Family Partner - Support and Stabilization

Open-Sky-Community-Services; Worcester (MA); Hybrid; USD 30,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent supervision

Tuition reimbursement

Insurance coverage

Retirement plan

Life insurance

Job summary

Open Sky Community Services in Worcester, MA, is seeking a Family Partner to support youth up to 22 and their families as they navigate emotional and behavioral challenges. The role blends office collaboration, community-based work, and remote documentation.

You will use lived experience to connect with youth and caregivers, coordinate with providers and schools, and promote informed decision making, healthy communication, and trauma-informed care.

Qualifications

• Lived experience as a youth, parent, caregiver, or family member who has navigated services.
• Valid driver’s license, acceptable driving history and reliable transportation.
• Bilingual candidates highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with youth and parent/caregiver, treatment providers, school, and other services to integrate peer support.
• Support youth to communicate effectively with family, friends, and natural supports.
• Develop leadership and informed decision making with parents/caregivers; provide psychoeducation on parenting and trauma.

Skills

Lived experience

Driver's license

Bilingual

Job description

Job Description:Open Sky’s Support & Stabilization Services provide an array of services to support youth up to the age of 22 years and families that may be experiencing emotional and/or behavioral challenges. Services provided include groups, therapeutic services to help children remain in their home, preparation support for children reunifying with family, permanency support, skill building, increasing social connections, and providing families with community resources to meet basic needs. The goal of the program is to provide families with access to services that are tailored to their individualized strengths and needs which gives youth the greatest chance for safety, permanency, and well-being.The Family Partner is a vital member of the team that brings lived experience as a parent, caregiver, or family member who has navigated services through the Department of Children and Families. This firsthand experience is essential to building trust, fostering hope, and empowering families as they move toward stability and recovery.This role offers a flexible hybrid work environment that includes a combination of office-based collaboration, community-based support with youth and families, and remote work opportunities for documentation, scheduling, and other administrative responsibilities as appropriate. Other Key Responsibilities:Uses lived experience to collaborate with the youth and their parent/caregiver, treatment providers, supports, school, and other service providers to ensure the cohesive inclusion of the parent/caregiver peer support service with all other services.Uses lived experience to support youth to communicate effectively and foster their communication with family, friends, allies/natural supports, providers and others.Practice skills related to networking, informed decision making, collaborative decision making and leadership with parents/caregivers. Provide psychoeducation around parenting skills and trauma.Ability to develop a healthy relationship with the youth and their parent/caregiver. This includes but is not limited to the following: listening from a parent/caregiver perspective, encouraging the youth’s and parent/caregiver’s unique gifts, and fostering communication between the youth and their parents/caregivers, friends, other natural supports, providers and others identified.QualificationsLived experience as a youth, parent, caregiver, or family member who has navigated services through the Department of Children and Families, required.Valid driver’s license, acceptable driving history and reliable transportation, required.Bilingual candidates highly preferred.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 OpportunitiesGenerous 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 Plan403b Retirement Plan with Employer MatchLife Insurance (100% Employer-Paid)Eligible employer for the Public Student Loan Forgiveness ProgramAnd 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.