What are the responsibilities and job description for the Family Peer Support Specialist position at Alta Care Group, Inc.?
JOB POSTING
POSITION: Family Peer Support Worker
Alta Care Group, the area’s leading expert in strengthening vulnerable children, is the parent organization of Alta Behavioral Healthcare, a contract agency of the Mahoning County Mental Health Board, and Alta Head Start, the County’s provider of Head Start and Early Head Start services. Today, staff consisting of nearly 300 people offers a full range of counseling, community support, 24-hour emergency crisis intervention, experiential therapy and psychiatric services to a yearly average of over 3000 children and their families.
Alta Care Group in partnership with the Family and Children First Councils are looking for a Family Peer Support Worker to help families improve and maintain their lives with a focus on their mental health and overall wellness.
A Certified Family Peer Supporter (CFPS) is someone who self-identifies as the caregiver of an individual with behavioral health challenges (mental health/substance use disorder); and who has navigated service systems for at least one year on behalf of the individual.
A caregiver may include a birth parent, adoptive parent, foster parent, legal guardian/custodian, or a person chosen by the family or youth to have the role of primary caregiver. A CFPS supports an individual’s or family’s ability to address needs, navigate systems, and promote recovery, resiliency, and wellness. They promote services that are family-driven, youth-guided, trauma-informed, and culturally competent. A CFPS can provide both basic and intensive family support services and participate as an active member of treatment teams in a variety of settings.
Position: Family Peer Support Worker
Seeking a candidate for a part time (minimum of 10 hours/week). A high school diploma (or equivalent) is required.
Must be at least 21 years old.
Background check and drug screening required.
Family Peer Support Worker’s responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Provide Family Peer Support Services to residents who reside in Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull counties, where a youth(s) ages 0 through 21 who has needs from at least two systems (multi-system youth) has access to Family Peer Support services.
- Family Peer Support activities include but are not limited to:
a.) peer-to-peer support that facilitates effective service connection and delivery.
b.) provide community linkages and consultation.
c.) modeling of advocacy and collaboration skills and fulfilling a variety of roles.
d.) ensuring family voice at all levels of service delivery.
e.) Family Peer Support services have the goal of: connect, support, navigate, train, engage, educate, evaluate and advocate.
f.) Provide empathetic listening and emotional support.
g.) Encouraging self-care activities
h.) Facilitating familial engagement with service providers.
i.) Modeling collaboration between families and professionals
j.) Engaging in safety and care planning; exploring and eliminating barriers to care plan follow‐through.
k.) Offering skill‐building for parents that enhances resiliency, communication, advocacy and other areas affecting the ability to maintain a child with complex needs in the home, school and community.
l.) Sharing personal stories
m.) Providing HOPE
- Use common evaluation criteria & tools for shared projects.
a.) Initial Family Empowerment Survey
b.) Completion Family Empowerment Survey
c.) Goal Tracker
d.) Family Peer Support Satisfaction Survey
- The Family Support Specialist (FSS) must have lived experience as a caregiver of a child with special needs or one who has accessed services through a child serving system.
- Peer services will be provided in person at least once a month with additional virtual meeting options.
- Complete a BCI/FBI background check on Family Peer Support staff assigned to this project and submit proof to Stark County FCFC.
- Participate in a standardized training program established by Stark FCFC.
- FSS must complete within the first 90 days, or have already completed, 40 hours of initial Family Peer Support training as well as quarterly training and monthly “check ins” with the Ohio Family and Children First team.
Hourly Rate: $17.00/hour
Please submit resume and letter of interest to: Jamie Miller, Alta Care Group, Inc., 711 Belmont Ave., Youngstown, OH 44502, or email; Alta Behavioral Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Job Type: Part-time
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $17.00 per hour
Expected hours: 10 per week
Schedule:
- Evenings as needed
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed
Work Location: In person
Salary : $17
