Peer Support Mentor
If you are a parent who has successfully recovered from Perinatal Mental Health Disorder(s), or have experienced pregnancy and/or postpartum related challenges and are passionate about giving back to the community and helping other parents and their support teams, this volunteer position might be for you!
Shared experiences are the foundation for peer support. Peers provide emotional support, share knowledge, teach skills, offer practical advice, connect mothers with community resources, and help to enhance peers’ support networks. Peer support inspires hope that mothers can and do get better; peers walk with mothers on their recovery journeys; peers dispel myths about what it means to have a maternal mental health condition.
This is a VOLUNTEER position: 1-3 hours per week
Peer Support Training and Maternal Mental Health orientation are provided and required before starting the position
Personal Experience is REQUIRED for this position
Multiple positions positions available (some bilingual required)