Family Peer Support Partner

The Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) model alleviates decades-old challenges that have led to a crisis in providing access to mental health and addiction care. As an integrated and sustainably-financed model for care delivery, CCBHCs:

• Ensure access to integrated, evidence-based addiction and mental health services, including 24/7 crisis response and medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for addiction.
• Meet stringent criteria regarding timeliness of access, quality reporting, staffing and coordination with social services, criminal justice and education systems.
• Receive funding to support the real costs of expanding services to fully meet the need for care in their communities.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide outreach and support to all family members enrolled in the CCBHC at every stage, from pre-admission to discharge.
• Work collaboratively with parents/legal guardians in advocating, parenting, care planning and effectively engaging and interacting in a strengths-based manner.
• Provide psychoeducation, skill building; participate in home visit planning and processing.
• Create opportunities for families to support each other via group meetings and activities.
• Provide warm hand-off referrals to community-based support services.
• Actively participate as an integral part of the CCBHC multidisciplinary team including family care planning and collaboration.
• Perform the basic accountability tasks related to the job, which include compiling and maintaining all necessary records.
• Assist administrative staff in collection of information for program effectiveness.
• Actively engage in clinical supervision.
• Respond in a positive and respectful manner to diversity.
• Participate in all trainings for the Whole Family Health Model.

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

• Knowledgeable in peer-based practice.
• Able to connect with people living with mental illness, and/or substance abuse.
• Knowledge about mental health, physical wellness and stress management and local resources that promote health and wellness.
• Be a welcoming, guiding and empowering representative of the program.
• Model a strength-based, family-driven approach.
• Attend trainings to continually increase competencies.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Parent/caretaker with personal experience with behavioral health disorders. Minimum High School Diploma or equivalent, and ideally bilingual.

HOURS PER WEEK: This is a full-time 40-hour week exempt salary position, flex schedule.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENT: Moderate degree of travel to family homes.