Bilingual Family Partner - Fee for service(FFS)/Per diem - Eliot Community Human Services : Job Details

Eliot is seeking a Bilingual Family Partner (English and either Spanish, Mandarin or Portuguese language) with lived experience being a caregiver to a child of a youth with special needs, preferably mental health needs. You should have experience navigating child and family service systems and teaching families who are involved in those systems. You will have the ability to communicate with other parents in a supportive and non-judgmental manner regarding their needs.

Our Child, Youth & Family Behavioral Health Services encompass multiple service systems that include: Intensive Care Coordination, Family Support & Training, In-Home Therapy, Therapeutic Mentoring, OP Counseling & Psychiatry, and other community-based programming. Service delivery is collaborative, family-driven, and youth-guided, with a focus on individual and family strengths, needs, and preferences.

Responsibilities:

• Engage the parent/caregiver in activities in the home and in the community that are designed to address one or more goals on the youth's treatment plan or ICP.
• Assist parent/caregiver in meeting the needs of the youth through educating, supporting, coaching, modeling, and guiding.
• Teach parent/caregiver how to network/link to community resources and treatment providers.
• Support parent/caregiver in advocating for services and resources to meet a youth's needs.
• Guide, support, and foster empowerment including linkages to individual, peer/parent support, and self-help groups.
• Participate on Care Planning Team (CPT) and attend CPT meetings.
• Participate in discharge planning.
• Meet with providers and attend all IEP, hospital discharge, treatment team, and other relevant meetings.
• Provide telephone support and outreach to parent/caregiver.
• Make regular telephone and face-to-face contacts with collateral providers.
• Provide transportation to parent/caregiver as appropriate.

Schedule: Varies

Qualifications:

Preferred:

• Experience in navigating child and family service systems.
• Lived experience being a caregiver to a child of a youth with special needs, preferably mental health needs.

Behaviors:

• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group.

Motivations:

• Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization.