Certified Family Peer Support Specialist

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🕒 June 24

🏈 Ohio – Remote

🏈 Ohio – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

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Harbor

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501 - 1000 employees

⚖️ Legal

💼 Consulting

📋 Compliance

Legal • Consulting • Compliance

Harbor is a global professional services firm of about 900 industry experts focused on strategy, legal technology, operations, and intelligence. It provides advisory, implementation, and managed services to law firms, corporations, and their in-house legal departments to improve legal operations, efficiency, and outcomes.

📋 Description

• Uses lived experience as a parent, guardian, or primary caretaker in assisting and supporting youth and families on an ongoing basis. • Assists treatment and service coordination teams in the assessment and engagement of clients residing in the community and in the hospital. • Supports Child and Family Teams (CFTs) for wraparound and service coordination teams. • Assists clients and families in identifying, using, and accessing family, neighborhood, and community support services, and in achieving community integration. • Assists the team, clients, and staff members in completing documentation necessary to determine eligibility for community resources. • Follows crisis prevention and intervention protocols. • Acts as an advocate for clients and families to secure needed services. • Provides feedback on the needs of parents and families and assists in identifying gaps in services and supports. • Collects required data from youth and families for program evaluation. • Provides support, education, and consultation to clients, families, and/or significant others. • Provides education on self-management of symptoms to clients, families, and/or significant others. • Assures appropriate communication with team leaders and team members when responding to client calls and requests. • Assists in the client’s acquisition of social and recreational skills. • Assists the client and family in increasing social support skills and networks. • Attends local Family and Children First Councils and other parent/youth-specific community meetings. • Maintains client confidentiality and adherence to HIPAA requirements. • Participates in required agency and departmental meetings and staff trainings. • Works closely and cooperatively with a variety of service providers in the community and within Harbor. • Provides culturally competent services and seeks consultation and supervision when the complexity of a situation is greater than the employee’s knowledge base. • Maintains solid knowledge of agency services and knows how to secure services if they are not available within the agency. • Works with individuals with severe emotional disturbance and behavioral concerns and their families in natural environments and community-based settings. • Types clinical documentation in the format appropriate and acceptable to Harbor. • May provide billable services and may have to fulfill or exceed unit expectations established by Harbor. • Keeps current with trends and developments related to essential job competencies and demonstrates continued growth.

🎯 Requirements

• Education: Minimum of high school diploma or GED equivalent. • Experience: Parent, guardian, or primary caretaker of a child who is or has received services from the mental health system. • Must possess the skills necessary to help clients achieve and maintain their highest level of functioning by striving for successful community living. • Must have the ability to offer a unique perspective of parenting or raising a child with serious emotional disturbance or behavioral concerns. • Must be proficient and accurate in computer use, including Microsoft Word. • Licensure and Certifications: Must obtain Ohio Parent Peer Support Certification within 120 days of hire. • Certified Parent Peer Supporters must maintain current continuing education and requirements for renewal of their certificate. • CPR/First Aid and NCI/CPI Certifications required within 90 days of employment. • Must successfully demonstrate the basic competencies for Parent Peer Support services, as determined by supervisor review, within 90 days of hire. • Must be at least 23 years of age, have a valid driver’s license, acceptable driving record, and show proof of personal auto insurance policy to be deemed insurable with Harbor’s vehicle insurance carrier. • Preferred Qualifications: Experience providing family peer support, parent advocacy, system navigation, wraparound, or community-based behavioral health services.

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage • Retirement plan with company match • Generous paid time off, sick time, and paid holidays • Tuition and professional license reimbursement programs • Clinical supervision hours offered