Certified Family Peer Support Specialist - Wood 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. This role is full-time.

Requirements

• 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.
• Proficiency: 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. CPR/First Aid and NCI/CPI Certifications required within 90 days of employment.
• Age and Insurance: 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience: Providing family peer support, parent advocacy, system navigation, wraparound, or community-based behavioral health services.

Responsibilities

• Uses lived experience as a parent, guardian, or primary caretaker in assisting and supporting youth and families on an ongoing basis.
• Affords assistance to treatment and service coordination teams in the assessment and engagement of clients residing in the community and in the hospital.
• Supports Child and Family Teams (CFTs) for wraparound and service coordination teams.
• Affords support to clients and families in identifying, using, and accessing family, neighborhood, and community support services, and in achieving community integration.
• Affords assistance in the completion of documentation necessary to determine eligibility for community resources.
• Fulfills crisis prevention and intervention protocols.
• Affords advocacy for clients and families to secure needed services.
• Affords feedback on the needs of parents and families and assists in identifying gaps in services and supports.
• Affords collection of required data from youth and families for program evaluation.
• Affords support, education, and consultation to clients, families, and/or significant others.
• Affords assurance of appropriate communication with team leaders and team members when responding to client calls and requests.
• Affords assistance in the client’s acquisition of social and recreational skills.
• Affords assistance to the client and family in increasing social support skills and networks.
• Affords attendance at local Family and Children First Councils and other parent/youth-specific community meetings.
• Affords maintenance of client confidentiality and adherence to HIPAA requirements.
• Affords participation in required agency and departmental meetings and staff trainings.
• Affords collaboration with a variety of service providers in the community and within Harbor.
• Affords provision of culturally competent services and seeks consultation and supervision when the complexity of a situation is greater than the employee’s knowledge base.
• Affords maintenance of solid knowledge of agency services and knows how to secure services if they are not available within the agency.
• Affords assistance in the client’s acquisition of social and recreational skills.
• Affords assistance to the client and family in increasing social support skills and networks.
• Affords attendance at local Family and Children First Councils and other parent/youth-specific community meetings.
• Affords maintenance of client confidentiality and adherence to HIPAA requirements.
• Affords participation in required agency and departmental meetings and staff trainings.
• Affords collaboration with a variety of service providers in the community and within Harbor.
• Affords provision of culturally competent services and seeks consultation and supervision when the complexity of a situation is greater than the employee’s knowledge base.
• Affords maintenance of solid knowledge of agency services and knows how to secure services if they are not available within the agency.
• Affords assistance in the client’s acquisition of social and recreational skills.
• Affords assistance to the client and family in increasing social support skills and networks.
• Affords attendance at local Family and Children First Councils and other parent/youth-specific community meetings.
• Affords maintenance of client confidentiality and adherence to HIPAA requirements.
• Affords participation in required agency and departmental meetings and staff trainings.
• Affords collaboration with a variety of service providers in the community and within Harbor.
• Affords provision of culturally competent services and seeks consultation and supervision when the complexity of a situation is greater than the employee’s knowledge base.
• Affords maintenance of solid knowledge of agency services and knows how to secure services if they are not available within the agency.
• Affords assistance in the client’s acquisition of social and recreational skills.
• Affords assistance to the client and family in increasing social support skills and networks.
• Affords attendance at local Family and Children First Councils and other parent/youth-specific community meetings.
• Affords maintenance of client confidentiality and adherence to HIPAA requirements.
• Affords participation in required agency and departmental meetings and staff trainings.
• Affords collaboration with a variety of service providers in the community and within Harbor.
• Affords provision of culturally competent services and seeks consultation and supervision when the complexity of a situation is greater than the employee’s knowledge base.
• Affords maintenance of solid knowledge of agency services and knows how to secure services if they are not available within the agency.
• Affords assistance in the client’s acquisition of social and recreational skills.
• Affords assistance to the client and family in increasing social support skills and networks.
• Affords attendance at local Family and Children First Councils and other parent/youth-specific community meetings.
• Affords maintenance of client confidentiality and adherence to HIPAA requirements.
• Affords participation in required agency and departmental meetings and staff trainings.
• Affords collaboration with a variety of service providers in the community and within Harbor.
• Affords provision of culturally competent services and seeks consultation and supervision when the complexity of a situation is greater than the employee’s knowledge base.
• Affords maintenance of solid knowledge of agency services and knows how to secure services if they are not available within the agency.
• Affords assistance in the client’s acquisition of social and recreational skills.
• Affords assistance to the client and family in increasing social support skills and networks.
• Affords attendance at local Family and Children First Councils and other parent/youth-specific community meetings.
• Affords maintenance of client confidentiality and adherence to HIPAA requirements.
• Affords participation in required agency and departmental meetings and staff trainings.
• Affords collaboration with a variety of service providers in the community and within Harbor.
• Affords provision of culturally competent services and seeks consultation and supervision when the complexity of a situation is greater than the employee’s knowledge base.
• Affords maintenance of solid knowledge of agency services and knows how to secure services if they are not available within the agency.
• Affords assistance in the client’s acquisition of social and recreational skills.
• Affords assistance to the client and family in increasing social support skills and networks.
• Affords attendance at local Family and Children First Councils and other parent/youth-specific community meetings.
• Affords maintenance of client confidentiality and adherence to HIPAA requirements.
• Affords participation in required agency and departmental meetings and staff trainings.
• Affords collaboration with a variety of service providers in the community and within Harbor.
• Affords provision of culturally competent services and seeks consultation and supervision when the complexity of a situation is greater than the employee’s knowledge base.
• Affords maintenance of solid knowledge of agency services and knows how to secure services if they are not available within the agency.
• Affords assistance in the client’s acquisition of social and recreational skills.
• Affords assistance to the client and family in increasing social support skills and networks.
• Affords attendance at local Family and Children First Councils and other parent/youth-specific community meetings.
• Affords maintenance of client confidentiality and adherence to HIPAA requirements.
• Affords participation in required agency and departmental meetings and staff trainings.
• Affords collaboration with a variety of service providers in the community and within Harbor.
• Affords provision of culturally competent services and seeks consultation and supervision when the complexity of a situation is greater than the employee’s knowledge base.
• Affords maintenance of solid knowledge of agency services and knows how to secure services if they are not available within the agency.
• Affords assistance in the client’s acquisition of social and recreational skills.
• Affords assistance to the client and family in increasing social support skills and networks.
• Affords attendance at local Family and Children First Councils and other parent/youth-specific community meetings.
• Affords maintenance of client confidentiality and adherence to HIPAA requirements.
• Affords participation in required agency and departmental meetings and staff trainings.
• Affords collaboration with a variety of service providers in the community and within Harbor.
• Affords provision of culturally competent services and seeks consultation and supervision when the complexity of a situation is greater than the employee’s knowledge base.
• Affords maintenance of solid knowledge of agency services and knows how to secure services if they are not available within the agency.
• Affords assistance in the client’s acquisition of social and recreational skills.
• Affords assistance to the client and family in increasing social support skills and networks.
• Affords attendance at local Family and Children First Councils and other parent/youth-specific community meetings.
• Affords maintenance of client confidentiality and adherence to HIPAA requirements.
• Affords participation in required agency and departmental meetings and staff trainings.
• Affords collaboration with a variety of service providers in the community and within Harbor.
• Affords provision of culturally competent services and seeks consultation and supervision when the complexity of a situation is greater than the employee’s knowledge base.
• Affords maintenance of solid knowledge of agency services and knows how to secure services if they are not available within the agency.
• Affords assistance in the client’s acquisition of social and recreational skills.
• Affords assistance to the client and family in increasing social support skills and networks.
• Affords attendance at local Family and Children First Councils and other parent/youth-specific community meetings.
• Affords maintenance of client confidentiality and adherence to HIPAA requirements.
• Affords participation in required agency and departmental meetings and staff trainings.
• Affords collaboration with a variety of service providers in the community and within Harbor.
• Affords provision of culturally competent services and seeks consultation and supervision when the complexity of a situation is greater than the employee’s knowledge base.
• Affords maintenance of solid knowledge of agency services and knows how to secure services if they are not available within the agency.
• Affords assistance in the client’s acquisition of social and recreational skills.
• Affords assistance to the client and family in increasing social support skills and networks.
• Affords attendance at local Family and Children First Councils and other parent/youth-specific community meetings.
• Affords maintenance of client confidentiality and adherence to HIPAA requirements.
• Affords participation in required agency and departmental meetings and staff trainings.