Minimum Requirements:

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

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: 

• 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.
• And other duties as assigned

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• 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.
• Demonstrated commitment of the value of diversity, equity and inclusion.