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PEER COUNSELOR YOUTH PARTNER OPPORTUNITY
Portland, OregonJoin our dedicated team working with youth & families
Catholic Community Services, Family Behavioral Health is looking for a Peer Counselor (Youth Partner) to join our team who work with youth & families in the Portland community. You would be an integral part of this team of innovators who explore and develop new approaches and implement novel strategies for engaging families.
WHO WE ARE:
We are a values-driven organization, providing family-oriented behavioral health care for children, youth and families, primarily in their own home and community. Our enthusiastic clinical teams provide whatever is needed to help children and youth remain safely in their own home with their family, restoring hope, providing intense behavioral health services and supports, and helping to strengthen the family unity. Family Behavioral Health offers comprehensive, intensive, Wrap-around behavioral health services to youth and families in the community. Family Behavioral Health employs almost 600 energetic and compassionate employees from our offices across Washington and in Portland, OR.
WHAT WE VALUE: Compassion Diversity Strength-Based-Approach Social-Justice & Our Staff!WHAT WE OFFER:
Additional Pay for:
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BENEFITS:
We strive to help children and families live together safely and securely with hope and promise. We serve as a catalyst for change when appropriate, challenging long-standing service traditions in community behavioral health. We behave with Humility, Passion for our Mission, and Compassion and Respectful Interactions. We value learning and offer alternatives and we stand strong to help child-serving systems understand our alternative paradigm while strengthening partnerships. We do not compromise our values.
Peer Counselors (Youth Partners) are individuals with personal history as a youth/child who has been a recipient of behavioral health, child welfare, complex medical coordination or juvenile justice services who use that personal experience in building support with families. Successful applicants must have first person experience as a youth who received system services and prepared to disclose their personal experiences with youth, parents and others.
JOB SUMMARY:
Youth Partners collaborate, provide support and help facilitate services for youth and their families receiving Family Behavioral Health Services. Working as a member of a team, the Youth Partner helps a youth voice their own perspective and assure that other team members are able to understand their perspective and use that perspective in treatment planning. This position helps youth, parents and families achieve confidence in their abilities to team on a recovery journey and maintain hope for their success after formal behavioral health services have been completed.
Emphasis is on achieving incredible outcomes with children, youth and families by actively partnering with them along with their natural and community services and supports to achieve long term safety and stability in our neighborhoods and communities.
This position will be based out of the FBH Portland office. This position requires scheduling flexibility to meet the needs of youth and families served. The services we offer will be provided in community-based settings and in family homes.
A full job description with qualifications may be shared with candidates identified for an interview.
WHAT WE ARE SEEKING IN A CANDIDATE:
ABOUT PORTLAND:
Whether you’re a fan of theater, live music, craft beer, funky foods or being outside, Portland has something for you. The city has a great vibe for food carts, street festivals, visual and performing art with an array of specialty shops.
If you are passionate about providing strength-based mental health services for children, youth and their family, we would love to hear from you!
If you are on our careers page and you are interested in being considered for this opening: please click on the blue link above, on this page, located on the upper right hand corner that says: "Apply for this job online" and upload your resume and answer a few questions for consideration.
If you are not on our careers page: please copy and paste the following URL into your browser: https://fbh-ccsww.icims.com/jobs/intro to view our opportunities. Search for your jobs of interest and click on the blue link on the careers page, located on the upper right-hand corner that says: "Apply for this job online" and upload your resume and answer a few questions for consideration.
For additional questions, contact Karla Lacktorin, Regional Clinical Recruiter, at karlal@ccsww.org
Note to Internal Candidates: HR reviews internal compensation and determines any increase based on their experience and also agency internal equity factors.
Catholic Community Services and Catholic Housing Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer, supporting diversity, inclusion, and social justice. Please let us know if you need special accommodations to apply or interview for this position.
Full Time
$67k-82k (estimate)
10/22/2022
09/23/2023
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