Job Description

Job Location: Owensboro, KY 42301
Position Type: Full TimeEducation
Level: High School/GED
Salary Range: $13.00 - $14.50 Hourly

Travel Percentage: Frequent
Job Shift: DayThe Family Peer Support Specialist provides mentoring and support to parents/caregivers of children with severe emotional disabilities through the use of various relevant modalities, primarily through use of lived experience as a parent/caregiver of child with a mental health and/or substance use disorder.
Essential Functions:
- Establishes and maintains a regional support and information network for parents and families of children with emotional disabilities.
- Teaches, coaches, mentors, and models for parents and caregivers regarding basic communication skills and advocacy training, resource identification and management, coping skill development, etc.
- Assists parents in locating available resources for their child and in understanding the rights of the child regarding these agencies and advocating for clients and families in relevant situations.
- Maintains timely documentation of services provided including billing documentation required in the Avatar system, requiring entry within 48 hours of service.
- Serves as an active member or consultant for children’s treatment teams by assisting in treatment plan development.
- Establishes and maintains parent support groups throughout the community, disseminating relevant information to families, empowering group members to assume leadership roles within the group, etc.
- Responds by phone or letter in a timely manner to parent/caregiver requests for assistance.
- Attends mandatory in-services, team meeting, and other training/educational programs as required, both internally and with external local, regional, and state organizations.
- Fosters collaborative working relationships among members of the leadership and management teams and programs.
- Other duties as assigned.

QualificationsEducation and

Experience:
- High School diploma or GED
- Must be a parent or relative caregiver with permanent legal custody who is raising or has raised a child with an emotional, social, behavioral, and/or substance use disability, and whose child had been a client of at least one state-funded service for children with SED.
- LICENSURE/ CERTIFICATION:
- - Must successfully complete core competency training administered by the statewide family network and demonstrate an understanding of the System of Care philosophy, the Wraparound Process, etc.
- - Required to seek continuous professional development training in order to maintain professional status and meet Medicaid and/or SIAC requirements.
- - Current Kentucky Certification in Family Peer Support is preferred but not required
- - Valid Driver’s License
Knowledge and Skills:
- Exceptional organizational abilities.
- Must be willing to work flexible hours and be able to travel within the region served.
- Must maintain a non-judgmental attitude toward children with SED and their families.
- Must have the ability to work with families from diverse cultural, religious, racial, and socio-economic backgrounds.
- Demonstrates flexibility in problem-solving and the ability to deal with various situations that arise.
- Personal characteristics must include common sense, ability to adhere to policies, procedures, and code of ethics, demonstration of healthy boundaries, enthusiasm, team involvement, willingness to learn, open mindedness, etc.