Peer Mentor Part - Time

Your Opportunity

Are you interested in being part of positive changes in child welfare services?

Founded in 1975 with locations across California, Aspiranet is a trusted neighbor, partner and care provider that exists to help families thrive. With personalized care, Aspiranet offers a unique blend of services including foster family support, residential care, adoption services, services for foster youth transitioning to adulthood, mental health services, intensive home-based care, and community-based family resources. We celebrate our values of respect, integrity, courage and hope through our work, and most importantly, our people.

Aspiranet staff gain inspiration from human connection and understand that success is the product of teamwork. We seek champions for our mission and those committed to excellence.

Your Future Team

Aspiranet's Family and Community Services provide home, visiting, center-based and school-based services to children and families in their communities and offers assistance that is client-centered, trauma-informed, and reflective of best practice standards in the field. Our services are designed to strengthen families and communities while preventing child maltreatment. When you join our multidisciplinary team, you become part of a passionate group determined to impact lives and empower youth.

Your Impact

Transition to Independence (TIP) Peer Mentors support client's transition goals and provide insight, advising and guidance into their process. Peer Mentors must have a strong connection to the job and the ability to establish rapport with youth and understand client circumstance.

This position requires face to face contact with clients, while adhering to all CDC guidelines, with the possibility to work remote.

Your Skills and Duties

• Provide constructive and appropriate feedback when needed.

• Answer questions and provide supportive peer counseling.

• Be an active member of the TIP team, by transporting youth on an as needed basis.

• Be able to coordinate and facilitate 6 groups per month.

• Represent Agency in a professional manner, support and model Aspiranet's values, and abide by the Agency's Professional Code of Ethics.

• Maintain appropriate professional boundaries with staff, birth and foster parents, children and community resources.

• Complete own administrative paperwork (time sheets, mileage, time off requests, phone bills, daily logs & other expense reimbursements, weekly schedule, etc.) on time.

• Participate in individual weekly case review, individual and group supervision, staff meetings and special events.

• Maintain client and case confidentiality per Agency standards.

• Demonstrate sensitivity and responsiveness to cultural differences.

• Perform additional duties as assigned by Core Program Supervisor.

• Excellent verbal communication skills are preferred but not required in English and Spanish or Punjabi or Hmong.

Education and Work Experience

• Good assessment and observation skills

• Ability to be non-judgmental of youth

• Good interpersonal, relational and communication skills

• Ability to learn and use problem solving skills

• Displays good listening skills

• Ability to ask for help/assistance

• Demonstrates the ability to work as a member of a team

• Ability to work independently and in potentially stressful situations

• Ability to handle self in a calm manner in stressful situations

• Self-directed and able to follow instructions

• Good organizational and time-management skills

• Meets all state required conditions of employment as set forth by Community Care Licensing for a Licensed Community Care facility; i.e. Fingerprint and Child Abuse Index Clearance, TB/Health Physical, valid CDL and clean driving record.

Licenses & Certifications

• Meets all state required conditions of employment as set forth by Community Care Licensing for a Licensed Community Care facility; i.e. Fingerprint and child Abuse Index clearance, TB/Health Physical, valid CDL and clean driving record.

Compensation: Competitive DOE

Benefits: Aspiranet is a collaborative environment where everyone has a voice in creating the best possible outcomes for our clients and our staff. We offer an exceptional work environment and a competitive benefits package for full-time employees. Our benefits package is robust, aimed at keeping you healthy and well, financially secure, providing a work-life balance, and protecting you from the unexpected.