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**Young People in Recovery -****Chapter Lead****MUST BE LOCATED IN Durango, 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**: YPR's mission is to provide the life skills and peer support 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.Note: This position is **Part Time; ** **25 hours per week****General Responsibilities**:- Celebrating large and small victories while also evaluating for bottlenecks and barriers the chapter is experiencing.- Comply with all YPR reporting procedures, notably ADP time-tracking, Concur expense reporting, Salesforce/YPR Community, and census reports.- Communicate regularly with the supervisor to ensure data collection is executed with fidelity and troubleshoot any problems or challenges.- Syncing team members across all chapter projects, including social media marketing, community outreach, communications, finance reporting, and advocacy.- Obtain training and certificates as required by the organization and your direct supervisor, including but not limited to DEI and MHFA.- Employee will attend all YPR Academies or view the recording of the YPR Academy each month.
**Chapter Lead**:- Complete YPR's online, interactive orientation and study YPR Leadership Handbook.- Employee will be responsible for community outreach tracking and reporting of outreach.- Chapter Leads are responsible to bring all Chapter members together, foster an environment where they can learn from each other, and feel they are improving as a skill/domain-focused group.- Oversee all contractual Chapter events and operations, including all-recovery meetings, prosocial events, chapter workshops, and advocacy events.- Communicate weekly with Chapter Coordinator.-- Register Chapter leaders, members, and supporters through the appropriate platforms (YPR Community/YPR website)- Secure free or inexpensive venue space for Chapter meetings and events at community centers, libraries, etc.- Collaborate with other YPR Chapter Leads for statewide joint events and advocacy efforts.- Support and encourage the many pathways of recovery