Family Partner Weekend Relief

Riverside Community Care

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Family Partner - Weekend Relief - Milford MCI

Do you have a lived experience raising a child with behavioral or developmental support needs

Our Behavioral Health Services Division at Riverside Community Care is looking for a Family Partner!

Riverside Community Care seeks parents with lived experience raising a child with behavioral or developmental support needs and sound knowledge of the network of available services to families and youth.

This is a relief opportunity to provide support to parents during a psychiatric emergency assessment of their children. Family Partners will work out of our Milford MA office and will travel to locations in the local community. Family Partners work collaboratively with Masters level clinicians to intervene and stabilize youth in crisis. They will provide support to parents or guardians by helping them navigate the mental health system and directing them toward each step in the process.

NOTE: This position requires that the applicant is a parent with lived experience navigating the special education DCF DMH DDS or mental health service delivery system on behalf of your child. Applicants who do not demonstrate this experience cannot be considered for this role.

Schedule: Relief hours available with a weekend need!

Pay Rate: $22.27/hour

• additional $1 for CPS
• additional $2 for CARC

Why Youll Love Riverside
We make a true difference in peoples lives through rewarding work. Most of our jobs come with great benefits including healthcare numerous professional development opportunities and generous time off - all in a respectful and inclusive environment perhaps why Riverside was named a Boston Globe Top Workplace and a best-in-state employer by Forbes.

Benefits include:

• Comprehensive high-quality health dental and vision insurance options
• Flexible Spending Accounts both medical and dependent care
• Eleven paid holidays
• Separate accruals for vacation (increases with tenure) personal and sick time
• Tax-deferred 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Employee Assistance Plan / Travel Assistance Plan
• Employee bonus for referrals resulting in hiring
• Discounts to movie theaters sporting and entertainment events
• Employee YMCA discount: 10% off a YMCA monthly membership and 50% off the joiners fee

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Required Skills

• Must have experience helping to raise a child with social emotional mental health or substance abuse concerns and have experience navigating the myriad of youth services required
• Must have excellent communication organizational and time-management skills.
• Computer skills (Microsoft Office) required
• Valid drivers license and personal vehicle is required to transport consumers as necessary

Required Experience

• Bachelors or Associates degree with one year working with youth preferred
• High School/GED and two years working with target population considered

Riverside Community Care is dedicated to respect integrity and engagement of all individuals. We are committed to building an inclusive and culturally competent organization and we value the richness of having a diverse applicant pool. As an employer committed to equal opportunity all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race age color religion gender marital status sexual orientation military status national origin disability or any other characteristic as established by law.