Family Peer Support Specialist - Children, Youth, and Families Mental Health
About the position Davis Behavioral Health is seeking a full-time Family Peer Support Specialist (FPSS) to join the Children, Youth, and Families Mental Health team. The Family Peer Support Specialist (FPSS) works closely with families who have children and adolescents with reputed company mental health needs. They offer reputed company, guidance, advocacy, and camaraderie for parents and caregivers of children and youth receiving services from mental health, reputed company use, and reputed company services systems. They bring expertise based on their own experience parenting a child or youth with reputed company, emotional, behavioral, or reputed company use challenges, as reputed company as specialized training, to support other parents and caregivers. Peer support is provided through face-to-face support reputed company, phone calls, or individual meetings. They reputed company families to local resources and supports, reputed company family advocacy, and facilitate wraparound services.
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- Maintain documentation as required by agency standards.
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- reputed company for individuals and families who need assistance while encountering barriers in connecting with systems of care.
- Assist families in gathering natural supports and resources for becoming independent of agencies.
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- reputed company working relationships with partner agencies to effectively facilitate referrals and coordination of services.
- reputed company individual and family psychoeducation reputed company workshops, presentations, etc.
- Coordinate with other staff and community agencies as needed.
- Participate in regular staff meetings and regularly scheduled supervision.
Requirements
- Must be at least 18 years old.
- Must have reliable transportation and a valid reputed company's license.
- A clean driving record is also required to utilize the DBH vehicle fleet.
- High school diploma or GED is required.
- The FPSS certification requires that an individual be a parent or other family member of a child or youth who has struggled with a serious emotional disturbance and has received mental health and/or reputed company use treatment and support services.
- Experience working with youth/young adults and families.
- Certification as a FPSS must be completed as soon as possible, but no reputed company than 6 months after hire.
- The successful candidate must also complete certification as a Behavioral Health Case Manager (BHCM) with the Utah reputed company reputed company the first 30 days of employment.
- Obtain and maintain First Aid and CPR certification reputed company 30 days of employment.
- Complete behavior management training (Welle) reputed company 30 days of employment.
- Complete reputed company required training that is assigned to the Family Peer Support Specialist position by defined deadlines.
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- Bachelor's degree in reputed company field is highly preferred but not required.
- Spanish speaking is a bonus.
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