Certified Family Peer Support Specialist - Huron County

About the role

The Certified Family Peer Support Specialist role supports families of youth with behavioral health needs through peer support, advocacy, and system navigation to help ensure family-centered, coordinated care.

Responsibilities

• Uses lived experience as a parent, guardian, or primary caretaker in assisting and supporting youth and families on an ongoing basis.
• Assists treatment and service coordination teams in the assessment and engagement of clients residing in the community and in the hospital.
• Serves as an advocate for clients and families to secure needed services.
• Provides feedback on the needs of parents and families and assists in identifying gaps in services and supports.
• Collects required data from youth and families for program evaluation.
• Provides support, education, and consultation to clients, families, and/or significant others.
• Attends local Family and Children First Councils and other parent/youth-specific community meetings.
• Maintains client confidentiality and adheres to HIPAA requirements.
• Participates in required agency and departmental meetings and staff trainings.
• Works closely and cooperatively with a variety of service providers in the community and within Harbor.
• Maintains solid knowledge of agency services and knows how to secure services if they are not available within the agency.
• May provide billable services and may have to fulfill or exceed unit expectations established by Harbor.
• Keeps current with trends and developments related to essential job competencies and demonstrates continued growth.

Qualifications

• Education: Minimum of high school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Experience: Parent, guardian, or primary caretaker of a child who is or has received services from the mental health system.
• Skills: Must possess the skills necessary to help clients achieve and maintain their highest level of functioning by striving for successful community living; must have the ability to offer a unique perspective of parenting or raising a child with serious emotional disturbance or behavioral concerns; must be proficient and accurate in computer use, including Microsoft Word.
• Licensure and Certifications: Must obtain Ohio Parent Peer Support Certification within 120 days of hire; must maintain current continuing education and requirements for renewal of their certificate; CPR/First Aid and NCI/CPI Certifications required within 90 days of employment; must successfully demonstrate the basic competencies for Parent Peer Support services, as determined by supervisor review, within 90 days of hire; must be at least 23 years of age, have a valid driver’s license, acceptable driving record, and show proof of personal auto insurance policy to be deemed insurable with Harbor’s vehicle insurance carrier.