YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES & SHELTER

JOB DESCRIPTION

TITLE:Family Peer Support Specialist

REPORTS TO: Lead Family Peer Support Specialist

CLASSIFICATION: Salaried, exempt

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:Serve as a member of an Interdisciplinary Team for YESS’ Integrated Health Home Department and play an active role in designing an integrated care plan for children and their families. Family Peer Support Specialists use their own personal experience in order to personalize care and assist clients and their families in understanding of services, utilizing referrals and applying recommendations from other professionals.

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Personal experience of being the primary caregiver of a child who is consuming mental health/substance abuse services and having worked on own families recovery.
  • Demonstrated ability to cope with child(ren)’s diagnosis.
  • Experience working with children and families in a community-based program preferred.
  • Knowledge of community resources.
  • Demonstrated ability to work effectively with team members.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Computer knowledge.

DUTIES SPECIFIC TO THE POSITION:

  • Communicate with providers regarding client’s progress.
  • Promote client’s health and ensure client’s goals are developed and documented.
  • Provide education and resources to clients and their families.
  • Engage clients and families eligible to participate in Integrated Health Home Services.
  • Identify community resources and provide ongoing support clients and their families.
  • Promote self-direction and skill development for clients and their families.
  • Provide self-management and support and development of self-management plans for clients and their families.
  • Provide assistance to clients and their families in accessing needed self-help and family peer support services.
  • Advocate for clients and their families.
  • Provide necessary support services to clients and their families.
  • Assist clients and their families to identify and develop support networks.
  • Connect clients and their families to peer and family support groups.
  • Assist in wraparound planning processes.
  • Assist in the development of crisis and other client and family-driven plans.
  • All other duties as assigned.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

  • *The work environment and physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • *The work environment requires an ability to sit or stand for extended periods. Work involves walking and running, talking and hearing to exchange information, and using hands to handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
  • *The work environment requires the employee be capable of pushing, pulling or lifting and/or carrying up to 25 pounds.
  • *The work requires an ability to perform techniques of Safe Crisis Management as needed and appropriate
  • *Noise level in work environment is generally low to moderate.
  • ** Youth Emergency Services & Shelter reserves the right to modify, interpret or apply this job description as needed to meet the needs of the agency, to be performed by the employee occupying this position. This job description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise. The employment relationship remains at-will. These job requirements are subject to change to reasonable accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities.

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