Family Peer Support Worker - Gold Trail ICY Team

FamilySmart; Ashcroft; Hybrid; CAD 33,000 - 44,000; Part time

Job summary

FamilySmart is seeking a Family Peer Support Worker to join the Integrated Child & Youth Team (ICY) in Gold Trail. You will provide peer support to families and caregivers whose children and youth are facing mental health and/or substance use challenges, drawing on your personal parenting experience.

You will meet families in person and via video chat, phone, or email, delivering emotional support, sharing resources, and helping families access appropriate services within the school and

Qualifications

• Experience supporting families/caregivers in mental health context.
• Valid BC Driver's License and access to a vehicle.
• Ability to work from home and in the community.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of the ICY team in Gold Trail and provide peer support to families.
• Provide emotional support to families and caregivers.
• Share information and resources with families and caregivers.
• Offer knowledge/education to families and caregivers.
• Help families navigate services and access supports.
• Build on parents and caregivers' strengths and offer hope.
• Meet with families and caregivers in-person, by video chat, phone and email.

Skills

Relationship building

Verbal communication

Written communication

Compassion

Team collaboration

Google Workspace

Tools

Google Workspace

Job description

Family Peer Support Position Integrated Child & Youth Team - Gold Trail

• 17.5 Hours Per Week
• $28.32/Hour
• Work from home position and in the communities and surrounding areas within the traditional territories of the Nlaka’pamux, Secwépemc, and St’át’imc peoples and the Gold Trail School District, including Ashcroft, Cache Creek, Clinton, Lillooet, Lytton, Shalath, Spences Bridge
  

For more than 25 years, FamilySmart has been working in B.C. to help children and young people by helping their family and other caring adults. We know children and young people do better when the adults who care about them are supported.

Position Summary

Family Peer Support Workers are parents and caregivers of children or youth with mental health and/or substance use challenges. Your personal parenting experience is the primary requirement for this role. Your experiences will help other families find help, comfort, hope, and feel less alone.

As a Family Peer Support Worker, you are a member of the Integrated Child & Youth Team (ICY) in Gold Trail. In this role, you will provide peer support to families and caregivers whose children and youth are experiencing difficulty with their mental health and/or with substance use who are receiving services from the ICY team. The ICY teams are part of A Pathway to Hope – the provincial strategy for improved mental health and substance use care in B.C. The ICY teams bring services together in a multidisciplinary team setting. The teams make it easier for children, youth and their families to connect to the care they need, where and when they need it – at school and in the community. To learn more about these positions visit B.C.'s Integrated Child & Youth Teams

The Family Peer Support Worker provides peer support to families and caregivers by:

• Working as part of the ICY team in Gold Trail
• Providing emotional support to families and caregivers
• Sharing information and resources with families and caregivers
• Offering knowledge/education to families and caregivers
• Helping families and caregivers navigate (find their way to) services
• Building on parents and caregivers strengths and offering hope
• Meeting with families and caregivers in-person, by video chat, phone and email

You do not need to be an expert in mental health and/or substance use, your family's experience is enough.

You

• Are good at building relationships
• Make connections easily
• Demonstrate compassion and care to others
• Are able to work well with Service Providers and Educators and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Have strong verbal and written skills.

• Have a valid BC Driver's License, insurance and access to a vehicle, as travel to meet with families in various communities is required

• Good working knowledge of Google Workspace, including gmail, calendar and docs
• Can pass a criminal records check
• Have the ability to work from a home office and in the community

Preference will be given to individuals who:

• Demonstrates understanding and in-depth knowledge of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples and history, cultural practices and traditions of the Nlaka’pamux, Secwépemc, and St’át’imc peoples.

• Have roots in the local community.

FamilySmart provides excellent support, supervision and training and will help you learn and develop the skills that we have discovered to help families and service providers work well together.

We thank all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. FamilySmart is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Personnel are chosen on the basis of ability without regard to age, ancestry, colour, family status, marital status, physical or mental disability, place of origin, political belief, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and criminal conviction unrelated to employment.