Youth Peer SupportWorker – Regional Youth Peer Support Program

TheYouth Peer Support Worker (YPSW) provides recovery-oriented, youth-centeredpeer support to youth 13-24 years accessing mental health and substance useservices. Drawing from lived and living experience, the YPSW builds authenticand strengths-based relationships that foster hope, resilience,self-determination, and wellbeing.

Workingwithin a referral-based model, the YPSW supports youth through one-to-one andgroup-based peer support, system navigation, mentorship, and connection tocommunity resources. This role works collaboratively with interdisciplinaryteams and community partners while upholding trauma-informed, culturally safe,anti-oppressive, and harm reduction practices.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

- Provide one-to-one peer support to youth and young adults throughemotional support, encouragement, goal setting, and practical problem solving.
- Build trusting, respectful, and youth-centered relationships thatpromote self-determination and independence.
- Support youth in navigating mental health, substance use, andcommunity-based services and resources.
- Assist youth in developing self-advocacy skills and confidence inaccessing services and supports.
- Facilitate group workshops and peer-based activities focused onwellness, recovery, skill building, and social connection.
- Use lived and living experience intentionally and ethically to promotehope, normalize experiences, and reduce isolation.
- Support youth in identifying strengths, protective factors, culturalconnections, and meaningful goals.




- Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings and contributelived-experience-informed perspectives to service planning.
- Maintain accurate and timely documentation, service records, andactivity reporting in accordance with organizational standards.
- Identify and escalation safety concerns, critical incidents, or changes inpresentation according to established protocols.
- Maintain professional boundaries, confidentiality, and ethical practicein all aspects of peer support work.
- Participate in ongoing training, reflective practice, supervision, andprofessional development opportunities.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education,Training and Experience

- Completion of a two-year diploma in a related human or social servicesfield, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and lived/livingexperience.
- Minimum one (1) year of experience in peer support, mental health,and/or substance use programming.
- Lived and living experience with mental health and/or substance usechallenges, with the ability to use this experience appropriately within a peersupport role.

Working Conditions:

- Regular travel throughout theassigned Fraser Health region is required.
- Work may take place incommunity, clinical, and partner organization settings.
- Flexible scheduling,including occasional evenings, may be required based on program needs.

AdditionalRequirements:





- CriminalRecord Check is required.
- CurrentFirst Aid and CPR Certificate.
- Validand unrestricted Class 5 BC Driver’s License with access to a safe and reliablevehicle.
- Acceptable Driver’s Abstract (providedannually).
- Positionrequires Union Membership.

Knowledge,Skills and Abilities

- Demonstrated understanding of peer support values, ethics, andrecovery-oriented practice.
- Strong interpersonal, relationship-building, and active listeningskills.
- Ability to engage youth using strengths-based, trauma-informed, andyouth-centered approaches.
- Knowledge of mental health, substance use, harm reduction, and communitysupport systems.
- Ability to support youth with system navigation and self-advocacy.
- Solid facilitation skills for group-based workshops and activities.
- Ability to work collaboratively within interdisciplinary teams andcommunity partnerships.
- Excellent organizational, time management, and documentation skills.
- Ability to maintain professional boundaries and confidentiality.
- Demonstrated cultural humility, inclusivity, and anti-oppressivepractice.
- Ability to work independently and adapt to changing priorities.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and electronicdocumentation systems.

Shift/Schedule/Hours per week:

Position 1 (Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows):

25 hours a week; Tuesday 9:00am - 4:00 pm, Wednesday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm, Thursday and Friday 9:00 am – 4:00pm

Position 2 (Port Moody):

21 hours a week; Monday and Tuesday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Wednesday10:00 am - 7:00 pm

Position 3 (Port Moody):

14 hours a week; Wednesday

📌 Peer Support Worker (Maple Ridge)
🏢 Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Community Services
📍 Maple Ridge