Family Peer Support Specialist - Child Care Management

Family Peer Support Specialist - Child Care Management

The Family Peer Support Specialist provides mentoring and support to parents/caregivers of children with severe emotional disabilities through the use of various relevant modalities, primarily through use of lived experience as a parent/caregiver of child with a mental health and/or substance use disorder.

Essential Functions:

• Establishes and maintains a regional support and information network for parents and families of children with emotional disabilities.
• Teaches, coaches, mentors, and models for parents and caregivers regarding basic communication skills and advocacy training, resource identification and management, coping skill development, etc.
• Assists parents in locating available resources for their child and in understanding the rights of the child regarding these agencies and advocating for clients and families in relevant situations.
• Maintains timely documentation of services provided including billing documentation required in the Avatar system, requiring entry within 48 hours of service.
• Serves as an active member or consultant for children’s treatment teams by assisting in treatment plan development.
• Establishes and maintains parent support groups throughout the community, disseminating relevant information to families, empowering group members to assume leadership roles within the group, etc.
• Responds by phone or letter in a timely manner to parent/caregiver requests for assistance.
• Attends mandatory in-services, team meeting, and other training/educational programs as required, both internally and with external local, regional, and state organizations.
• Fosters collaborative working relationships among members of the leadership and management teams and programs.