Youth Peer Support Specialist/Trainee - WISe Program

Frontier Behavioral Health

6d•$21 - $27•Remote

About The Position

Frontier Behavioral Health (FBH) is a non-profit organization with over 100 years of experience serving the Spokane community. FBH provides evidence-based treatment to adults, youth, and seniors facing various behavioral health challenges. As a Trauma-Informed Care Organization, FBH is dedicated to the belief that recovery is possible and that clients can lead fulfilling lives. The WRAPAROUND WITH INTENSIVE SERVICES (WISe) program is a team and community-based model designed to provide individualized services to ensure youth and their families live successfully in their homes and communities. This program offers comprehensive behavioral healthcare services and supports to Medicaid-eligible individuals aged 21 and younger and their families. WISe services aim to reduce the impact of mental health symptoms, increase resiliency, promote recovery, keep youth safe and progressing in school, help avoid delinquency, and foster youth development into healthy, independent adults. The WISe Youth Peer Support Specialist is a specially trained member of a wrap-around team, providing services to enrolled youth and families in their homes and communities across all phases of the WISe program. This role requires a flexible 24/7 schedule in rotation with other clinical staff. The WISe Youth Peer provides targeted support services and assists in a child-centered system of care where the needs of the child and family determine the services provided, aiming to prevent out-of-home placement. The role involves working with children in their homes and communities, incorporating the entire family in the treatment program, and focusing on strengths, age, and cultural heritage. Close communication with WISe team members and other clinical/administrative staff is essential for delivering high-quality services. A core principle of the WISe model is meeting families at their convenience, which may require staff to adjust their work schedules to accommodate client needs, leading to varied start and end times throughout the work week.

Requirements

Self-identify as an individual who during their childhood and/or experienced emotional and behavioral challenges and engaged in behavioral health services and have been in recovery for one or more years.
Certified Peer Support Specialist or Certified Peer Support Specialist Trainee Credential from the WA State Department of Health OR: If an Applicant does not have an active or pending Certified Peer Support Specialist or Certified Peer Support Specialist Trainee Credential from the WA State Department of Health, then must apply for the Certified Peer Support Specialist TRAINEE credential within 90 days of start date.
High School diploma or equivalent.
Must have an unrestricted and valid driver’s license, active car insurance and must be willing to use their personal vehicle in the course of work.

Nice To Haves

Two years' experience working in a community behavioral health setting.

Responsibilities

As a member of a multi-disciplinary team, assist clinicians in the development of treatment objectives and interventions for clients seeking mental health services.
Provide supportive services, drawing on common experiences as a peer, providing on-going support to all WISe team family members by encouraging them to regain hope in, and control over, their own lives, and to be active participants in their child’s episode of care.
Identify services and activities that promote recovery by instilling hope and experiences which lead to meaning and purpose and which decrease stigma in the environments in which they serve.
Promote personal responsibility for recovery as the individual client or mental health service defines recovery.
Serve as a client advocate and provide client information and peer support in a range of settings.
Participate in a multi-disciplinary team approach to provide peer support and case management services to individuals in a manner appropriate to the individual client and WISe team needs.
Provide appropriate individual and group services for enrolled clients including facilitating recovery groups.
Ensure each WISe child/family is heard and their individual family needs are being addressed and met.
WISe Parent Peer will be committed to ensuring that parents have a voice in the youth’s care and are active participants in the WISe process.
WISe Youth Peer will be committed to ensuring that the youth has a voice in their own care and that are active participants in the WISe Process.
Serve as a peer advocate to help empower families in gaining the knowledge and skills necessary to be able to guide and actively participate in their child’s treatment.
Develop and maintain linkages with community resources that benefit clients.
Engage with clients and families prior to discharge from inpatient psychiatric care, participate (as appropriate) in discharge planning and assist families’ as they transition into the community and back to their families.
Assist families in need or in times of crisis with finding appropriate resources for stabilization in the least restrictive environment appropriate.
Work with youth and families in preparation of graduating from WISe services.
Work with clients in preparation of graduating from services.
Maintain client records and all other required documentation in a timely and confidential manner, in accordance with agency policies and practices.
Requires travel to see clients in the community and travel between work sites.
Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

Paid Time Off – Employees accrue up to 26 days of PTO in the first year of employment!
9 Paid Federal Holidays!
Sick Leave – Extended Sick Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Time.
Compressed Workweek option for some positions resulting in up to additional 26 days off per year.
Medical, Dental and Vision
Retirement – 403b plan including standard 3% employer contribution plus an additional 3% employer match.
Flexible Spending Accounts
Life Insurance – Company paid coverage that starts the first of the month following 6 months from your date of hire.
Signing Bonus!
No-cost licensure supervision for those pursuing clinical licensure.
Federal and State Loan Forgiveness Program for qualifying Programs.
Reimbursement of License/Certification application fee that is required for the position.
Free Employee Assistance Program
Staff Discounts at various FBH partners throughout Spokane!