Family Peer Implementation Coordinator

University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Greensboro (NC); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro seeks a Family Peer Implementation Coordinator to lead and coordinate the implementation of Family Peer services with selected provider agencies. The role includes training, technical assistance, and developing trainings and certifications aligned with national standards.

You will support Family Peer Specialists across North Carolina, recruit and develop FPS, and collaborate with partners to disseminate information, foster leadership, and evaluate

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications include a relevant post-Baccalaureate degree; comparable experience may be acceptable.
• Must have relevant lived experiences related to caregiving/family experience with Serious Emotional Disturbance for at least 12 months.
• Experience in paid or unpaid Youth/Family Peer Specialist roles or similar.
• Demonstrated skills in written and verbal communication, organization, and cross-agency collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Provide or support training to staff and provider agencies to develop FPS workforce.
• Offer regular professional development opportunities including training, conferences, and learning collaboratives.
• Support development of parent/family support providers including training and technical assistance.
• Coordinate and provide training across organizations in organizational and community development, sustainability, leadership, and recovery programming.
• Identify and link families to NCVA training and employment opportunities.
• Develop peer support networks across the state and leadership skills among families.

Skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Organization

Cross-agency collaboration

Education

Relevant degree (post-Baccalaureate)

Job description

Position Title

Family Peer Implementation Coordinator

Position Summary

The Family Peer Implementation Coordinator will provide leadership and coordination for the implementation of Family Peer services with selected provider agencies. The coordinator will provide formal and informal training and technical assistance opportunities around best practices for implementation of Family Peer Support. The coordinator will work with their program team members to develop the trainings and certifications, in line with national certification and training standards (e.g., the National Federation of Families’ National Family Peer Specialist Certification). The coordinator will support Family Peer Specialist Implementation sites in recruiting, hiring, training, supporting, integrating, and evaluating Family Peer Specialists (FPS) to provide direct support to families across NC.

Key Responsibilities

Family Peer Implementation Technical Assistance

• Provide or support provider agencies in identifying the training needed to support the Family Peer Specialist Workforce in developing the skills necessary to support families.
• Provide regular opportunities for Family Peer Specialists to engage in professional development activities including training, conferences, networking and learning collaboratives.
• Support the development of parent/family support providers, including training and technical assistance.
• Coordinate and provide training and technical assistance to selected organizations in areas including, but not limited to: Organizational development, Community development, Consumer services financing, Sustainability, Leadership development, and Recovery programming.

Build Family Peer Workforce

• Identify and link families to NCVA training and employment opportunities.
• Develop peer support networks across the state.
• Develop leadership and advocacy skills among families, and inform families about Family Peer Support.
• Link families with lived experience to opportunities to become Nationally Certified as a Family Peer Support Specialist through training and employment.

Program Outreach and Information Dissemination

• Develop and update content monthly and disseminate information via program website, electronic newsletters, integrating information from ongoing technical assistance and collaboration with key federal, state, and local partners (e.g., SAMHSA, NC DMH/DD/SAS, System of Care Collaborative).
• Provide psychoeducation on the value of lived experience expertise at all levels of partnering agencies.
• Develop a plan for Community Awareness, Outreach, and highlighting of the Family Peer role at the local implementation site communities.

Evaluation processes and other duties

• Collaborate with the evaluation team to ensure consistent and timely data collection.
• Conduct stakeholder interviews and focus groups.
• Collaborate with the evaluator to translate quantitative and qualitative data and to present findings to a variety of stakeholders.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Relevant post-Baccalaureate degree required; for candidates demonstrating comparable independent research productivity or comparable background in independent academic or instructional activities, a relevant undergraduate degree and three or more years of relevant experience may be acceptable.
• Must have relevant lived experiences related to personal and/or caregiving/family experience with a Serious Emotional Disturbance for at least 12 months.
• Must have experience working in some form of paid or unpaid Youth/Family Peer Specialist, Navigator, Partner, or other similar roles.
• Must be able to demonstrate skills in written and verbal communication, organization, cross-agency collaboration and coordination.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified or eligible to be certified as a Certified Family Peer Specialist is preferred.
• Experience working in a leadership role related to Youth and/or Family Peer Support and/or Education is preferred.

Physical Effort

Hand movement – repetitive motions, reading, writing, hearing, talking, lifting 30–60 lbs.