Per Diem Peer Leader Advisor

Position Summary:
For the past two decades, the Center for Young Women's Health (CYWH) at Boston Children's Hospital has been inviting high school students from the Boston area to join their Youth Advisory Program (YAP) as peer leaders. Through CYWH and YAP, young people in Boston have had the opportunity to receive mentorship and leadership training with the goal of becoming advocates and educators for teenagers, not only locally but also globally.

Key Responsibilities:

• Participate in and may act as a host for health information tables at the Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine outpatient clinic in order to promote health education and awareness on various topics relevant to teens.
• Role-play and act as teen patients, under the supervision of Adolescent Medicine physicians, to help new pediatricians practice and improve communication with teen population.
• Share thoughts and opinions with doctors with mock situations to help expand strategies for interviewing teen patients. Prove feedback to researches and clinicians.
• Create engaging social media content for the Center for Young Women's Health to enhance community engagement and health literacy among teens following BCH Computer and Social Media Policies and guidelines.
• Write content about current events, teen perspectives, health topics, and under supervision, newsletter articles.
• Review and share feedback on a variety of health educational materials.

Minimum Qualifications
Education:

• Completion of two years of high school
• Current high school student preferred.

Experience:

• Experience with computers/smart phones apps with social media and knowledge of the computer program Canva strongly preferred.
• Ability to take direction and be able to understand both respond to written and verbal instructions.
• Able to communicate professionally and courteously with patient and/or visitors.

Licensure/ Certifications:

• Work permit for all individuals under 18 years of age

Boston Children's Hospital offers competitive compensation and unmatched benefits including flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.