Youth Partner - East Bay WRAP
About the role
Fred Finch Youth & Family Services is a great place to work. Year after year, our employees make the difference in helping those with mental health issues. Our team is currently looking for a Youth Partner (Mentor), whether you are just starting your career or a seasoned professional, you’ll be able to find the right position to help others. We envision Fred Finch as a healing-centered organization where our diverse staff at all levels feels at home. We are committed to creating an environment where employees can thrive, grow, and explore opportunities. Together, we actively work on diversity within our organization and the communities we serve. Fred Finch Youth & Family Services partners with individuals and communities to provide culturally responsive services that cultivate mental and physical resilience and wellness. East Bay Wrap is a program designed to support youth and their families using an evidence-based model that is family centered, culturally/linguistically responsive and community based. You can join our multi-disciplinary team to provide evidence based wraparound services to children and youth ages 6-22 years. As part of the East Bay Wrap program, you will make a difference in the lives of youth and their families while becoming trained in specific clinical modalities, learn medical documentation standards while having multiple avenues for professional growth.
Responsibilities
- The Youth Partner is a primary agent for direct care and engagement of youth, young adults and/or families in a community, home, or school setting.
- The primary role is to provide hope, one-on-one support, and mentorship to participants by sharing experience with recovery/resilience and expertise in navigating systems and programs (e.g., Regional Center, Children & Family Services, Special Education Systems, Juvenile Justice Systems, Behavioral Health Care Services, or Residential Centers).
- Along with the rest of the team, the Youth Partner/Peer Mentor is active in supporting and implementing recovery/resilience/wraparound philosophy and its individualized, strengths-based, culturally competent, family-centered approach.
- The Youth Partner works collaboratively with other program staff and the assigned Team to provide the best therapeutic care possible.
- The position is also responsible for documenting patterns of behavior and incidents and participating in training and supervisory meetings as needed.
Qualifications
- Experience as a consumer of services: social services, mental health, residential treatment or group home placements, foster care services, wraparound services, community resources and educational services for youth with special needs.
- Prior youth advocacy experience desirable
- Demonstrated ability to utilize de-escalation techniques that align with the trauma informed care model as part of intervention strategy for working with