Certified Peer Support- Youth Parent

SpectraCare•Dothan, AL

11h•Onsite

About The Position

The Parent Peer Support Partner’s (PPSP) role is to provide intentional, authentic support to a parent or primary caregiver of a child with emotional, physical, behavioral, and/or mental health challenges. The skilled PPSP’s unrelenting focus is on the parent/caregiver. Primary functions include but not limited to: provide authentic and purposeful support to parents/primary caregivers; support parents/primary caregivers in achieving their identified goals; deliver intentional support activities that build on the strengths and resiliency traits of parent/primary caregiver; and collaborate with agency staff internally and representatives from community-based organizations and child-serving systems in providing support to families receiving services. Travel may be required.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED.
Must be a parent/primary care giver with lived experience who has raised or is currently raising a child with emotional, behavioral, physical or mental health or substance abuse needs, has experience in navigating at least two child-serving systems.
Must successfully complete Certified Youth Parent Peer Specialist training and exam upon hire.
Must understand and endorse a recovery-oriented approach to providing services.
Possess a valid Driver License with good MVR and reliable transportation
Ability to work well independently and as part of a team.
Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
Must meet insurability requirements to drive a system vehicle (21 years of age).

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in a mental illness or related field.
One (1) year experience with target population.
Previously completed Certified Youth Parent Peer Specialist training and exam with

Responsibilities

Peer-based relationships: Must be able to introduce yourself to the parent/primary caregiver and explain your role as a PPSP.
Peer-based relationships: Ability to establish peer-based relationships using strategic self-disclosure to build connection based on understanding the parent’s experience.
Peer-based relationships: Ability to build a strong sense of connection based in equality, common respect and mutuality.
Peer-based relationships: Ability to demonstrate active listening skills, empathetic responses and validate the parent’s experience.
Peer-based relationships: Must be able to use person-first and strength-based language in every interaction with the parent/primary caregiver.
Encourage Growth as a Peer
Actively Accept: Continually work to ensure the parent feels empowered and confident in their own decision-making ability.
Actively Accept: Ability to extract functional strengths from the parents’ story and share them with family and other team members.
Actively Accept: Ability to actively accept parent’s decisions and communicate a sense of acceptance even when you disagree.
Actively Accept: Ability to manage personal bias and disagreement so it does not interfere with the support relationship.
Respect throughout the relationship.
Link with Others in Collaboration and Problem Solving
Suspend and Interrupt Bias & Blame
Assist with crisis intervention as needed.