CFTSS Family Peer Advocate,Jamestown,NY,PER DIEM Job Jamestown area,New York USA,Social Work

JOB SUMMARY

Family Peer Support Services (FPSS) for our CFTSS Program are an array of formal and informal activities and supports provided to families caring for or raising a child who is experiencing social, emotional, mental, developmental, substance use, and/or behavioral challenges in their home, school, placement, and/or community. FPSS provide a structured, strength-based relationship between a Family Peer Advocate (FPA) and the parent/family member/caregiver for the benefit of the child/youth.

Services are delivered in a trauma-informed, culturally and linguistically competent manner. The FPA must be a New York State Credentialed Family Peer Advocate (FPA) or a Certified Recovery Peer Advocate with a Family Specialty (CRPA‑F).

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Certified Recovery Peer Advocate‑F candidates must serve as a bridge between families and service providers, supporting a productive and respectful partnership by assisting families to express their strengths, needs and goals.

Based on the strengths and needs of the youth and family, connect them with appropriate services and supports and accompany the family when visiting programs.

Facilitate meetings between families and service providers.

Assist the family to gather, organize and prepare documents as needed for specific services.

Address any concrete or subjective barriers that may prevent full participation in services.

Support and assist families during stages of transition which may be unfamiliar (e.g., placements, in crisis, and between‐service systems).

Promote continuity of engagement and supports as families’ needs and services change.

Promote Self‑Advocacy, Self‑Efficacy and Empowerment.

Coach and model shared decision‑making and skills that support collaboration, in addition to providing opportunities for families to self‑advocate.

Support families to advocate on behalf of themselves to promote shared decision‑making.

Ensure that family members inform all planning and decision‑making.

Model strengths‑based interactions by accentuating the positive.

Support families in discovering their strengths and concerns and assist them in identifying and setting goals and short‑term objectives.

Prepare families for meetings and accompany them when needed.

Empower families to express their fears, expectations and anxieties to promote positive effective communication.

Assist families to frame questions to ask providers.

Provide opportunities for families to connect to and support one another.

Support and encourage family participation in community, regional, state, national activities to develop their leadership skills and expand their circles of support.

Provide leadership opportunities for families who are receiving Family Peer Support Services.

Empower families to make informed decisions regarding the nature of supports for themselves and their child through:

A) Sharing information about resources, services and supports and exploring what might be appropriate for their child and family.

B) Exploring the needs and preferences of the family and locating relevant resources.

C) Helping families understand eligibility rules.

D) Helping families understand the assessment process and identify their child’s strengths, needs and diagnosis.

Parent Skill Development.

Support the efforts of families in caring for and strengthening their children’s mental and physical health, development and well‑being.

Help the family learn and practice strategies to support their child’s positive behavior.

Assist the family to implement strategies recommended by clinicians.

Assist families in talking with clinicians about their comfort with their treatment plans.

Provide emotional support for the family on their parenting journey to reduce isolation, feelings of stigma, blame and hopelessness.

Provide individual or group parent skill development related to the behavioral and medical health needs of the child (e.g., training on special needs parenting skills).

Support families as children transition from out of home placement.

Assist families on how to access transportation.

Support the parent in their role as their child’s educational advocate by providing information, modeling, coaching in how to…

CFTSS Family Peer Advocate, Jamestown, NY, PER DIEM