The Parent Peer Support Partner provides intentional and authentic support to parents or caregivers of children with emotional, behavioral, or mental health challenges. They collaborate with agency staff and community organizations to help families achieve their identified goals.
Requirements summary
Candidates must have a high school diploma or GED and lived experience as a parent or caregiver navigating child-serving systems. Applicants must also possess a valid driver's license and successfully complete the Certified Youth Parent Peer Specialist training and exam.
Certified Peer Support-Youth Parent This position is located at our Dale County Children's Clinic in Ozark, Alabama. This position will cover Dale, Barbour, and Henry Counties Shift Schedule: Monday/Wednesday 10:30a-6:30p; Tuesday/Thursday 11a-7p; Friday 9a-5p Hours must be flexible to meet the needs of families. POSITION SUMMARY/FUNCTION: The Parent Peer Support Partner’s (PPSP) role is to provide intentional, authentic support to a parent or primary caregiver of a child with emotional, physical, behavioral, and/or mental health challenges. The skilled PPSP’s unrelenting focus is on the parent/caregiver. Primary functions include but not limited to: provide authentic and purposeful support to parents/primary caregivers; support parents/primary caregivers in achieving their identified goals; deliver intentional support activities that build on the strengths and resiliency traits of parent/primary caregiver; and collaborate with agency staff internally and representatives from community-based organizations and child-serving systems in providing support to families receiving services. Travel may be required. ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBLITIES/FUNCTIONS/TASKS: All six of the following competencies listed below should be reliably and consistently demonstrated in each and every interaction with the parent. 1. Peer-based relationships: A. Must be able to introduce yourself to the parent/primary caregiver and explain your role as a PPSP. B. Ability to establish peer-based relationships using strategic self-disclosure to build connection based on understanding the parent’s experience. C. Ability to build a strong sense of connection based in equality, common respect and mutuality. D. Ability to demonstrate active listening skills, empathetic responses and validate the parent’s experience. E. Must be able to use person-first and strength-based language in every interaction with the parent/primary caregiver. 2. Encourage Growth as a Peer: 3. Actively Accept: A. Continually work to ensure the parent feels empowered and confident in their own decision-making ability. B. Ability to extract functional strengths from the parents’ story and share them with family and other team members. C. Ability to actively accept parent’s decisions and communicate a sense of acceptance even when you disagree. D. Ability to manage personal bias and disagreement so it does not interfere with the support relationship. 4. Respect throughout the relationship. 5. Link with Others in Collaboration and Problem Solving: 6. Suspend and Interrupt Bias & Blame: 7. Assist with crisis intervention as needed. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
High School Diploma or GED.
Must be a parent/primary care giver with lived experience who has raised or is currently raising a child with emotional, behavioral, physical or mental health or substance abuse needs, has experience in navigating at least two child-serving systems.
Benefits
Dental Insurance
Paid Holidays
Paid Time Off
AD&D Insurance
Sick Time
Vacation Leave
Company Paid Life Insurance
Personal Leave
Dependent Life Insurance
Alabama State Retirement
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama Health Insurance
Must successfully complete Certified Youth Parent Peer Specialist training and exam upon hire.
Must understand and endorse a recovery-oriented approach to providing services.
Possess a valid Driver License with good MVR and reliable transportation
Ability to work well independently and as part of a team.
Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
Must meet insurability requirements to drive a system vehicle (21 years of age). PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
Bachelor’s degree in a mental illness or related field.
One (1) year experience with target population.
Previously completed Certified Youth Parent Peer Specialist training and exam with BENEFITS INCLUDE: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama Health and Dental Insurance Alabama State Retirement Paid Holidays Paid Time Off- Sick time, personal, vacation leave Company paid life insurance AD&D and dependent life insurance
