Job Description:

Job Title: Family Support Provider
Location: Kirksville, MO
Department: Preferred Family Healthcare
Employment Type: Full-time

Additional Information About the Role

Job Overview:
As a Family Support Provider, you will play a vital role in assisting families with children facing mental health challenges. Your responsibilities include offering support, coaching, and resources to help families navigate these difficulties effectively.
Key Responsibilities:

• Guiding Light: Assist and coach families to increase their knowledge and awareness of the child's needs, illuminating the path toward understanding and nurturing familial bonds.

• Building Bridges: Help families build helpful relationships with child and family team members, fostering connections that strengthen support networks and empower growth.

• Empowering Resources: Provide helpful materials such as videos, books, articles, or internet addresses, offering a treasure trove of resources to enrich and empower families on their journey.

• Strength in Unity: Offer moral support during crises and critical periods, standing alongside families as a pillar of strength and resilience in times of need.

• Preparing Together: Assist families with meeting preparations, ensuring they feel supported and equipped to navigate important milestones and appointments.

• Customized Care: Develop individualized service plans that address family needs, tailoring support to the unique circumstances and aspirations of each family unit.

• Continuity of Care: Participate in staffing to ensure continuity of care, collaborating closely with the treatment team to provide seamless support and coordination.

• Navigating Beyond: Make or assist in outside referrals for issues beyond the treatment milieu, extending a guiding hand to connect families with additional resources and support networks.

• First Impressions Matter: Assist with the intake process, completing initial paperwork and explaining the program concept, laying the foundation for a journey of healing and growth with warmth and clarity.

• Professional Representation: Represent the agency in a professional manner, embodying integrity and dedication in every interaction and endeavor.

• Thorough Documentation: Document all services provided in accordance with DMH/CARF Standards, ensuring transparency and accountability in delivering high-quality care.

• A Beacon of Calm: Provide crisis intervention as necessary, offering a steady presence of reassurance and support in moments of turmoil.

• Educating Together: Facilitate group education as scheduled, fostering learning and connection among families in a nurturing and supportive environment.

• Commitment to Growth: Obtain trainings to assist in professional development, meeting 36 hours every 2 years, demonstrating a commitment to continuous learning and improvement in service delivery.

Key Competencies:

• Thorough knowledge of case management and rehabilitation methods.

• Ability to establish rapport with families facing mental health challenges.

• Clear and effective communication skills, both verbal and written.

• Capacity to evaluate services and provide input for improvement.

• Understanding of training techniques and practices in mental health settings.

Experience and Education Qualifications:

• Self-identify as a present or former primary consumer of mental health services.

• High school diploma or equivalent.

• Completion of the State-approved FSP training program.

• Job commitment from a mental health agency.

• Completion of background check and application process.

Supervisory Requirements: None

Employment Requirements:

• Evidence of being free of infectious and contagious diseases.

• Successful completion of background checks and orientation.

• Completion of required trainings and certifications.

• Achievement of training requirements within specified time frames.

• Valid Missouri Driver's License if providing transportation to clients.

Physical Requirements:

• Light work with occasional lifting and movement.

Brightli is on a Mission:
At Brightli, we are dedicated to improving client care, reducing the financial burden of community mental health centers, advocating for increased access to mental health and substance use care, and evolving the behavioral health industry to better serve our clients.

As a behavioral and community mental health provider, we value diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workforce. We encourage applications from individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences who are passionate about empowering their local communities and promoting health equity. Join our mission-driven organization committed to building a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and authentic workplace.

We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, disability or veteran status, or to other non-work related factors.

Preferred Family Healthcare is a Smoke and Tobacco Free Workplace.