Support youth wellness at Foundry Surrey Central through lived experience, peer mentoring, service navigation, and emotional support in regular part-time work.
Pacific Community Resources Society seeks a Youth Peer Support Worker for its integrated youth services centre. You will support youth ages 12–24 and young adults through one-on-one and group services. The work includes collaboration with families and an interdisciplinary care team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build purposeful relationships and encourage engagement in centre services
- Provide mentorship, guidance, emotional support, and resource information
- Lead or co-facilitate peer services and recovery activities
- Support functioning, independence, and active participation
- Maintain electronic records, progress notes, and care plans
Requirements:
- High School or Dogwood education
- Experience supporting youth with mental health or substance use issues
- Lived experience and recognized youth peer support training
- Ability to establish rapport and maintain therapeutic relationships
- Conflict resolution, crisis intervention, and confidentiality skills
Bring lived experience, compassionate listening, and recovery-focused peer support to youth and families at Foundry Surrey Central.
