Youth Support Partner

Child and Family Focus Inc.; Willow Grove (PA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hourly rate of $17.00

Annual Salary Increase and Bonus

Medical and Vision Benefits

Dental Benefits

Ancillary Benefits

Employer Paid Long Term Disability

Paid Holidays

Paid Time Off

Tuition Reimbursement

401K plan with company match

Mileage and Expense reimbursement

Job summary

Child and Family Focus Inc. in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania is seeking a full-time Youth Support Partner to work with youth and families participating in the High Fidelity Family Teams Process. This role focuses on utilizing personal life experiences to guide youth in navigating child serving systems while developing natural supports within their communities.

The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of emotional and behavioral needs, demonstrating their ability to bring a diverse perspective to the process. The position offers competitive hourly compensation starting at $17.00 and various benefits from the first day of employment.

Qualifications

• Prior experience handling complex emotional and behavioral needs.
• Life experience providing a diverse understanding of struggles faced by youth.
• Ability to navigate child serving systems.

Responsibilities

• Work with youth and families to support the High Fidelity Family Teams Process.
• Develop individualized plans with the youth and their family.
• Use personal experiences to guide and model navigation through systems.

Skills

Handling complex emotional and behavioral needs

Navigating child serving systems

Building community support

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:

TheYouth Support Partneris a full-time position thatworks 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 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)

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
• 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.