Certified Family Partner

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• Monday - Friday 8a-5p
• 12 Paid Holidays each year (in addition to time off accrual)
• 5% Salary increase upon 90 days of employment
• Starting rate of pay based on experience doing a similar role

Job Title: Certified Family Partner
-YFS

Location: Office in Texas City, TX. Serves Brazoria and Galveston Counties

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Working Status: Full Time with Benefits

Summary:

Implements family support services for child or adolescent with an emotional or mental health issue. Provides support and parentmentoring, information, referral, follow-up, and technical assistance to families, teaches self-advocacy skills, and general consultation to staff on children and youth.

Gulf Coast Center operates under a trauma-informed approach based on the six key principles of Safety, Trustworthiness & Transparency, Peer Support, Collaboration & Mutuality, Empowerment & Choice, and Cultural, Historical & Gender issues.

The Certified Family Partner - YBHS will be responsible for the following:

• Ensure all documentation is complete, accurate and clear as required by GCC Consumer Records Procedure.
• Ensure all billing and progress notes are completed in Electronic Health Record within 48 hours of service delivery.
• Scan and upload all external records received to the Electronic Health Record at a minimum of weekly to ensure staff access to most up-to-date patient information.
• Obtain on-going training/education in the area of TRR for children and adolescents.
• Assist families in locating and utilizing available services. Identifies and documents barriers to utilizing services for all referrals.
• Maintain CEU's required for CFP certification.
• Meets or exceeds the established performance requirement for entire caseload each month. Meets all productivity measures determined by leadership staff.
• Meet with LAR of youth in all LOCs to assure meeting family partner measures set forth by state contract and fifty percent provision measurement set forth by Gulf Coast Center.
• Assist with facilitation of families' engagement in the Wraparound process by providing support around development of the child and family team (CFTM) and through participation in monthly child and family team meetings.
• Provide peer support, advocacy, and/or mentoring to other families as identified who are not receiving Wraparound services.
• Facilitate support groups for families on a monthly basis to ensure agency's compliance with state contract.
• Meet with LAR and youth to provide Medication Training & Support to families as identified on Recovery Plan.
• Meet with LAR of youth to provide Nurturing Parenting during individual and group sessions.
• Develop and maintain up-to-date, usable directory of appropriate community referrals.
• Support and encourage families to educate themselves by attending parent education classes and provide them with material pertaining to mental health issues, educational issues and other pertinent issues.
• Work to assure service provision remains within the boundaries of the Certified Family Partner role. Accept clinical direction from QMHP staff when appropriate to assure working boundaries are maintained.
• Actively participate in team meetings and other clinical staffing as determined by supervisor. Remain attentive with professional mannerisms throughout duration of meetings.
• Display professionalism and team membership when representing program throughout daily work.
• Check and respond to e-mail communications in a timely manner.
• Maintain communication with immediate supervisor regarding flextime.
• Strict adherence to the Certified Family Partner Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct.
• Maintain report of monthly purchases made with office VISA cards and YAGA funds as requested/needed.
• Will be responsible and accountable for the adherence to and promotion of the agency compliance policy and will require communication with various departments to foster, develop and continue our community partnerships as it relates to the position.
• Treat all individuals with the utmost courtesy, decency and respect.
• Provide responsive, and efficient services.
• Interact with staff, consumers, local entities and advocacy groups to provide a service that meets local needs.
• Provide highest level of Customer Service for both internal and external customers.
• Required to report personnel leave; flex time and emergency leave to assigned supervisor.
• Strict adherence to the professional, ethical, and legal requirements set forth in GCC's Business Code of Conduct as well as the Corporate Compliance Plan.
• Consistent adherence to the Center's Dress Code.
• Consistent adherence to Center safety guidelines and expectations.
• May be required to travel within Brazoria and Galveston Counties.
• Out of region travel may be required to…