Certified Family Peer Specialist

Come join our life-changing team building hope, resilience, and well-being as a Certified Family Peer Specialist!

Shift Details: FT- 40 hours/week, Monday-Friday from 9am-5pm

Compensation: $47,000-$53,000 annual salary

Location: Hybrid - Vona Center for Mental Health (9220 Bass Lake Rd #255, New Hope MN 55428) & Remote

About the job:

As a Certified Family Peer Specialist, you will partner with youth, their families, a Wraparound Facilitator, and interdisciplinary team members to support the voice of youth and their families, ensure access to needed resources, and prioritize the family’s ownership within their Wraparound Plan of Care. This role will serve as a supportive mentor to youth and their caregivers and as an engaged Wraparound Team member. The Certified Family Peer Specialist draws on their own personal experiences (past or current) accessing mental health services for a child to model wellness, offer hope, provide encouragement, and empower a caregiver's ability to support the family’s Plan of Care.

This position requires completion of the Department of Human Services-approved Certified Family Peer Specialist Training and certification exam. Applicants will be asked to provide personal information during the interview process.

Job Highlights:

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance
• 403(b) Retirement Plan
• HSA & FSA Programs
• Employer Paid Life Insurance, Short-Term/Long-Term Disability
• Quality training, continuing career education and leadership programs
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Holiday, & Sick Days)

Essentials:

• Develop trust and mutual respect with youth, caregivers and their teams
• Ensure regular contact and visits with caregivers
• Provide parent to parent mentoring and serve as a liaison for families to services decided upon within the Wraparound Plan of Care
• Share their personal story of parenting a youth with mental illness in an efficient, ethical and helpful way
• Provide support and advocacy for youth and families, including continuously expanding knowledge of community resources, services and programs available
• Assist families in identifying, recruiting and engaging natural supports
• Partner with Wraparound Facilitator to ensure the Wraparound process is completed with high fidelity to the model and tracks progress towards goals
• Complete all required documentation in a timely, legible manner
• Contribute to and supports a positive, team-oriented work environment
• Display cultural competence by responding respectfully, non-judgmentally, curiously, and effectively to people of diverse backgrounds

Required Qualifications:

• Has a high school diploma, GED, or equivalent
• Is at least 21 years of age
• Will work towards certification as MN DHS-approved Certified Family Peer Specialist if not already certified
• Have raised or are currently raising a child with mental illness
• Past personal experience accessing mental health services and community resources to meet the needs of their own child(ren) and family

About Us:

Vona is a part of Volunteers of America MN/WI which serves as an affiliate of the Volunteers of America parent organization.

Volunteers of America Minnesota is a nonprofit health and human services organization that annually serves more than 25,000 children, adolescents and their families, older adults, students, persons with disabilities and special needs, and adults completing incarceration. Since 1896, we have helped people gain self-reliance, dignity, and hope.

Take pride in helping others and join us today!

At VOA, we celebrate sharing, encouraging, and embracing diversity. Equal employment opportunities are available to all, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We believe that blending individual strengths and unique personal differences nurtures and supports our organizations' shared commitment to our mission and creates and inclusive and diverse environment where everyone feels valued and has the opportunity to do their personal best.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)