Chapter Lead

Young People in Recovery -

Chapter Lead

MUST BE LOCATED IN DENVER CO

Organization Overview:

YPR is a national peer-led organization that serves youth and young adults in recovery from substance use disorder. YPR aims to improve access to resources such as housing education and employment that sustain long-term recovery.

Vision:Young People in Recovery envisions a world where all young people have the resources they need to thrive in recovery from addiction to drugs and alcohol.

Mission:

YPRs mission is to provide the life skills and peer supports to help people recover from substance use disorder and reach their full potential.

Chapter Vision and Overview:

Young People in Recovery Chapters support people in or seeking recovery by providing community-based recovery support services. Chapters also advocate on the local and state levels for more access to these services and other effective recovery resources. This peer-based network relies on quarterly workshops monthly pro-social events and regular all-recovery meetings.

YPR actively seeks to expand Diversity Equity and Inclusion within our organization and through our work. We encourage candidates with diverse backgrounds experiences and perspectives to apply.

Essential Responsibilities:

Note: This position ispart-timeat20 hours per week

General Responsibilities

• Respond to all communications from YPR employees within 24 business hours unless alternative arrangements have been approved in advance with the supervisor. (Includes text phone email Slack etc.)

• Celebrate both large and small victories while identifying and addressing bottlenecks or barriers the chapter may be experiencing.

• Comply with all YPR reporting procedures including ADP time tracking Concur expense reporting Salesforce/Community updates and census reports.

• Communicate regularly with the supervisor to ensure data collection is conducted with fidelity EPIC site implementation runs smoothly and any challenges are effectively resolved.

• Coordinate and align team members across all chapter projects including social media marketing community outreach communications financial reporting and advocacy initiatives.

• Obtain and maintain all required training and certifications as directed by the organization or supervisor including but not limited to Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI) and Mental Health First Aid (MHFA).

Chapter Lead Responsibilities

• Complete YPRs online interactive orientation and review the YPR Leadership Handbook.

• Conduct community outreach and submit outreach reports in YPR Community.

• Bring Chapter members together to foster collaboration learning and skill development within a supportive environment.

• Host at minimum:
  
  

  • One (1) weekly public All Recovery Meeting
    all in alignment with grant deliverables.

• One (1) monthly Pro-Social Event

all in alignment with grant deliverables.

• One (1) quarterly YPR-approved Workshop
  all in alignment with grant deliverables.
  
  

• Communicate weekly with the National Chapter Coordinator.

• Engage in grassroots community organizing through email phone calls and in-person meetings.

• Participate in statewide advocacy initiatives and report progress and completed tasks in YPR Community.

• Register Chapter leaders members and supporters using the appropriate platforms (YPR Community YPR website and RCI).

• Secure free or low-cost venues for Chapter meetings and events (e.g. community centers libraries etc.).

• Collaborate with other YPR Chapter Leads to plan statewide events and advocacy efforts.

• Promote and support all pathways of recovery.

• Utilize RCI and chapter-specific keywords to engage participants and track chapter activities.

• Host at least one (1) virtual National All Recovery Meeting each calendar year.

• Attend and participate in one (1) monthly All Chapter Call.

• Attend or view the recording of one (1) All Team/All Staff Meeting each quarter.

• Meet with the National Chapter Coordinator after 12 months to review and discuss establishing a Chapter Advisory Board.

• Use social media to promote Chapter events national campaigns and initiatives with marketing team support as needed.

• Attend all YPR Academies; if attendance is not possible complete the YPR Academy module in the Learning Portal when available or view the recording.

Organizational Commitments

• Collaborate to support and implement YPRs strategic plan while promoting and encouraging the many pathways of recovery.

• Actively champion diversity equity inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) initiatives.

• Continuously strive to improve personal performance and contribute to organizational excellence.

• Use data to inform decision-making enhance outcomes and guide organizational development.

• Perform other related duties and marginal functions as assigned.

Location: Denve CO

Official Title: Chapter Lead

Job Type: Part-Time

Compensation: $21.50/hour; 20 hours/week

Cultural Principles:

Community:

• YPR Values community by creating welcoming spaces for people in or seeking recovery and their allies

Caring:

• YPR values caring by meeting all people where they are in their recovery journeys and by supporting all pathways of recovery.

Respect:

• YPR values respect by listening to others to understand and by operating with a spirit of intellectual curiosity.

Inclusion:

• YPR values inclusion by building diverse teams of employees and by leveraging data to better support underserved populations.

Commitment:

• YPR values commitment by showing up every day and holding ourselves accountable to our processes for each other our clients our stakeholders and our communities.

Experience and Background:

• Understanding of substance use prevention and recovery

• Positive and supportive attitude toward all pathways of recovery

• Sensitivity and awareness of the unique needs and stigmas associated with underserved populations

• Excellent organizational communication and leadership skills

Preferred qualifications:

• Personal experience in recovery

• Experience working successfully with young adults

• Experience working successfully with people with substance use disorders

• Experience working successfully with diverse communities

• Previous training and certification in trauma-informed response cultural competency and peer education

• Bilingual (Spanish/English)

• Technology/computer/virtual meeting experience required

• Google Suite experience preferred

Physical demands and work environment:

• Occasionally required to stand

• Occasionally required to walk

• Occasionally required to sit

• Frequently required to utilize hand and finger dexterity

• Continually required to talk or hear

• The employee must occasionally lift and /or move more than 10 pounds

Learn more about YPR

YPR website:

Facebook: Check Statement:Young People in Recovery is dedicated to ensuring a safe and secure environment for our clients employees volunteers and members. To assist in achieving that goal we conduct background investigations.If your position requires additional pre-employment criteria such as a drivers examination a background investigation and/ or a pre-employment drug test and if you have been offered employment before any such investigation or test is completed your employment is contingent upon a satisfactory result on all required tests. Pre-employment background investigations: Shall be required for all staff interns and volunteers who have direct contact with individuals receiving services.

ADA Statement:Young People in Recovery will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities throughout the employment application process. To request an accommodation pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act please contact the Human Resources Coordinator at.

People in recovery YPR chapter members/leaders and those with lived experience of the criminal justice system are encouraged to apply.

Diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.

YPR is an equal-opportunity employer. We will not discriminate and we will take affirmative

action to ensure against discrimination in employment recruitment advertisements for

employment compensation termination upgrading promotions and other conditions of

employment against any employee or job applicant on the basis of race color gender nation or

origin age religion creed disability recovery status veterans status sexual orientation

gender identity or gender expression.

YPR is deeply committed to diversity equity and inclusion and embeds those principles into the practices of its work and organizational culture. YPR is determined to be an employer of choice and believes that the best organizational performance will come from a safe diverse and inclusive work environment. People of color people with disabilities women and LGBTQ candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

People with lived recovery experience and YPR chapter members/leaders are also strongly encouraged to apply.