FAMILY PEER SPECIALIST

Fairbanks Native Association is a voice for the people of Fairbanks. Our mission is to improve the quality of life for individuals and families by promoting justice, healing, and wellness in our community. We have a vision of a unified, healthy, and empowered Native community that embraces all cultures.

Benefits

• Affordable medical, vision, and dental coverage with 20+ plans to choose from
• Insurance, AD&D, short-term disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k) investment program with a generous match
• 13 paid holidays
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Education assistance

About the role

As a Family Peer Specialist, you will provide navigation services for project participants (consumers) and their families from intake to recovery support. The position will provide crisis response services for families and case management once admitted to the program. You will assist participants and their families in learning coping skills, creating stability in their lives, and connecting with community services. This role is part of a collaborative treatment team and serves as a liaison between consumers and clinical staff to ensure culturally resonant behavioral health services.

The grant you will be working on is the Hope for our Children Project, which aims to improve mental health outcomes for children and youth at risk for or with serious emotional disturbance (SED) through a comprehensive and early intervention approach.

Responsibilities

• Supports the participant and the family as the participant moves through FNA’s Behavioral Health Unit from intake to recovery support
• Follows the participant’s individualized treatment plan developed with the family, consumer, and clinical team
• Works with program participants and families to understand and address risk factors and connects consumers with resources and support services
• Conducts weekly 2-month home-based visits to infants, toddlers, and children up to age 7 to complete Circle of Security curriculum with parents/caregivers
• Utilizes WRAP for kids and teens to teach resiliency
• Identifies and provides referral pathways to Hope Project participants for recovery support services in coordination with BHCC

Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent
• One year of experience working with AN/AI population and experience providing culturally specific services
• One year of lived experience as a caregiver of a child who has experienced a mental health episode
• Ability to complete Traditional Peer Support Training within one year and then seek State of Alaska Peer Support Specialist Certification

A combination of experience, education, and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities may substitute for degree requirements.