Summary

Young people who are trained and qualified in a profession are engaged as service providers for other young people in a target community or population. This approach differs from other peer-to-peer interventions in that the young person is providing a service in a professional capacity based on their education/qualifications; for example, a peer educator might lead a workshop on mental health, and a peer mobilizer might refer others to mental health services, whereas a peer service provider could offer therapy sessions. Similarly, youth service corps structures provide training (sometimes including certification) and placement for a prolonged period of service to meet specific social (e.g. shortage of teachers) or humanitarian needs (e.g. disaster response teams).