Job Description
Job Description
Cayuga Counseling Services, Inc. seeks a Full-time (40 hours/week) Family Peer Advocate who can provide structured, strength - based peer support to families raising children with social, emotional, behavioral, or developmental challenges.
Job Responsibilities:
- Using the Family Support Model provides one-to-one interactions with parents/caregivers with the goal of encouraging and promoting family independence and self-efficacy.
- Provide family peer support services to care givers within MHOTRS and Trauma and Resiliency Service programs through face to face, telephone, email and telehealth meetings with the family.
- Support families in advocacy and shared decision making across child serving systems.
- Assist the family in identifying parenting skills which could be strengthened and provide role modeling of these services.
- Assist with engagement, bridging, and transitions between services.
- Assist family in identifying needs, determining available community and natural resources and advocating for those services.
- Assists family in identifying strengths upon which to build a foundation of improved communication and coping skills.
- Attend Families Together Family Support Meetings at the Office or Mental Health or virtually.
- Use electronic health record to complete documentation requirements in a timely manner.
- Complete family assessment tools and surveys as required.
- Represent Cayuga Counseling Services at community, state and national forums as assigned.
- Advocate for systems change at the program, community, state, and national level.
- Build relationships with parent support and advocacy organizations.
- Assist in the facilitation of the parent and/or grandparent support group.
- Complete Bi-annual required training and documentation of NYS Family Peer Advocate credentialing.
- Follows Medicaid rules and regulations for billing.
- Follows HIPPA regulations and acquire appropriate releases of information.
- Preforms other duties as required.
Qualifications:
- New York State Families Together Family Peer Advocate Credentialing/FANS training required.
- High School diploma or equivalent
- Clearance through the NYS Central Registry for Child Abuse is required.
- Must have a valid NYS driver's license and insurance.
- Must be a parent. Lived experience parenting a child (including a foster) who has/had a severe emotional, behavioral, developmental delays or mental health disorder required.
- Ability to recognize strengths in families and children.
- Must have ability to relate to children, adolescents, and parents, and be able to develop/foster appropriate relationships.
- Must have extensive knowledge of community services and the ability to work cooperatively with other providers: must have ability to document activities accurately.
The Agency offers:
- 3 weeks PTO in your first year, 4 weeks in your second year
- 48 Hours of Wellness time (4 hours accrue per month) that can be used anytime you feel you need some time for yourself.
- 96 Hours of sick time annually (accruing 8 hours per month)
- 10 Holidays off per year including one Floating Holiday
- Agency sponsored Life and Dental Insurance for employees, Family plans are also available.
- 6 Different Health Insurance Plans to choose from to fit your needs.
- 403B Retirement Savings with Agency match after one year
- EEO
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