Certified Family Partner - Peer Services (Full Time)

LifeWorks ofAustin TXis looking for full-time Certified Family Partner to join our Peer Services team to assist on site at our Peer-Led Drop-In Center. A Certified Family Partner (CFP) provides family partner services and education to parents/caregivers/legal authorized representatives (LARs) of youth via group facilitation individual mentorship community collaboration and the provision of alternative activities. The Certified Family Partner utilizes a trauma-informed strengths-based model of support to help caregivers achieve the familys needs wants and goals.

This is a full-time non-exempt position. The schedule will be varying 4-hour shifts between the hours of 11:30am-8:00pm Monday-Thursday and 11:30am-5:30pm on Friday. This position has a starting rate of $22.00/hr. paid bi-weekly. Benefits are also included which consist of 24 PTO days per year (accrued); 11 paid holidays per year; a premium-free employee medical plan with $100 per month HSA contribution (plus other affordable employee or family medical dental and vision options!); a retirement savings plan with 50% match on the first 6% of contributions and much more!

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide person-centered healing-centered support to parents/caregivers/LARs of youth with a history of trauma and mental health emotional and/or behavioral health challenges.
• Openly share experience as a caregiver of a child/youth with emotional behavioral or co-occurring disorders as appropriate in order to promote and support recovery and resiliency.
• Meet with individual parents/caregivers/LARs as needed to establish a safe healthy relationship for learning problem-solving and participating in community activities.
• Assist parents/caregivers/LARs in building a network of support including making referrals and coordinating additional services as appropriate.
• Facilitate support groups in community locations to include experiential activities presentations and discussions field trips and/or skill-based activities.
• Plan develop and provide recovery-related presentations and outreach on a variety of topics such as substance use and disease prevention/intervention health/mental health promotion trauma and recovery community resources relationship-building and coping strategies.
• Advocate within the community and internally to ensure that parent/caregiver/LAR needs are being recognized represented and addressed.
• Develop and maintain positive working relationships with agency staff and community contacts such as referral sources recovery community organizations peer-run programs in non-recovery organizations and other service providers.
• Maintain timely complete and accurate case records and documentation including (but not limited to) progress notes intake reports and incident reports.
• Comply with all requirements outlined by funding sources licensure and accrediting bodies the program and the agency. These requirements may pertain to data paperwork philosophies processes and procedures among other things.
• May be required to transport individuals as needed utilizing personal vehicle for resource navigation and support.
• Maintain approved supervision and continuing education.
• Use crisis intervention and de-escalation techniques to assist individuals in mental or emotional crisis.
• Collaborate with Peer Specialist(s) in alignment with the family partner role as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Requires a GED or HS Diploma and 2 years of related individual and group support experience.
• Requires obtaining state certification as a Certified Family Partner within 9 months of hire.
• Requires being a parent/caregiver/LAR who has lived experience with 1) raising a youth with mental emotional or behavioral health challenges and 2) has at least one year of successfully navigating a child-serving system.
• Experience with databases; proficient level experience with Microsoft Office including Word Excel and Outlook.

PREFERRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Holds current Certified Family Partner (CFP) Texas Certification.
• 1 years work experience as a Certified Family Partner.

ABOUT LIFEWORKS
With more than 50 years of experience working with youth experiencing homelessness youth aging out of foster care young adults and young parents LifeWorks is committed to solving youth homelessness through housing mental health education and workforce services. Our vision is a Central Texas where every young person has a place to call home a sense of belonging and the support to pursue a life they love.

We provide a full range of support services for vulnerable youth ensuring that every young person has access to a safe home the chance to heal and opportunities to learn and work. Through innovative problem-solving shared accountability and evidence-based solutions we are relentless in achieving real sustainable and measurable results for the clients we serve.

A career at LifeWorks offers opportunities to grow professionally while making an immediate lasting impact on the lives of youth and families in our community. Join us in building a future where every young person has the stability and support to thrive.