Peer Counselor - Parent Partner; FBH Certified Peer Counselor

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EXPANDING OUR SERVICES IN THE PORTLAND METRO AREA! JOIN OUR DEDICATED TEAM IN PROVIDING STRENGTH-BASED YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY!

PEER COUNSELOR (PARENT PARTNER) (Internal title: Certified Peer Counselor) Catholic Community Services, Family Behavioral Health is looking for a Peer Counselor (Parent Partner) who wants to join our team of innovators who continually push the envelope and challenge traditional thinking in Behavioral Health.

Compassion
• Diversity
• Strength-Based-Approach
• Social-Justice & Our Staff!

• Starting Pay Range: $24.45- $25.91 per hour

Ability To Earn Additional Pay

• Additional Pay based on performance
• Bilingual fluency in Spanish and English: $100 - 200 per pay period (2 times per month) for service provision in support the families we serve. Tiered language stipend based on language proficiency and youth and family needs.

• Extensive training
• Daily supervision and support, as needed

• 11 paid holidays; plus 1 personal holiday each year
• 3 weeks  vacation per year
• 12 sick-days per year
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance (1 times annual salary)
• Retirement Plans: 403-B Employee Savings Plan and an Employer Contribution Pension

We strive to help children and families live together safely and securely with hope and promise. We serve as a catalyst for change when appropriate, challenging long-standing service traditions in community behavioral health. We behave with Humility, Passion for our Mission, and Compassion and Respectful Interactions. We value learning and offer alternatives and we stand strong to help child-serving systems understand our alternative paradigm while strengthening partnerships.

We do not compromise our values.

Peer Counselors (Parent Partners) are individuals with personal history as a parent of a youth/child who has been a recipient of behavioral health, child welfare, complex medical coordination or juvenile justice services who use that personal experience in building support with families. Successful applicants must have first person experience as a parent of a youth who received system services and be prepared to disclose their personal experiences with youth, parents and others.

Peer Counselors (Parent Partners) collaborate, provide support and help facilitate services for youth and their families receiving Family Behavioral Health Services. Working as a member of a team, the Peer Counselor (Parent Partner) helps a parent voice their own perspective and assure that other team members are able to understand their perspective and use that perspective in treatment planning. This position helps youth, parents and families achieve confidence in their abilities to team on a recovery journey and maintain hope for their success after formal behavioral health services have been completed.

• Provide non-judgmental, unconditional positive support to families and youth
• Customize helping approaches to fit families and youth uniqueness, personality, culture and interest
• Dialogue with referred parents and relate personal experience as a parent that will further assist in building trust with the family
• Reach agreement with parents about activities that will contribute to healing and support and assist in communicating that to others
• Review and analyze the team plan and make suggestions for improvements/modifications that improve parent participation
• Assist the parent in analyzing team progress toward vision and goals and encourage their feedback to the team

Emphasis is on achieving incredible outcomes with children, youth and families by actively partnering with them along with their natural and community services and supports to achieve long term safety and stability in our neighborhoods and communities.

This position will be based out of the FBH Portland office. This position requires scheduling flexibility to meet the needs of youth and families served. The services we offer will be provided in community-based…