Lunch & Learn Web-based Seminar Series for Employers of Young Adult Peer Mentors

Lunch & learn #1: Best practices in recruiting and hiring young adult peer mentors

Join the Children’s Behavioral Health Knowledge Center at the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health for online training opportunities that incorporate interactive learning and useful tools for effective employment of young adults in peer roles.

• Recruitment language for marketing positions

• Sample job descriptions

• Interviewing questions

• Marketing strategy checklist

• Presentation slides

• Webinar recording

• Transcript

What you’ll learn:

• What is the Young Adult Peer Mentor (YAPM) role? What is the benefit of having YAPMs?

• How to identify existing therapeutic mentors who would be great YAPMs

• How to best market for the role & attract qualified candidates

• Partnering with your human resources department

• What’s OK (& NOT OK) to ask when screening & hiring

Intended audience: Human resources personnel, hiring managers, young adult peer mentor supervisors, program managers

Attendees will also receive: 1) a list of screening questions; 2) a marketing strategy check-list; and 3) sample job descriptions & brief role descriptions to post on recruitment websites & social media