Community-Based Family Peer Support Advocate

Families United Network; Kingston (Luzerne County); On-site; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Families United Network is seeking a Family Peer Support Specialist to provide encouragement, advocacy, and practical support to parents and caregivers navigating services for their children with mental or behavioral health needs.

You will use your lived experience to help families access resources, build confidence, and advocate for effective, family-driven plans. This is a community-based, in-person role requiring travel across Luzerne and Wyoming Counties.

Qualifications

• Lived experience raising a child with mental or behavioral health challenges.
• Ability and willingness to use personal experience to support other parents/caregivers.
• Strong communication, listening, relationship-building, and advocacy skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating with a team.
• Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation for travel.
• Ability to obtain PA State Police, FBI, and Child Abuse clearances (agency pays).

Responsibilities

• Provide support, encouragement, and advocacy to parents and caregivers receiving services.
• Use your own lived experience to help families navigate challenges of caring for a child with mental/behavioral health needs.
• Help families identify and access services, resources, and community supports.
• Help families build confidence, strengthen relationships, and develop advocacy skills for their children.
• Work with parents, caregivers, and service providers as a team to develop family-driven goals and treatment plans.
• Connect families with resources and help them navigate systems and services.
• Conduct outreach to build awareness and strengthen the referral network.
• Perform additional duties related to services under the awarded grant.

Skills

Lived experience

Advocacy

Communication

Travel readiness

Job description

Families United Network is seeking a Family Peer Support Specialist to provide encouragement, advocacy, and practical support to parents and caregivers navigating services for their children with mental or behavioral health needs.

You will use your lived experience to help families access resources, build confidence, and advocate for effective, family-driven plans. This is a community-based, in-person role requiring travel across Luzerne and Wyoming Counties.