Family Peer Support Specialist Caribou Outpatient

AMHC is looking for a full time Family Peer Support Specialist candidate that will be a vital member of the Childrens Behavioral Health Home team.

You will provide compassionate peer-based support to families and caregivers of children and youth experiencing behavioral health challenges.

Drawing on lived experience this role helps families navigate complex systems access resources build advocacy skills and feel empowered throughout the recovery journey.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Peer Support & Guidance

• Provide non-judgmental empathetic emotional support grounded in lived experience
  
• Openly share personal recovery experiences to instill hope and understanding
  
• Support families in coping with stress crisis and uncertainty
  
• Promote respect for each familys unique recovery path
  
• Offer practical strategies for self-care stress management and mental well-being
  

Family Education & Advocacy

• Advocate for family needs within healthcare school and community systems
  
• Assist families in identifying unmet needs and accessing services
  
• Educate families and the community on recovery principles and stigma reduction
  
• Promote family involvement in treatment planning and decision-making
  
• Participate in and organize trainings workshops and agency in-services
  

Resource Navigation & Referral

• Provide information and referrals for mental health and substance use services
  
• Assist families with problem-solving barriers to care (appointments transportation follow-through)
  
• Maintain ongoing assessment of recovery needs and resource gaps
  
• Connect families to community supports to increase independence and stability
  

Documentation & Collaboration

• Maintain accurate confidential documentation in compliance with agency and funding requirements
  
• Collaborate with clinicians case managers social workers and other team members
  
• Participate in team meetings case conferences and trainings
  

General Expectations

• Maintain confidentiality of client and agency information
  
• Provide a welcoming inclusive environment for all individuals
  
• Follow all agency policies procedures and regulations
  
• Work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team
  
• Demonstrate cultural humility when working with diverse populations
  
• Be flexible to meet client and agency needs including occasional overtime
  
• Maintain a valid drivers license and reliable transportation
  

Physical & Work Requirements

• Ability to sit stand walk talk hear and use standard office equipment
  
• Occasionally lift or move up to 10 pounds
  
• Work occurs in office community and family settings and requires travel within assigned catchment areas
  
• Reasonable accommodations will be made as appropriate
  

Schedule & Employment Status

• Non-exempt position under the Fair Labor Standards Act
  
• Primary hours: MondayFriday 8:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.
  
• Occasional evening or extended hours may be required and compensated per agency policy
  

Supervision

This position is supervised by the Childrens Program Manager or Childrens BHH Administrative Supervisor.

This position requires a High School Diploma or its equivalent.

Applicant must have a minimum of 3 years of lived experience in parenting or in a parenting role (meaning biological parent caregiver foster parent or grandparent) with at least one child/youth who lived with the applicant for 3 or more years who is receiving or has received services and support related to the diagnosis of a mental illness and who is willing to self-identify

AMHC is an equal opportunity employer

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