Youth Peer Support Worker

The Youth Peer Support (YPS) Worker participates as a member of the Foundry centre team. YPS workers have their own lived experience with mental health and/or substance use challenges and have accessed services through their own journey. YPS workers use this personal experience to support youth and young adults in service navigation, improving their health and wellness, and connecting with Foundry and/or community resources. The YPS worker offers peer-based mentoring and emotional support and works collaboratively with youth, their families, and members of the care team. Using their own diverse, personal lived experiences, YPS workers demonstrate the ability to support neurodiverse, gender and sexually diverse, Indigenous, racialized, rural and remote, youth and young adults with varying abilities and disabilities. This position assists with the delivery of walk-in services and outreach activities, offering support both on a one-on-one basis and in a group setting. The YPS worker acts as an advocate and role model, helping young people and their families recognize that with hope, recovery is possible.