Family Peer Support

Position: Family Peer Supporter

Location: Joliet, IL

Shift: Weekdays, 2 evening shifts per week

Salary: $40,000-$45,000

Position overview

Under the direction and supervision of the program director, the Pathways to Success Family Peer Supporter (FPS), will provide families of Pathways enrolled youth with behavioral health needs with services and supports. FPSs will support the family and the youth in their home and community, advocate for services, and assist the caregiver with increasing their ability to understand their child’s behavioral health needs and supports available to the family. A FPS is someone who has lived experience or experience as a caregiver or a child with special needs, preferably behavioral health needs.

Essential functions

• Assisting the family to engage in services and supports
• Assisting the family in systems navigation and breaking down barriers to services
• Involving the family with all care and decision-making
• Providing information about the child’s needs and strengths
• Setting goals, designing and implementing and evaluating outcomes of programs
• Supports the family during times of crisis
• Responsible for the timely submission of Medicaid mental health billing
• Participates in weekly team meetings
• Traveling from various locations within the community to provide the family and youth with supports

Skills and abilities

• Excellent interpersonal skills, cultural competency, and experience with diverse populations
• Strongly self-motivated
• Strong communication skills
• Teaching skills, non-judgmental personality, and empathic listening skills
• Ability and knowledge of basic computer programs for service documentation and report writing

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED
• Lived experience or experience as a caregiver of a child with special needs
• Experience navigating child-serving systems and supporting, educating and advocating for families involved with child-serving systems preferred