Job Description
Job Description
NSCS is looking for a Family Partner to join our In Home Therapy Team! As a Family Partner, you will provide a structured one-to-one strength-based support to a Parent/Caregiver of a youth qualifying for Department of Mental Health (DMH) Flex Supports The DMH Flex Family Partner delivers peer-to-peer education, coaching, modeling, and guidance to a Parent/Caregiver of a youth diagnosed with a SED for the purpose of addressing the youth’s emotional and behavioral needs. This is accomplished by enhancing parenting capacity and increasing access to natural community resources to enable the Parent/Caregiver to successfully support youth’s needs.
This position is designed for someone with lived experience as a parent or direct caregiver of a youth in their family with significant social, emotional, behavioral health, medical or trauma-related needs.
This position is currently a hybrid position: community visits and remote work, contingent on family preference.
What you’ll do:
- Assists the Parent/Caregiver in meeting the youth’s needs by educating, supporting, coaching, modeling or guiding. These activities are delivered in the Parent/Caregiver’s home and community.
- Assists the Parent/Caregiver in addressing one or more goals on the youth’s treatment plan created by the DMH Clinical service.
- Fosters empowerment and encourages Parent/Caregiver to take active leadership roles within the treatment of youth
- Partners with Parent/Caregiver to develop and create realistic indicators for the Transition Indicator tool.
- Shares lived experience with Parent/Caregiver to build rapport, engage and inspire the Parent/Caregiver towards improving parental care of youth.
- Adhere to policies and procedures governing Client rights and confidentiality.
- On-call responsibilities.
What you’ll need:
- Education
- Associates degree in a human service field and one year of related experience with target population OR
- High School diploma/GED and a minimum of two years relevant experience.
- Experience:
- Lived experience as a parent or direct caregiver of a youth in their family with significant social, emotional, behavioral health, medical or trauma-related needs required.
- Experienced in navigating child and family-serving systems
- Minimum 1 year working with the target population
- Skills:
- Bilingual Spanish strongly preferred (please indicate language skills on application)
- Valid Mass drivers license and offsite travel required.
Competitive & Comprehensive Benefits
- Paid Time Off – Two weeks’ Vacation per year (three weeks after 1 year of service), 12 Sick Days per year, and 11 Paid Holidays per year
- Eligible employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program
- North Suffolk qualifies as an H-1B Cap-Exempt employer (for eligible positions)
- North Suffolk offers visa and permanent resident card support to active employees
- Health & Dental Insurance, with generous employer contribution
- Employer Paid Life Insurance
- 403 (b) Retirement Plan with employer matching
- Voluntary Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
- Medical & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Access to Credit Union Banking
- Access to State Tuition Remission Program (Worksite Specific)
- Employee Referral Bonus Program
- Discounted Movie Tickets
- Comprehensive Training Program
- Internal Advancement Opportunities