Youth Peer Support

Child-and-Family-Focus,-Inc.; Lower Providence Township (PA); Hybrid; USD 20,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Vision benefits

Dental benefits

Life insurance

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

401K with match

Mileage reimbursement

Clearance reimbursement

Job summary

Child-and-Family-Focus,-Inc. is seeking a Youth Peer Support to assist parents and caregivers of youths in Montgomery County ICC program. You will offer trauma-informed, person-centered guidance, in person or via telehealth, leveraging lived experience to support goal attainment on Family Service Plans.

Youth will collaborate with the ICC Team to help youths build a team of natural supports, navigate systems, and develop empowerment skills within their community and family context.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Experience handling complex emotional/behavioral needs.
• Experience navigating child-serving systems (mental health, child welfare, probation, education).

Responsibilities

• Support and guide youth within the ICC Team during meetings and plan completion.
• Help youth build a team of natural, community, and system supports.
• Model empowerment strategies using lived experience to navigate systems and meet family goals.

Skills

Emotional support

Trauma-informed

Caregiver coaching

System navigation

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Position Summary:

The Youth Peer Support will provide support and planning to assist parents/caregivers of young people participating in CFF’s Montgomery County Intensive Care Coordination Program. The YPS will provide supportive interventions to eligible clients either face-to-face or over the phone/telehealth to provide necessary support to develop skills and community support, and work toward goals on their Family Service Plan. The YSP will fill the need for supportive guidance from a skilled person with lived experience who is objective and neutral, trauma-informed, and person-centered. The YPS will utilize their own lived experience to support the children enrolled in the ICC program through CFF.

Responsibilities:

The Youth Peer Support will work as part of the ICC Team providing support and guidance to the youth throughout the process, during meetings, and in completion of the individualized plans developed by the youth and their family. The Youth Support Partner will work with the identified youth to develop their own team of supports (natural, community, and systems).

The Youth Peer Support will use their own life experiences to model for the youth how to navigate systems using their voice to meet their needs while developing natural supports within their own community to reach their family vision.

Required Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED


• Have priorexperience handling complex emotional and behavioral needs.


• Have life experience which allows you to possess a diverse understanding of the struggles youth with complex emotional needs endure.


• Have successfully navigated child serving systems (mental health, child welfare, probation, education)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of community resources in Montgomery County.


• Exhibit competency in personal recovery and use of coping skills.


• Demonstrate the ability to assist parents/caregivers in developing empowerment skills and combating stigma through self-advocacy.


• Knowledge and skill to teach and engage in basic problem solving strategies to support clients in self-directed recovery.


• Knowledge and skill sufficient to use community resources necessary for independent living and ability to teach those skills to others.


• Ability to reflect the culture and understand the challenges of a caregiver of a child in OCY services.

Work Environment:

• Standard office environment as well as community settings to include client home, schools, court, doctor’s offices and hospitals, and may allow for some remotefrom home.

Compensation & Benefits:

• Pay rate of $18perhour


• Medical and Vision Benefits offered on first day of employment, 3 plan options offered by Independence Blue Cross


• Dental Benefits offered on first day of employment, 2 plan options offered by Guardian


• Ancillary Benefits offered on first day of employment, such as Accident, Critical Illness, Cancer, Short Term Disability


• Long Term Disability and $50,000 Life Insurance Policy provided by CFF


• 9 Paid Holidays


• 17 days of Paid Time Off with additional days added through years of service


• Paid Parental Leave


• Tuition Reimbursement


• Annual Salary Increase and Bonus


• 401K plan with company match and profit sharing


• Mileage and Expense reimbursement for travel and training


• Clearance Reimbursement

*Eligibility Requirements apply

CFF is an equal opportunity and drug free employer.We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, gender identity, or genetics. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.