Family Peer Support Worker - Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, Mission

FamilySmart; Maple Ridge; Hybrid; CAD 29,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Job summary

FamilySmart in Canada is seeking a Family Peer Support Worker to assist families and caregivers of children and youth facing mental health or substance use challenges in Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows and Mission. Your personal parenting experience is the primary requirement and you will provide peer support in various formats.

You will meet families in-person, by video chat, phone and email, share information and resources, and help navigate local services while building on caregivers' strengths,

Qualifications

• Personal parenting experience is the primary requirement.
• Ability to navigate community services and connect families with resources.
• Willingness to travel weekly within Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows and Mission.

Responsibilities

• Provide emotional support to families and caregivers.
• Share information and resources with families and caregivers.
• Offer knowledge and education to families and caregivers.
• Help families navigate services and access supports.
• Build on parents' strengths and offer hope.
• Meet with families in-person, by video chat, phone and email.

Skills

Relationship building

Communication

Compassion

Community collaboration

Public speaking

Written communication

Google Workspace

Criminal records check

Education

Parent/Caregiver experience

Tools

Google Workspace

Job description

Community Family Peer Support Position - Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows and Mission

• 35 Hours per week


• $23.69/Hour + Benefits


• Hybrid role: This position operates within the communities of Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows and Mission. There is no dedicated office. Employees work from home for some tasks and travel weekly within the local community.

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 will provide peer support in Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows and Mission to families and caregivers whose children and youth are experiencing difficulty with their mental health and/or with substance use.

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

• Providing emotional support to families to 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, 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 in the community


• Are comfortable promoting and presenting on FamilySmart's Family Peer Support services at events in Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows and Mission


• Have strong verbal and written skills


• Are able to work from a home office and attend weekly in-person events and meetings with families and service providers across Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, and Mission


• Have good working knowledge of Google Workspace, including gmail, calendar and docs


• Can pass a criminal records check with a vulnerable sector search

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.