Parent Partner

Overview

WHO WE ARE Since 1993, The Pathfinder Network (TPN) supports justice-system impacted individuals and their families with tools to be safe and thrive in communities. We serve individuals experiencing incarceration, those reentering the community, those on forms of supervision, their families, and their children in Oregon. We deliver evidence-based, trauma-, gender- and culturally-responsive cognitive behavioral-based programs, including our Parenting Inside Out curriculum.

Our programs feature holistic wraparound support. We serve an average of 3,000 people a year agency-wide.

We show up for our employees with a total package focused on compensation, development, wellness, benefits, recognition and service, including:

• Generous paid time off (12 accrued vacation days + 12 accrued sick days in year one; mental wellness hours)
• 17 paid days of significance each year
• Extended holiday time with a week off at year end and 3 four-day weekends
• Paid 30-minute lunch breaks
• Employer-paid medical, vision and dental coverage from day one
• Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Assistance Program, and Lifestyle Spending Account
• 401(k) with 3% employer match, fully vested
• Employer-paid short-term disability and accidental death and dismemberment
• Supplemental virtual healthcare for employees and dependents
• Possible Public Service Student Loan forgiveness
• Employee recognition program and staff appreciation
• Bilingual pay differential for eligible positions
• Shared Leadership model and opportunities for contribution
• Development opportunities and trainings

We value diversity and strive for an equitable, inclusive workplace. We engage in continual learning to operationalize equitable practices. To learn more, visit the pathfinder network.org/about/

The Parent Partner provides peer support and group services to system-impacted individuals and families to support family reunification, stabilization and resiliency. This role requires delivering individual and group services to parents with excellence while supporting Center for Family Success programming. You will engage with participants in a holistic, strengths-based, healing-centered way and collaborate with prisons, child welfare, parole/probation, community partners and families to help individuals stay in the community and build positive parenting behaviors.

• Provide peer support services to participants at the Center for Family Success, in the community, in correctional facilities and with partner sites.
• Conduct wraparound case management including assessment, action planning, referral and resource navigation; use basic needs assistance and incentives to support success.
• Deliver transition and reentry support services, including reach-ins and support on the day of release.
• Teach and model positive parenting and cognitive/social skills; reinforce progress.
• Facilitate classes and support groups; manage materials and prep.
• Support parents’ engagement with groups and services; communicate with facilitators, advocates and staff.
• Coordinate with parole/probation officers and DHS workers to ensure compliance with conditions.
• Implement proactive outreach to identify, engage, and enroll participants.
• Coordinate services with other providers and maintain communication as needed.
• Assist parents in developing positive family relationships and support networks.
• Transport participants as needed; assist with family engagement events.
• Document thoroughly; track attendance and complete case notes; participate in staff meetings and training.
• Act as a mandatory reporter of abuse.
• Other duties as assigned.

Participation in Shared Leadership (approx. 5% of time):

• Champion diversity, equity, inclusion, justice and belonging; support racial equity.
• Participate on cross-departmental teams and committees; engage in organizational policy development.
• Join Temporary Teams, Equity Team, and Employee Resource Groups; contribute skills to help the agency mission.

Staff should embody cultural values: effective communication, value, respect, accountability, self-awareness, shared leadership, continuous growth, and…