Help youth navigate health, mental health, substance use, and community resources at Foundry Surrey Central as a regular part time peer worker.
Pacific Community Resources Society offers a Youth Peer Support Worker position within Foundry’s integrated youth services model. Drawing on lived experience, you will provide peer-based mentoring, emotional support, and service navigation. You will work with youth, families, and interdisciplinary team members.
Key Responsibilities:
- Share information about services, resources, and system navigation
- Offer one-on-one and group support through walk-in services
- Facilitate recovery-based peer support meetings and activities
- Promote mental health and substance use recovery skills
- Document services, progress, notes, and care plans electronically
Requirements:
- High School or Dogwood education required
- Experience working with youth facing mental health issues
- Experience working with youth facing substance use issues
- Willingness to complete recognized youth peer support training
- Broad knowledge of community social and health services
Use your lived experience, resource knowledge, and peer mentoring abilities to strengthen youth wellness and recovery support.