The Parent Partner establishes and implements support services for children and families, serving as a liaison and advocate. They provide skill building, coordinate community resources, and support families entering behavioral health or child welfare services.
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The Family Parent Partner is responsible for establishing and implementing the support services for children and families. They serve as liaison for the family’s involvement and offer support in whatever way is most helpful to each individual family.
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Serves as the consumer representative to program activities, ensuring advocacy and support services to all participating families.
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Able to engage and provide skill building to youth and families as assigned.
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Provides introduction and engagement support for families entering services.
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Coordinates with the management team in the development and implementation of program systems and standards that promotes consumer driven family-centered services.
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Informs families of basic mental health and social service information and referral sources; assists with the development of additional community resources as necessary and appropriate.
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Assists with the development of support groups for consumers and coordinates scheduling of groups and transportation assistance.
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Participates in consumer advocate training: teaching basic concepts of rights, complaints and grievance procedures, support relationships, crisis management, vocational involvement and related areas.
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Recruits for consumer involvement in committees and work groups.
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Provides appropriate and professional advocacy and education to providers on behalf of consumer’s needs.
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Provides linkage of families with appropriate services, advocating for them when necessary, and serving as role model and advocate for children/families involved in the wraparound process.
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Assists with the ongoing development and implementation of program evaluation.
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Documents services in accordance with program specific requirements.
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Meets Agency service percentage standard reflecting expected time spent with clients, if applicable.
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Completes other duties as assigned.
1. Must possess a reliable mode of transportation to travel to assigned client homes, schools, offices, etc. If personal vehicle is the mode of transportation, must meet Agency’s driving requirements.
Market context
In California, Parent Partner roles are often in demand in youth behavioral health and family support settings because agencies look for staff who can connect with caregivers through lived experience. This role is competitive for candidates who can show strong communication, reliability, and bilingual ability if applicable. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save time, then confirm your caregiving background, driver’s license, vehicle access, and screening readiness before applying.
