Parent Peer Support

Nexus Family Healing•Mendota Heights, MN

20h•Hybrid

About The Position

Nexus Family Healing, an outpatient and community mental health clinic located in Mendota Heights, MN, has an immediate opening for a part-time Parent Partner for our Youth ACT team! Youth ACT services are provided in the home, school, or community using a multidisciplinary team. Individualized services help stabilize youth, ages 14-21, to decrease hospitalizations and out-of-home placements. The Youth ACT team works intensively with youth with severe mental health or co-occurring mental health and substance use issues to help them remain in their community and reduce the need for residential or inpatient placements. The team also works with youth discharging from hospitals or residential treatment centers to ensure a smooth transition back to their home, family, and community. Services are delivered in an age-appropriate and culturally sensitive manner designed to meet the specific needs of each member. At Nexus Family Healing, we embrace diversity, promote equity, and foster inclusion. As a national mental health organization, we serve a diverse group of youth and families, and we strive for our workforce to support and represent that diversity.

Requirements

High School diploma or equivalent, and must be at least 21 years of age.
Must have prior experience as the primary parent or caregiver of a child with emotional, behavioral, or mental health challenges.
Must have experience with children’s mental health systems such as DHS, DOC, social services, probation, or the Department of Mental Health.
Completion of a successful background check.
Currently have or be willing and able to successfully complete the Department of Human Services-approved Certified Family Peer Specialist Training and certificate exam.
Valid driver’s license required.
Must meet state regulating agency and Home Office driving requirements.
Must successfully pass a DHS criminal background check.
Must be open to meeting the cultural needs of individuals or communities, considering factors such as language, traditions, and values.

Nice To Haves

College coursework in the behavioral/mental health field.
Experience working with families and trauma-exposed children or adolescents.

Responsibilities

Manages and coordinates positive family involvement in the treatment process using trauma-informed, strength-based, and client-driven engagement techniques.
Creates community relationships to enhance resource and referral opportunities.
Connects with all families entering the program to engage and build involvement.
Participates in the initial family information-gathering and assessment process to help identify needs and assist in the development of treatment goals.
Works with families, caregivers, and treatment team members and all informal and formal supports to assist and support individualized family plans and treatment goals during and post-treatment.
Attends and participates in a variety of meetings to help support and advocate for the well-being, needs and resources for caregivers and youth.
Provides and assists with ongoing advocacy for families during the treatment process and with other providers involved in the family’s life.
Role models skills and provides coaching so families can learn to advocate for themselves.
Delivers consultation and training to treatment team members to enhance the delivery of family-driven care and positive family engagement techniques.
Provides parent skill-building education, consultation, and role modeling; leads/co-leads parent support groups.
Acts as a resource for families and responds to family crises in a prompt, effective, and collaborative manner.
May coordinate and conduct family-finding activities to help youth establish a strong support network and support permanency as needed.
Submits timely documentation in the electronic health record regarding work with families.
Facilitates the linking of youth and families with appropriate community services, and follow-ups.
Meets with the family and youth (virtually or in-person) as determined and prescribed by the treatment plan and family’s engagement level.