Parent Partner I-IV

SOUTH COAST COMMUNITY SERVICES•Placentia, CA

1d•$22 - $24•Hybrid

About The Position

South Coast Community Services is seeking a knowledgeable and experienced Parent Partner/Peer Specialist to provide support and resources to parents/caregivers, promoting successful home placements. This role involves engaging, inspiring, and facilitating meaningful conversations with clients to help them explore and achieve their goals. The Parent Partner/Peer Specialist ensures that the parent's voice and choice are respected and implemented throughout treatment, empowering them towards self-sufficiency and independence through coaching and support in completing interventions and activities. The agency is looking for a professional, preferably Spanish-speaking, to partner with caregivers, engage them in the treatment process, and provide resources to support client treatment progress. This role offers intensive support to caregivers to maintain client safety and placement, operating from a strength-based, natural resources, and family voice and choice perspective.

Requirements

Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Microsoft Outlook.
Demonstrate knowledge of crisis management skills and can perform such skills as necessary.
Ability to remain organized and manage multiple tasks at once.
Able to establish and maintain appropriate rapport with parents/caregivers.
Knowledge of parenting techniques, child development, and/or the Child Welfare system.
Able to work effectively as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
High school diploma or GED.
Identify as having experience with the process of recovery from a mental illness or substance use disorder.
Valid CA driver’s license and proof of automobile insurance.
Completion of CPR/First Aid/ProACT certification within the first thirty (30) days of employment.

Nice To Haves

Personal parenting experience with an emotionally/behaviorally-disturbed child through the County’s Child Welfare Services, Probation, or Mental Health System, and/or experience with a special needs youth preferred.
Spanish Preferred

Responsibilities

Listen to and assess the parents’ needs and provide relevant interventions, resources and support.
Serve as support person and advocate for parents during Children and Family Team meetings.
Ensure sensitivity to family culture, values and beliefs, and operate from a family-centered, strength-based perspective.
Maintain proficient and accurate documentation adhering to all program and contract standards.
Work in coordination with the client’s multidisciplinary team, including county representatives, schools etc. in the development and execution of the treatment plan.
Participate in all required meetings.
Develop and utilize knowledge of community resources to serve children and their families.
Perform other related duties as required and assigned.