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Sweetser lists this Family Support Specialist - CCBHC opportunity in sanford, Maine. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Family Support Specialist - CCBHC
Job Code:12828
Location:Sanford 04073
Department:Behavioral Health Home
FT/PT Status:Full Time
Summary:
Hourly Rate: $18.00-$20.00 dependent upon experience
$2,500 Sign-On Bonus!
The Family Support Specialist will work within the Behavioral Health Home team, consisting of the Clinical Supervisor, Nurse Care Manager, Health Home Coordinator and the Family Support Specialist, to support families in the community with the management of physical and behavioral health needs. The Family Support Specialist is an individual who has a family member who is receiving or has received services and supports related to the diagnosis of a mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, and/or developmental delay, and self-identifies on this basis with Behavioral Health Home members.
Sweetser has been voted the #1 Mental Health Nonprofit in Sanford/Springvale by the Best of Surveys!
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
• Willingness to share their own experience to build trusting and caring relationship with families.
• Demonstrate full inclusion and respectful partnerships by engaging in respectful conversations with the Behavioral Health Home team, (Clinical Supervisor, Nurse Care Manager, Health Home Coordinator).
• Facilitate youth and family engagement within the program.
• Navigate educational and community service supports for children and families.
• Support the team to be guided by the family voice/choice, acting as a bridge-builder between the family and the team.
• Participate in crisis intervention, resolution, and follow up services.
• Identify, with families, opportunities and methods to develop new supportive relationships in their community as youth transition from out-of-home placement back into the community.
• Facilitate satisfaction of shelter, food, clothing, affiliation, and other basic needs.
• Identify with family's methods they can use for the storage of documentation and schedules that supports services for their children, for the family to track and attend scheduled appointments.
• Support guardian, youth, and other natural supports by assisting in identifying methods for discovering, developing, and strengthening natural supports in their lives by searching for and participating in classes, support groups or other types of services, and resources to the help the person served to learn more about their condition(s) and/or maintain health.
• Facilitate transportation to medical appointments and other community integration activities. This may involve occasional transportation in employee’s vehicle and/or coaching and/or modeling the use of public transportation.
• Comply with all requirements for appropriate documentation.
• Family Support Specialist complies with all documentation requirements.
CLINICAL PRODUCTIVITY:
The team is expected to work with each family for a minimum of one hour monthly and the work of the Family Support Specialist contributes to the expected attestation.
EDUCATION:
• High School Graduate/GED Required; College preferred.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED:
• Maintain adequate personal vehicle insurance.
• Valid state driver’s license.
EXPERIENCE:
• Lived experience as a caregiver for a child with severe emotional disturbance and/or developmental delay required.
• Experience in behavioral healthcare preferred.
• Customer service and/or other business experience preferred. · Experience with electronic health records preferred.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
• Communicate ideas and opinions in a clear and constructive manner both verbally and in writing.
• Able to work both as part of a team and independently.
• Ability to organize and prioritize.
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills: patience, active listening and curiosity. Skill with and training in Motivational Interviewing preferred.
• Knowledge in the following areas preferred: Child development, adverse childhood events, family systems, special education, mental health, developmental delays, juvenile justice system.
COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS PACKAGE INCLUDES:
• Medical/dental/vision insurance and HSA/FSA options with generous employer contributions
• Employer-paid life insurance and disability coverage
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and household members
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off, paid holidays, and float day
• Paid Family and Medical Leave
• Employee discount program
• Milage reimbursement, applicable incentive and differential pay programs
• Eligibility for annual increases and referral bonuses
• Tuition reimbursement and educational partnership discounts
• 30% tuition discount for UNE's Online Graduate Programs
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program
• Free professional development and training opportunities through the Sweetser Training Institute
Worksite address
sanford, ME, 04073, US
Who can apply
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