What are the responsibilities and job description for the Parent Partner position at Victor Community Support Services?
Pay range: $21.51 - $29.58
Bilingual Pay: additional $1.92 hourly
WHY VICTOR?
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- Learning Organization: Victor provides the best training for new grads and clinicians looking to begin their career!
- Leadership Development: Victor provides employees leadership training and promotes within! Many of our executive leadership team have been promoted from entry-level positions!
- Reimbursements: Victor provides reimbursements for license registration fees, CEUs, travel, internet/cell phone usage and more!
- Loan Forgiveness: Victor employees can apply for Public Service Loan Forgiveness!
BENEFITS:
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- Low cost Medical, Dental and Vision
- Life Insurance plan for employee and family
- 8 Paid Holidays, PTO and Sick pay
- Retirement Savings Plan (403B)
- 100% Employer Funded Retirement Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Mileage Reimbursement
- Verizon Wireless Discount
- Employee Referral Bonus Program
- Flexible Community-Based Schedules
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Position Overview:
The Youth Partner is responsible for establishing and implementing the support services for children and youth. They serve as liaison for the youths involvement and offer support in whatever way is most helpful to each individual child.
Essential Functions:
- Serves as the consumer representative to program activities.
- Able to engage and provide skill building one on one relationships.
- Provides introduction and engagement support for families entering services
- Coordinates with the management team in the development and implementation of program systems and standards.
- Participates in consumer advocate training.
- Provides linkage of families with appropriate services, advocating for them when necessary, and serving as role model and advocate for children.
Minimum Required Education and Experience:
- Must possess a high school diploma/GED
- Must be a former consumer, caregiver or relative of a special needs child who has received services from a child-serving agency
- Lived experience. (Forster youth) (System of care)
Position/Program Requirements:
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Must possess a reliable mode of transportation to travel to assigned client homes, schools, offices, etc. If personal vehicle is the mode of transportation, must meet Agency’s driving requirements.
- Must be physically and mentally fit and be willing to complete a Tuberculosis (TB) and drug screening test.
- Must be willing to complete a personal background investigation conducted by the State of California.
- Must be flexible to work nights and weekends, may need to work a split-shift, varying schedule according to operational needs.
Physical Requirements:
- Must be able to work in an office or outdoor environment including standing, walking, and running, sitting for extended periods of time, bending, twisting, reaching, balancing, occasional carrying and lifting up to 25 pounds and up to 10 pounds frequently.
- Must be physically able to perform Pro-Act Restraint Techniques, CPR and First Aid as trained.
- Must be able to sit for prolonged periods of time in a vehicle for traveling up to 100 miles driving distance.