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Outreach Development Corp.
Richmond Hill
Participate as a member of the CCBHC interdisciplinary team to provide face to face peer services to individuals and their families in understanding services and linking them to needed community resources. Using their personal lived experience this role to promotes clients’ recovery, offers support, advocacy, and skill development opportunities.
Job Source: Outreach Development Corp.Outreach Development Corp.
Richmond Hill, New York
Participate as a member of the CCBHC interdisciplinary team to provide face to face peer services to individuals and their families in understanding services and linking them to needed community resources. Using their personal lived experience this role to promotes clients’ recovery, offers support, advocacy, and skill development opportunities. I
Job Source: Outreach Development Corp.Outreach Development
Richmond Hill, NY, United States
Participate as a member of the CCBHC interdisciplinary team to provide face to face peer services to individuals and their families in understanding services and linking them to needed community resources. Using their personal lived experience this role to promotes clients’ recovery, offers support, advocacy, and skill development opportunities. In
Job Source: Outreach DevelopmentOutreach Development Corp.
Richmond Hill
Participate as a member of the CCBHC interdisciplinary team to provide face to face peer services to individuals and their families in understanding services and linking them to needed community resources. Using their personal lived experience this role to promotes clients’ recovery, offers support, advocacy, and skill development opportunities. C
Job Source: Outreach Development Corp.The Jewish Board of Children and Family Services
New York, NY, United States
Make a bigger difference At The Jewish Board, we don't just make a difference - we make a bigger difference as we serve 45,000 New Yorkers every year. Join our dedicated team that's been helping communities across New York City for almost 150 years and see just how big of a difference you can make. Reasons you'll love working with us: If you have a
Job Source: The Jewish Board of Children and Family ServicesICL
Brooklyn, NY, United States
NOTE: All applicants must comply withICL's vaccination policy. Individuals selected for employment cannot begin working until they provide verification that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (with an FDA-authorized vaccine). QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE: Bilingual in Spanish Required Minimum: New York State Credentialed Family Peer Advo
Job Source: ICLFamily and Childrens Association
Mineola, NY, United States
Family Peer Advocate $22/hr The Family Peer Advocate will work for our Nassau Family Center, a program that supports families who have children ages 5 18 with a Serious Emotional Disturbance. Primary Responsibilities include: Conduct home visits (60% of worked time) to educate clients on parenting techniques and develop advocacy skills and to assis
Job Source: Family and Childrens AssociationOhel Children's Home and Family Services
Brooklyn, NY, United States
Ohel is seeking a Peer Specialist to provide person-centered planning and delivery of services to individuals at our Licensed Outpatient Mental Health Clinic.The Peer Specialist will have lived experience utilizing mental health and/or substance abuse services (SUD). The Peer Specialist is responsible for mentoring individuals diagnosed with ment
Job Source: Ohel Children's Home and Family ServicesNew York, NY, United States
Job Type
Full-time
Description
EMMA L. BOWEN COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER
Also known as
UPPER MANHATTAN MENTAL HEALTH CENTER, INC.
The Emma L. Bowen Community Service Center is seeking a Family Peer Advocate to join our team. This position is a terrific opportunity for someone to gain additional experience and make a difference in the lives of our clients.
For over 45 forty-five years, our organization has provided mental health and holistic services in northern Manhattan for families, children, adolescents, and other adults including the elderly in a supportive and caring environment. We also have an out-patient and residential substance abuse program as well as a Therapeutic Preschool for 3-5 year olds.
Upper Manhattan Mental Health Center is a Certified National Health Service Corps (NHSC) site.
For additional information about our organization and programs, please visit us on our website at www.bowencsc.org .
JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Family Peer Advocate
Location; Early Childhood Services
Hours: Monday - Friday, 35 hrs./wk.
Description of Duties and Responsibilities:
•Conducting outreach to families to engage them in family peer advocacy as part of implementation of the agency's Project LAUNCH grant to enhance and expand our clinical response to early childhood mental health and developmental issues
•Providing information and referrals to participating families
•Working with families to discern their strengths, needs, and priorities
•Fostering effective parent-professional partnership and promoting the practice of family-driven and youth-guided approaches.
•Providing 1:1 assistance to help families connect to and participate in services
•Accompanying parents to meetings to assure their voice is heard
•Increasing parents' feelings of self-efficacy
•Reducing stigma and feelings of isolation
•Serving as members of child and family planning teams
•Helping families identify goals and track progress
•Supporting families to develop 'informal' networks of support
•Participating as the FPA in specific evidence-based treatment models
•Empowering parents by increasing their knowledge and skills
•Coaching in constructive self-advocacy skills
•Coaching in effective parenting strategies
•Initiating and supporting parent support and skills groups
•Helping families learn about special education services, procedures, and rights
•Serving as cultural brokers within organizations and systems
•Helping families understand mental health diagnoses, medication, and treatment options
Skills:
•Great communication skills
•Conflict resolution skills
•Bilingual in Spanish preferred
Amount of Travel: 50% of the time; hybrid remote/on-site
Salary range: $50,000
Hours per day or week: 1 FTE/40 hours
Requirements
Qualifications:
•Have lived experience with the challenges faced by the populations we serve, specifically with trauma and the challenges experienced by caretakers
•Have a high school diploma or GED (or document comparable skills)
•Complete the Family Peer Advocate Credential or Provisional Credential preferred, but paid training opportunities available for otherwise qualified candidates with the required lived experience
Salary Description
$50,000
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