PEER FACILITATOR, Sargent College, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services (23500583311214)

Boston University’s College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College is one of the country’s leading schools of health and rehabilitation sciences. Home to more than 1,300 undergraduate and 450 graduate students, Sargent College combines outstanding faculty and cutting-edge research to provide superb education and clinical experiences. The college has more than 25 on-campus research facilities, clinical centers, and labs. It offers top-ranked degree programs in occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech, language and hearing sciences, health science, athletic training, human physiology, behavior and health, and nutrition.

The Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, situated within Boston University’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Science, has been devoted to improving the lives of individuals with psychiatric conditions for over 40 years. Our Research, Training, and Services divisions work to achieve this goal by researching and developing new interventions, by disseminating new advancements and programs to the field, and by providing programming that teaches critical skills to promote success in whatever goals our participants may have as students, workers, and citizens.

The Center’s Services division is currently inviting applicants for a Peer Facilitator position. These part-time positions support the instructors in our Recovery Education Center through connecting with students in the class, calling students each week, supporting students one on one in the class with the content, and sharing their own experiences with the content. Key skills for this position include strong interpersonal skills and ability to foster a supportive environment for students in our program.

Essential functions:

• Connect with students/program participants in the class(es) to which they are assigned
• Support students in the class(es) with the exercises/content
• Participate in the class(es) to role model student behaviors
• Call students when absent to encourage participation.

The Peer Facilitator will sustain and support a culture that celebrates the diversity of individuals and ideas, which values accountability, collaboration, and innovation. The Center believes that the cultural and social diversity of our faculty and staff is vitally important to the distinction and excellence of all our work. To that, we are especially eager to add to our team a colleague who supports our commitment to ensuring the Center is inclusive, equitable, diverse, and a place where all constituents can thrive. The Center seeks to continue diversifying our staff, recognizing that diversity of experience and thought strengthens the work that we do and the value we bring to every community we serve.

This is a part-time position (8 hours or less per week).

Any one of the following:

• Certification as a peer specialist
• Participation in peer facilitation courses
• Past experience in the Center’s Recovery Education Program as a student

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, natural or protective hairstyle, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor. 

BOSTON, Massachusetts, United States