Youth Support Partner

Child and Family Focus, Inc; Willow Grove (PA); On-site; USD 19,320 - 27,517; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and Vision Benefits

Dental Benefits

Paid Holidays

Paid Time Off

Tuition Reimbursement

401K plan with match

Job summary

Child and Family Focus, Inc in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania is seeking a full-time Youth Support Partner. This role involves working with youth and families in the Bucks County area to participate in the High Fidelity Family Teams Process. The Youth Support Partner will provide support, guidance, and help youth develop their own team of supports.

The ideal candidate will have experience dealing with complex emotional needs and navigating child-serving systems, bringing their own life experiences to guide others. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, and a 401K plan.

Qualifications

• Prior experience handling complex emotional and behavioral needs.
• Diverse understanding of youth struggles with emotional needs.
• Successfully navigated mental health, child welfare, and education systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and guidance to youth through the process.
• Help youth develop their own team of supports.
• Model system navigation using personal life experiences.

Skills

Handling complex emotional and behavioral needs

Navigating child-serving systems

Life experience understanding struggles

Job description

Please note, that in order to be a Youth Support Partner, it requires you to have had personal involvement with a child-serving system. WORK-RELATED EXPERIENCE DOES NOT COUNT.

The High-Fidelity Wraparound process; known in BucksCounty as High Fidelity Family Teams, is a needs based planning process to improve the lives of children with complex mental health needs and their families by empowering the families and youth to have their voices heard through an individualized planning process.

The individualized plan is child-centered and family-focused with the process focusing on strengthening the natural family, extended family and social supports for the child and family by developing a team to support the family throughout the process and in learning the skills of the model.

Job Overview

The Youth Support Partner is a full-time position that works with the youth (and families during meetings) throughout Bucks County area who have agreed to participate in the High Fidelity Family Teams Process.

The Youth Support Partner will work as part of the High Fidelity 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 Support Partner 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

• Have prior experience 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)

Compensation and Benefits

• Hourly rate of $17.00
• Annual Salary Increase and Bonus
• 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
• Employer Paid Long Term Disability and $50,000 Life Insurance Policy
• 9 Paid Holidays
• 17 days of Paid Time Off with additional days added through years of service
• Paid Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 401K plan with company match and profit sharing
• Mileage and Expense reimbursement for travel and training
• Clearance Reimbursement

*Eligibility Requirements apply

Child and Family Focus 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.