Youth Peer Service Specialist

About the role

The Youth Peer Service Specialist provides peer support, youth engagement, care coordination, mentorship, and group facilitation services to adolescents and young adults ages 16–25. The position supports youth through Alternative Peer Group programming, wellness planning, educational and vocational exploration, life-skills development, and connection to community resources. The specialist is also responsible for community outreach collaborating with key stakeholders for referral and community supports. The specialist uses professional and lived experience, strengths-based approaches, and positive youth development principles to foster resilience, leadership, and healthy peer relationships.

What It Means To Work At Fedcap: Fedcap is not just an amazing place to work, it’s a place that provides services that changes lives. We help individuals move towards economic independence as valued members of the workplace and their communities. Fedcap was one of the first vocational rehabilitation programs for the physically disabled in the United States and has broadened its services since its inception. Expect to be a part of something bigger, an organization that started in 1935 by 3 WWI veterans who came