatable to the youth.
• Licenses: Required to possess a valid driver's license in good standing and hold professional licensure for eligible candidates.
• All positions require a valid driver’s license in good standing and pre-employment drug screening.

Qualifications

• Education: Must have at least a GED or High School Diploma with lived experience in the child welfare system.

Skills

• Empathy
• Trust
• Shared Understanding
• Mentoring
• Role Modeling
• System Navigation
• Resource Connection
• Professional Licensure

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Medical and dental insurance
• Vision plan
• Retailment plan
• Flexible spending plans
• Excellent time benefits for qualified positions
• Opportunity for personal and career growth
• Team-oriented environment
• FISH! Philosophy