Youth Support Navigator - Certified Youth Peer Support Specialist

About the role

This position has a hybrid schedule and requires meeting in person with members 3-4 times a week. The ideal candidate must reside in the southern region of New Mexico and be able to travel.

Responsibilities

• Direct Peer Support & Recovery Planning: Provide one-to-one peer support for youth with mental health or substance use needs. Guide youth in developing wellness plans using an evidence-based framework. Facilitate use of the 8 Dimensions of Wellness to set whole-health goals. Assist with transitions from inpatient, residential, and alternative care settings to community-based recovery supports. Support youth in building empowerment, self-advocacy, and problem-solving skills and maintaining progress toward recovery through community participation and role modeling wellness.
• Administrative Responsibilities: Maintain accurate, timely, and complete documentation to ensure records meet compliance, audit, and reporting requirements. Participate in supervision, training, and ongoing professional development. Travel within the community to meet youth members.
• Engagement & Education: Initiate proactive outreach to youth to build engagement and facilitate successful enrollment into the peer support program. Educate providers, internal staff, and youth on resiliency and recovery practices.

Requirements

• Self-identified person in recovery with lived experience of youth/young adult mental health or substance use services.
• Completed training and certification as a Youth Peer Support Specialist.
• Reliable vehicle and ability to travel in the community.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and comfort using mobile apps and web-based platforms.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Ability to document accurately and maintain timely records.
• Knowledge of local mental health, substance use and community systems, recovery and resiliency principles, wrapround, and tools such as wellness planning and the 8 dimensions of wellness.
• Experience representing member strengths and needs in clinical or interdisciplinary settings.
• Ability to analyze complex situations and make independent decisions.
• Proven ability to work both independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Lived Experience With Mental Health/Substance Use Recovery, Peer Specialist
• YPSS - Youth Peer Support Specialist - Care Mgmt
• Care Mgmt License

Skills

• Microsoft Office Suite
• Mobile apps and web-based platforms
• Interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Documentation accuracy and timeliness
• Knowledge of local mental health, substance use, and community systems
• Resilience and recovery practices
• Wellness planning and the 8 dimensions of wellness
• Representing member strengths and needs in clinical or interdisciplinary settings
• Complex situation analysis and decision-making
• Teamwork and fast-paced environment

Benefits

The position offers a comprehensive benefits package including general health, life, voluntary, and other benefits and perks that enhance physical, mental, emotional, and financial wellbeing. Magellan Health, Inc. is committed to being an equal opportunity employer and a tobacco-free workplace.

Pay

Salary Range: $41,505 - $62,255

Schedule

Hybrid schedule with in-person meetings 3-4 times a week.