Family Partner - Intensive Home-Based Therapeutic Care

Open Sky Community Services Inc.; Worcester (MA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Open Sky Community Services provides in-home therapeutic support for youth and young adults facing emotional challenges. The Family Partner role relies on lived experience as a parent or caregiver to build trust and empower families as they move toward recovery.

Join a collaborative team that coordinates with clinicians, schools, and other providers to integrate peer and family support into care plans, crises planning, and goal setting, promoting hope and self-advocacy.

Qualifications

• Lived experience being a parent, caregiver, guardian, grandparent or foster care parent supporting a person with mental health challenges, required.
• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent, required.
• Valid Driver’s License and acceptable driving record, required.
• Experience accessing mental health or related services, required.
• Reliability, willingness to learn, and being open to new opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Uses lived experience to support parents and caregivers in understanding and navigating systems of care, strengthening advocacy skills, and developing confidence in decision-making.
• Collaborate closely with youth, caregivers, clinicians, schools, and other service providers to ensure peer and family support is fully integrated with all aspects of care.
• Partner with families in goal development, crisis planning, and problem-solving, offering perspective rooted in personal experience and recovery.
• Support youth in building communication skills and strengthening relationships with family members, friends, natural supports, and providers.
• Promote hope, normalization, and empowerment by modeling recovery, self-advocacy, and system navigation through lived experience.

Skills

Lived experience as caregiver

Driver's License

Reliability

Willingness to learn

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Job Description: Open Sky's Intensive Home-Based Therapeutic Care provides services to youth and young adults ages 6-22 who are experiencing emotional challenges and/or are part of multi-stressed families. Our model delivers flexible, individualized, in-home supports that adapt in intensity based on the unique needs of each youth and family. The Family Partner is a vital member of the team that brings lived experience as a parent, caregiver, or family member who has navigated child-serving systems (such as behavioral health, education, child welfare, or juvenile justice). This firsthand experience is essential to building trust, fostering hope, and empowering families as they move toward stability and recovery.

Other Key Responsibilities

• Uses lived experience to support parents and caregivers in understanding and navigating systems of care, strengthening advocacy skills, and developing confidence in decision-making.
• Collaborate closely with youth, caregivers, clinicians, schools, and other service providers to ensure peer and family support is fully integrated with all aspects of care.
• Partner with families in goal development, crisis planning, and problem-solving, offering perspective rooted in personal experience and recovery.
• Support youth in building communication skills and strengthening relationships with family members, friends, natural supports, and providers.
• Promote hope, normalization, and empowerment by modeling recovery, self-advocacy, and system navigation through lived experience.

Qualifications

• Lived experience being a parent, caregiver, guardian, grandparent or foster care parent supporting a person with mental health challenges, required.
• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent, required.
• Valid Driver’s License and acceptable driving record, required.
• Experience accessing mental health or related services, required.
• Reliability, willingness to learn, and being open to new opportunities.

Pay Range: $22.07/Hr. - $24.81/Hr.

About Us

At Open Sky Community Services, we open our doors, hearts, and minds to the belief that every individual, regardless of perceived limitations, deserves the chance to live a productive and fulfilling life. Open Sky is on an anti-racist journey, committed to learning, living, and breathing inclusion, opportunity, diversity, racial equity, and justice for ALL. At Open Sky, you'll join over 1,300 compassionate and highly trained professionals who put innovative, evidence-based practices to work in ways that positively impact our communities across Central Massachusetts and beyond. As a trauma-informed organization, Open Sky strives for transparency and sensitivity to the experiences of those we interact with. Self-care is encouraged, and we are committed to providing a positive work culture that is focused on continuous learning and the value of diverse perspectives. Open Sky is proud to be an industry leader in pay and benefits. Open the Door to Possibility and begin your career with Open Sky today!

Benefits of Working for Open Sky Include

• Excellent Supervision (Individual and Group), Professional Development, and Training Opportunities
• Generous paid time off plan - you start with 29 days (almost 6 weeks!) in your first year, including 12 paid holidays.
• Increases to 32 days in your 2nd year, and the current maximum is 43 days (OVER 8 WEEKS!)
• We pay for your higher education! Ask about our Tuition Reimbursement Program, and reimbursement for a variety of Human Services certifications.
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with Prescription Plan
• 403b Retirement Plan with Employer Match
• Life Insurance (100% Employer-Paid)
• Eligible employer for the Public Student Loan Forgiveness Program
• And more!

Open Sky celebrates diversity and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with federal and state employment opportunity laws, qualified applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, gender, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran, or disabled Veteran status.

Thank you for your interest in Open Sky Community Services - Where Your Work Matters!

Open Sky Community Services, Inc. offers a wide range of services for adults, adolescents, and children experiencing mental health challenges, developmental and intellectual disabilities, substance use disorders, brain injury, homelessness and other complex challenges. Open Sky has 1,300 employees, an annual budget of over $100 million and more than 100 programs throughout the region serving more than 8,000 individuals. We support those we serve to achieve their definition of wellness, and pursue the opportunities and relationships that are meaningful to them. We help them see beyond what they thought was possible, to find their open sky. For more information, please visit www.openskycs.org.