Location: Spring Valley, NY, United States
Date Posted: Nov 1, 2024
Description
Location: Spring Valley, NY
Hours: 12p-8p Full Time flexible and per diem available -full time temp to permanent.
Bilingual Preferred
Rate of pay: $18-$20 depending on degree/experience
Seeking a Family Partner who is a parent/caregiver who is raising or has raised a child with mental health concerns and are personally familiar with the associated challenges OR a Bachelor's degree with relevant personal/professional experience (self or family member) with childhood mental health issues. Are you a caregiver or parent of a child who is disabled or with mental health issues.
Job Description:
Family Partner will work as a team with a Clinician to provide child and family driven mobile outreach services as a means of crisis intervention, hospital diversion, and skill building to support healthy family functioning and goal setting. Short term mobile response team will work with children and family for a minimum of initial meeting and up to 8 weeks as driven by the family.
In this role you will:
Family Partner’s services include an array of formal and informal services and supports provided to families raising a child who is experiencing social, emotional, developmental and/or behavioral challenges in their home, school, and/or community. Activities can consist of engaging the parent/caregiver in activities in the home and community that are designed to address one or more goals on the waiver participants service plan; assisting parent/caregiver in meeting the needs of the youth through educating, supporting, coaching, modeling and guiding; teaching parent/caregiver how to network/link to community resources and treatment providers; teaching parent/caregiver how to advocate for services and resources to meet the youth’s needs; and guiding and support linkage to individual, peer/parent support, and self-help groups for parent/caregiver.
Family Partner have first-hand knowledge of the services and supports available in the community.
Family Partners offer resources including, but not limited to:
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will:
EEO, AAE M/F/D/V
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