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Family Peer Specialist
Philadelphia, PA
Job Description
Family Peer Specialist Job Description
Behavioral Health & Housing Division
Position Summary
The RHD Intensive Behavioral Health Services Team (IBHS), a program of Resources for Human Development, Inc. support children, youth and young adults with mental, emotional, and behavioral health needs. These services are offered in their homes, schools and communities. The Family Peer Specialist will provide peer support to children and their families.
Essential Duties and Functions
Required Skills and Qualities
Working conditions
Special working conditions could cover a range of working outside of conventional 9am-5pm hours to include occasional on-call circumstances of evening and weekend work, working outdoors, working with challenging program participants, and so forth.
Physical requirements
Examples of physical requirements include standing or sitting for extended periods, occasional lifting of light objects (up to 20 pounds), do repetitive tasks with few breaks, requirements to bend, stoop, reach and so forth. The use of arm and/or leg control requires force greater than sedentary, but worker still sits majority of time.
Physical Requirements
Reporting Relationships
Resources for Human Development is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, veteran, or disability status.
Behavioral Health & Housing Division
| Job title | Family Peer Specialist |
| Reports to | Clinical Director |
Position Summary
The RHD Intensive Behavioral Health Services Team (IBHS), a program of Resources for Human Development, Inc. support children, youth and young adults with mental, emotional, and behavioral health needs. These services are offered in their homes, schools and communities. The Family Peer Specialist will provide peer support to children and their families.
Essential Duties and Functions
- Complete a Strengths, Needs, Culture discovery for every IBHS family
- Engage families in the IBHS process and ensure their voice is a part of treatment planning
- Identify and connect families to resources and services
- Assist families build a network of natural and community supports
- Attend treatment planning, inter-agency and multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) meetings
- Utilizing lived-experience, provide support, modeling and coaching during meetings
- Utilize Electronic Health Record, myAvatar, to document all youth and family contact via an independent note
- Assist with crisis stabilization when needed
- Collaborate with School District and community partners (i.e. STEP) in the implementation of IBHS to ensure continuity of care
- Attend weekly individual and group supervision as directed
- Participate in all mandatory and ongoing trainings specific training requirements for this Division.
- High School Diploma or GED
- Valid PA driver’s license
- Personal experience raising a child or family member with behavioral health challenges, the juvenile justice system, and/or children’s protective services (i.e., DHS)
Required Skills and Qualities
- Possess life experiences that allow them to form healthy working relationships with the adolescent and family as well as team members
- Knowledge of community and natural supports which provide children, youth and young adults and families with opportunities to succeed
- Ability to develop, manage and maintain relationships with others
- Ability to remain understanding, patient, culturally aware and respectful to the child, family, and additional team members
- Ability to role model effective behaviors
Working conditions
Special working conditions could cover a range of working outside of conventional 9am-5pm hours to include occasional on-call circumstances of evening and weekend work, working outdoors, working with challenging program participants, and so forth.
Physical requirements
Examples of physical requirements include standing or sitting for extended periods, occasional lifting of light objects (up to 20 pounds), do repetitive tasks with few breaks, requirements to bend, stoop, reach and so forth. The use of arm and/or leg control requires force greater than sedentary, but worker still sits majority of time.
Physical Requirements
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Reporting Relationships
Family Peer Specialist will report to the Clinical Director
Resources for Human Development is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, veteran, or disability status.
Special Notes/Instructions
All employees must submit proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or a medical/religious exemption upon hire.
Contact Information
Please contact the IBHS Staffing Coordinator - Kylena Brooks, for any questions regarding the position: kylena.brooks@rhd.org
Job Summary
Company
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Hours per Week
40
Salary and Benefits
$15.50
Required Education
High School or Equivalent
Required Experience
2+ years
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