Family Peer Support Provider Bilingual - F/T

Beech Acres Parenting Center; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 26,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

Health care

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

PTO up to 42 days

401K match

Cell phone reimbursement

Mileage reimbursement

Professional development

Job summary

Beech Acres Parenting Center is seeking a full-time, non-exempt Family Peer Support specialist in Cincinnati, OH. This role requires a bilingual Spanish speaker and involves working within school systems to support families navigating behavioral and mental health services.

Responsibilities include connecting families with resources, conducting needs assessments, and building partnerships with schools. Travel across the community and occasional after-hours events are expected.

Qualifications

• Certification in Family Peer Support.
• High School Diploma or equivalent plus lived experience as a parent or caregiver.
• Proficiency in the Spanish language required.
• Must possess active Ohio Driver’s License and maintain agency required auto insurance.

Responsibilities

• Provides family peer support services to parents with children with behavioral/mental health challenges within the school system.
• Completes needs assessments for families and provides resource connections (food, housing, transportation).
• Conducts parent outreach within schools and communities; facilitates parent networks.
• Establishes collaborative relationships with school teams to facilitate referrals and cooperation.
• Supports Beech Acres events and activities with priority populations in partnership with program leads.
• May lead parent group meetings and trainings; supports school-wide events.
• Works cross-functionally as a school team member to meet holistic needs of kids and families.
• Travel throughout the community and to Beech Acres campuses; may work outside standard hours.

Skills

Spanish language proficiency

Education

Certification in Family Peer Support

High School Diploma or equivalent + lived experience as parent/caregiver

Tools

MS Office

Job description

FULL TIME non-exempt ($18.82 to $21.40 hourly) (+ bonus potential)

Bilingual in the Spanish language required

Beech Acres Parenting Center has been serving the community for 176 years. We uncover the natural gifts of children by unleashing the power of parents and caregivers. As a contemporary parenting center, Beech Acres serves over 35,000 people annually through a wide range of services including foster care, kinship care, adoption, behavioral health support in schools, parent coaching and much more. All of our programs are founded in our Natural Strength Parenting™ framework which enables parents to unlock their own potential by building on their unique strengths. For more information, visit www.beechacres.org

Why you will love working for Beech Acres:

We're a spirited team that believes in having fun and making an impact in our community and beyond. We’ve built a culture that values our team members’ strengths where we embrace our differences and live the value of Inclusion to all. Through our Culture of Well-Being, emphasis on psychological safety and belonging for all; our team members and the families we serve feel safe bringing their authentic self to Beech Acres.

We take pride in offering you a competitive benefits package, inclusive of base pay, incentives, and other benefits. Our Perks at Work include but not limited to:

• Generous compensation within the non-profit sector along with bonus opportunities for all team members.
• Benefits effective 1st day of hire which includes health care, dental and vision.
• Best in market paid time off benefits. Eligible to receive up to 42 days your first year.
• Life insurances and disability packages
• 401K match
• Cell phone + Mileage reimbursement
• Awards and recognition programs
• Professional Development
• Clinical and Training supervision and in-house training to achieve CEU’s
• Workplace Flexibility
• Employee Resource Groups
• And much more

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Provides family peer support services to parents with children that have behavioral health challenges and/or mental health diagnosis within the school system who are in need of support in navigating various systems. Supports families within the school system with resource connection, mentoring and coaching.

• Primary conduit for referrals to Behavioral Health through sharing lived/shared experience. Builds and fosters relationships with parents and caregivers to reduce stigmas associated with mental health, behavioral health and treatment services.
• Completes needs assessments for families and provides resource connection (food, housing, transportation, etc.)
• Conducts parent outreach activities within the school and communities, including home visitation for hard-to-reach families. Facilitates and supports the establishment of parent networks within the school community.
• Establishes a collaborative relationship with team members and other key stakeholders in the school as a means to facilitate the behavioral health referral process and build cooperative relationships within the school environment.
• Supports the coordinationof Beech Acres Parenting Center hosted events and activities based on the needs of the priority population in partnership with the Beyond the Classroom Team Lead.
• Provides support to school-wide and student population specific events and activities and assists in making recommendations to the school(s) based on experience and learnings from the parents and children they serve.
• May lead and/or facilitate parent group meetings, trainings, etc.
• Works collaboratively and cross-functionally as a school team member to ensure holistic needs of kids and families are met.
• This role is school based in nature and may require work outside of standard business hours to support family events, school events, parent meetings, client needs, etc. Travel throughout the community and to BAPC campuses is required.

Performs other duties as assigned, provided such duties are reasonably related to the essential functions of the position and do not conflict with applicable laws or organizational policies

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• Certification in Family Peer Support
• High School Diploma or equivalent + Shared experience as a parent or caregiver of a child with a developmental disability or behavioral health or mental health diagnosis.
• Proficiency in the Spanish language required
• Willingness to share personal lived experience with others to build relationship and support ongoing family involvement.
• Familiarity with community resources and community wrap-around philosophy.
• Intermediate computer proficiency (MS Office – Word, Excel and Outlook)
• Ability to work collaboratively to support the team’s achievement of shared goals and outcomes.
• Must possess active Ohio Driver’s License and maintain agency required auto insurance of $100,000 per person, $300,000 per accident, and $100,000 property damage.