Family Peer Advocate - Transition Residential Setting

Dayforce • Keeseville, NY

123d • $18 - $20

About The Position

Mountain Lakes Services partners with people of all abilities to help them live their best lives, with a vision of advancing people’s journeys through excellence, innovation, and connections. The Family Peer Advocate supports families caring for children and helps strengthen children’s mental and physical health, development, and well-being. The position offers a flexible 40-hour schedule that includes one weekend day and is based in Keeseville, New York.

Requirements

• Provisional Family Peer Advocate credential required.
• Personal lived experience supporting a family member with mental health challenges.

Nice To Haves

• Professional Family Peer Advocate credential preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support families in caring for and strengthening their children’s mental and physical health and assisting with children’s development and well-being.
• Help families implement strategies recommended by clinicians, such as medication management, behavior support, and crisis plans, and discuss families’ comfort with those plans with clinicians.
• Provide families with and connect them to parenting workshops and courses matched to their individual needs.

Benefits

• Paid time off, with a focus on work-life balance
• Pay on Demand
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Agency-funded life insurance at four times annual salary
• Agency-paid retirement
• Educational assistance
• Eligible employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• Opportunities for advancement and training
• Robust Employee Assistance Program
• Mentorship program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed