Youth Peer Support

Child & Family Focus, Inc.•Lower Providence Township, PA

20h

About The Position

The Youth Peer Support provides support and planning to parents and caregivers of young people in CFF’s Montgomery County Intensive Care Coordination Program. The role provides supportive interventions to eligible clients face-to-face or by phone or telehealth, helping them develop skills and community supports and work toward goals in their Family Service Plan. The Youth Peer Support offers objective, neutral, trauma-informed, person-centered guidance grounded in lived experience. As part of the ICC Team, the Youth Peer Support supports and guides youth throughout the process, during meetings, and in completing individualized plans developed by the youth and their family. The role helps youth build teams of natural, community, and systems supports and models how to navigate systems, advocate for their needs, and develop community supports to reach their family vision.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Prior experience handling complex emotional and behavioral needs.
Life experience that provides a diverse understanding of the struggles youth with complex emotional needs endure.
Successfully navigated child-serving systems, including mental health, child welfare, probation, and education.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of community resources in Montgomery County.
Competency in personal recovery and use of coping skills.
Ability to assist parents and caregivers in developing empowerment skills and combating stigma through self-advocacy.
Knowledge and skill in teaching and engaging clients in basic problem-solving strategies that support self-directed recovery.
Knowledge and skill in using community resources necessary for independent living and ability to teach those skills to others.
Ability to reflect the culture and understand the challenges of a caregiver of a child in OCY services.

Responsibilities

Provide support and guidance to youth throughout the Intensive Care Coordination process, during meetings, and in completing individualized plans developed by the youth and their family.
Work with youth to develop a team of natural, community, and systems supports.
Use lived experience to model how youth can navigate systems and use their voice to meet their needs.
Support youth in developing natural supports in their community to reach their family vision.
Provide supportive interventions face-to-face or by phone or telehealth.

Benefits

Medical and vision benefits available on the first day of employment, with three plan options through Independence Blue Cross.
Dental benefits available on the first day of employment, with two plan options through Guardian.
Ancillary benefits available on the first day of employment, such as Accident, Critical Illness, Cancer, and Short Term Disability coverage.
Long Term Disability and a $50,000 life insurance policy provided by CFF.
Nine paid holidays.
17 days of paid time off, with additional days added through years of service.
Paid parental leave.
Tuition reimbursement.
Annual salary increase and bonus.
401(k) plan with company match and profit sharing.
Mileage and expense reimbursement for travel and training.
Clearance reimbursement.