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The WellCat Prevention Office in the Student Affairs Department is collecting application materials for Peer Educators (PEs). Peer Educators are a diverse group of CSU, Chico students trained to educate and support their peers using a prevention-as-public-health approach. Peer Educators help reduce risk and strengthen protective factors across the campus community by providing universal prevention (for all students), selective prevention (for groups at higher risk), and indicated prevention (for students showing early signs of concern).
Peer Educators promote a culture of health and safety through positive, interactive, fun, and non-judgmental education focused on high-risk alcohol and other drug use, substance use disorders, recovery support, mental health and wellbeing, and healthy decision-making.
Comprehensive required trainings prepare PEs to facilitate dynamic outreach and education programs/services; encourage physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual wellbeing; create informative awareness campaigns and events; and connect students to supportive resources. Peer Educators are dedicated to providing education and community support with sensitivity to race, gender, sexual orientation, culture, religion, and individual capabilities.
Description of Duties:
8-12 hours/week
- Support WellCat Prevention’s public health strategy by helping deliver campus-wide prevention messaging, risk reduction education, and protective factor-building activities that reduce harm and strengthen wellbeing.
- Develop, implement, and participate in campus-wide awareness and educational activities/events for high-risk times such as Welcome Week, Labor Day Weekend, Halloween, Spring Break, Cesar Chavez Day, and Graduation Weekend.
- Create and facilitate prevention programs that support safer choices related to alcohol and other drug use, consent and bystander action, stress and coping, sleep, and overall wellness.
- Design, develop, and facilitate/present outreach and educational programs for student groups, classes, residence halls, teams, and organizations.
- Develop and staff information tables at various events and theme weeks.
- Distribute and promote flyers, brochures, and other promotional materials.
- Assist with program evaluation and relevant research as assigned (e.g., attendance tracking, feedback collection, outcome measures).
- Provide Wellness Check-Ins (brief, supportive, prevention-focused 1:1 conversations) to help students:
- Facilitate 1:1 Motivational Interviewing (MI) sessions with peers referred to the WellCat Prevention Office to support behavior change, harm reduction, and goal-setting.
- Use trauma-informed, culturally responsive communication, maintaining appropriate boundaries and making warm handoffs to professional staff/resources when concerns exceed peer scope.
- Assist WellCat Prevention professional staff with other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Desire to promote the WellCat Prevention mission through a public health prevention framework that improves campus wellbeing and reduces harm.
- Strong interest and enthusiasm in promoting healthy behaviors among fellow students, staff, and faculty.
- Open-minded, nonjudgmental, and strengths-based with a positive attitude.
- Sensitivity to controversial and personal topics that can be embarrassing, with willingness to talk candidly and respectfully.
- Ability to articulate facts about health-enhancing behaviors and dispel myths and misperceptions.
- Ability to work collaboratively on a team as both a leader and supportive group member.
- Ability to speak publicly in a positive, engaging, interactive, and nonjudgmental manner.
- Ability to facilitate group and 1:1 discussions promoting healthy behaviors, including Wellness Check-Ins and basic MI-informed conversations.
- Strong time management, verbal, and written communication skills.
- Must be an enrolled, full-time CSU, Chico student in good academic standing.
- Must possess a 2.5 minimum GPA.
- Minimum 2-semester commitment required (3 to 4 semesters preferred).
- Must attend Weekly training/team building/staffing meeting (Tuesdays 2:00–4:00 PM).
- Attend and complete all mandatory training as assigned by professional staff. These include but are not limited to: HIPAA Certification, Wildcats ROAR!, Diversity Training.
Exceptions to the minimum eligibility qualifications may be granted at the sole discretion of the University.
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