Senior Family Partner - Coastal Community Services Agency

Bay State Community Services Inc•Braintree, MA

About The Position

The Senior Family Partner provides leadership, mentorship, and direct family support services to caregivers of youth involved in behavioral health, child welfare, juvenile justice, or other systems of care. This role brings lived experience, advocacy, and systems knowledge to empower families, promote engagement, and strengthen outcomes.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a Human Service field and 1 year of experience working with the target population OR
Associate’s degree in the Human Service field and 1 year experience working with children/adolescent/or transitional age youth OR
High school diploma or High School Equivalency Test and a minimum of 2 years experience working with children/adolescents/or transitional age youth
Experience as a parent/legal guardian/caregiver of a youth with special needs, and preferably a youth with mental health needs
Requires 2 years supervisory experience
Experience in navigating any of the child and family serving systems and teaching family members who are involved with the child and family serving systems
Experience in working collaboratively with state agencies, consumer advocacy groups, and/or behavioral health outpatient facilities

Responsibilities

Assist parent/caregiver with meeting the needs of the youth and meet one or more of the following purposes: Educating, Supporting, Coaching, Modeling, and Guiding
Educating, Teaching parent/caregiver how to navigate the child serving systems and processes
Fostering empowerment, including linkages to parent/peer support groups and self help groups
Teaching parent/caregivers how to identify formal and community based resources (e.g., afterschool programs, food assistance, housing resources etc.)
Assist in developing and identifying with the family their natural supports
Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with the Community Resources, state agencies, residential programs, group homes, foster care providers, service providers and community organizations at the area, regional and state levels
Develop community partnerships with formal and informal community resources thus enabling family access to expanded, ongoing community based services for the children and families
Provide weekly individual supervision to Family Support and Training Partners on staff; all supervision must be documented in files accessible for review by the MCE during the site review process or upon request
Supervision notes must contain, at a minimum, information regarding frequency of supervision, format of supervision, supervisors’ credentials, and general content of supervision sessions

Benefits

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Health and Dental Insurance
Eye-Med Vision Benefits
Employer Paid Life and Long-Term Disability Insurance
Tax Deferred Retirement Plan 403(b) (employer match after the first year of employment)
Medical Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care Account
Employee Assistance Program
Paid Benefits First year: 35 Days Paid Time Off -Increased vacation with tenure
Pet Insurance
Employee discounts
Mileage Reimbursement
Stipends for on-call
Qualified employer for student loan forgiveness
Tuition Assistance
Extensive Training Programs including Certification(s) in Evidence Based Practices
Supervision for licensure requirements