Family Partner -Part- Time ( 20hrs) $20

Aspire Health and Community Services recognizes that attracting and retaining exceptional staff is the key to providing excellent care for our clients. Whether a staff member is providing direct care to those we serve or working on the administrative end supporting the services we are proud to provide, each person’s contribution is highly valued.

Our mission, vision and values are supported by organizational culture guiding the work for every staff member: We are one compassionate, accountable community.

Working at Aspire Health and Community Services can provide enormous job satisfaction. Your contribution is serving to help fulfill a mission, vision and values that support our belief that mental health is the foundation of a person’s overall health and we work to foster an environment that is safe and supportive and free of judgement or prejudice around mental health. In addition, Aspire Health and Community Services offers a competitive package of compensation and benefits.

20 hrs a week (4-5 hr shifts, 7 day a week program; Tues, 1-3 meeting mandatory weekly meeting. Schedule days can be discussed based onour needs and your availability .

• The Adult Community Clinical Services (ACCS) Family Partner works to provide information, support, assistance, and advocacy for recipients, and/or caregivers/family members of ACCS clients. Provides feedback and perspective on the mental health system relative to the impact and effectiveness of the services provided. In addition, provides counseling and support, drawing on common experiences as a peer and/or family partner, to validate client’s experiences and to provide guidance and encouragement to clients to take responsibility and actively participate in their own recovery.
• Provides expertise and consultation from a mental health/substance use consumer perspective to the entire team concerning clients’ experiences on symptoms of mental illness, the effects and side-effects of medications, clients’ responses to and opinions of treatment, and clients experiences of recovery.
• Collaborates with the team to promote a team culture in which each clients’ point of view, experiences, and preferences are recognized, understood, and respected, and i which client self-determination and decision-making in treatment planning are maximized and supported.
• Assists clients in identifying, understanding, and combating stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness and develop strategies to reduce self stigma.
• Assists other team members to identify and understand culture-wide stigma and discrimination against people with mental illness and develop strategies to eliminate stigma within the team.