The Counseling Center of Wayne and Holmes Counties is seeking a Family Peer Support Specialist to join our Mobile Response Youth Stabilization Services Unit.

MOBILE YOUTH STABILIZATION PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST

GENERAL DUTIES:

Actively foster a collaborative partnership with the young person, family and service system and support families in exploring options that may be beneficial to returning to emotional and physical wellness during a crisis. Peer supporters share their personal journey with purpose and intent and use their lived experience to coach young people and their families to advocate for their needs.

SPECIFIC DUTIES:

1. Provide initial and follow-up support and responses to family and youth in crisis as available and within scope of role.

2. Establish a trusting relationship with the young person and their family in order to clarify family defined goals and that the care plan is representative of the youth and family values and needs.

3. Identify and connect family and youth with natural resources within the community and assist client in linking with additional cultural supports as appropriate.

4. Establishes and maintains effective and cooperative working relationships with other community agencies and professionals.

5. Model and provide non-clinical interventions to assist the family.

6. Improve caregiver’s skills to manage behavior and prevent future crises. This will include facilitating the youth and family’s transition into identified supports, resources, and services: e.g., intensive care coordination utilizing high fidelity wraparound; evidence-based and promising community-based treatment services; community-based supports; and natural resources.

7. Assist with transition plan for youth and family to link them with existing providers and supports, or facilitate linkage and transfer to appropriate level of services, supports.

8. Works closely with other members of the MRSS team to ensure services are well coordinated. This includes monitoring the youth’s status, keeping the MRSS team informed of any concerns, changes or difficulties and providing input in CANS screening as needed.

9. Consults with youth and their family as appropriate in identifying needs; Work with the young person and family to ensure that the care plan is representative of their values and needs.

10. Facilitates access to transportation for patients who need such assistance in order to access necessary care.

11. Completes necessary documentation of services provided, in accordance with Quality
Assurance standards and within the required time frames.

12. Assist in collection of required outcomes assessment data, consistent with the required time frames.

13. Keeps up to date with required organizational trainings.

14. Attends and participates in staff meetings, unit meetings and supervisory sessions, as required, and in other committees, quality improvement teams and task forces, as assigned.

15. Collaborate with all MRSS team members to define and achieve family goals and in achieving annual program goals and objectives, including providing back-up to other staff, as appropriate and needed.

16. Provides, at a minimum, the expected level of billable services assigned to his/her specific position.

17. Abides by corporate policies and procedures, with special attention to the Policy on Patient Rights, the Confidentiality Policy, the Counseling Center’s Code of Ethics and the Code of Ethics of his/her particular profession.

18. Completes other duties, as assigned or as required for effective and efficient operation.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Independently licensed staff may provide clinical training supervision to other organization staff, as assigned.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

1. Position is essentially community-based with an emphasis on on-site care, although office time is required for paperwork and documentation.

2. Position requires a variable and flexible schedule - responsive to the needs of the caseload.

3. Position requires business-related driving using either agency vehicles or personal vehicles, including the transport of other persons.

4. Position requires exposure to difficult or resistant individuals including some with hallucinations, delusions, and/or self-injurious or acting out behavior.

CLINICAL SUPERVISOR:

a) For non-independently licensed staff - LISW-S or LPCC -S, as assigned

b) For independently licensed staff - none required.

ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISOR: Director of Specialized Children’s Programs

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: Up to $17.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• The Counseling Center of Wayne and Holmes Counties is a tobacco, nicotine, and drug free organization. We are unable to extend offers of employment to tobacco users. Will this be an issue for you?

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Work Location: One location

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