Parent Peer Support

Position Summary:

The Parent Peer Support Program will provide support and planning to assist parents/caregivers of young people participating in CFF’s Montgomery County Intensive Care Coordination Program. Services will be delivered by Parent Peer Specialists (PPS) trained by a department approved training to provide PPS. The focus of the services will be to assist the parents and caregivers of youth in the development of a plan that will address needs identified by the parent as they navigate the child serving system. The PPS will provide supportive interventions to eligible parents/caregivers either face-to-face or over the phone/telehealth to provide necessary support to develop skills and community support, and work toward goals on their Family Service Plan. The PPS will fill the need for supportive guidance from a skilled person with lived experience who is objective and neutral, trauma-informed, and person-centered. The FPS will utilize their own lived experience as a caregiver of a child with complex, multi-system needs to support the parents with children enrolled in the ICC program through CFF.

Responsibilities:

• Provide Parent Peer Support to assigned parents/caregivers within the ICC in their home or community settings as appropriate.
• Encourage and support the enhancement of resiliency through mentorship and the installment of hope and empowerment.
• Utilize one’s own lived experience to facilitate the completion of the OCY Family Service Plan.
• Ensure all parents identify needs and strengths to establish service plan goals across relevant domains.
• Identify community and natural supports and assist individuals with accessing and participating in such activities or events.
• Assess ongoing progress with plans, guide individuals in making necessary changes to plans and celebrate individual successes.
• Meet clients as needed in the community where they reside or wherever services would be most appropriately delivered.
• Carry a caseload of up to 20 families.
• Document progress in the agency EHR.
• Model and promote skills related to navigating the child serving system.
• Participate in weekly individual and group supervision.
• Actively work to promote strong personal and professional boundaries.
• Attend required trainings to maintain Parent Peer Specialist Certification.
• Perform other related duties, when required or assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience as a parent/caregiver of a child in the child serving system.
• High School Diploma or GED
• Have maintained, within the last 3 years, at least 12 months of successful full or part time paid or voluntary work experience.
• Completed training as a Parent Peer Specialist (PPS) from certified training program.
• Valid PA state driver’s license and access to reliable transportation

Preferred Qualifications:

• Lived experience in Child Welfare.
• Knowledge of community resources in Montgomery County.
• Exhibit competency in personal recovery and use of coping skills.
• Demonstrate the ability to assist parents/caregivers in developing empowerment skills and combating stigma through self-advocacy.
• Knowledge and skill to teach and engage in basic problem solving strategies to support clients in self-directed recovery.
• Knowledge and skill sufficient to use community resources necessary for independent living and ability to teach those skills to others.
• Ability to reflect the culture and understand the challenges of a caregiver of a child in OCY services.       

Work Environment:

• Hybrid work environment both in a standard office environment, and remotely from home, as well as community settings to include client home, schools, court, doctor’s offices and hospitals.

Compensation & Benefits:

• Pay rate of $20 per hour
• Medical and Vision Benefits offered on first day of employment, 3 plan options offered by Independence Blue Cross
• Dental Benefits offered on first day of employment, 2 plan options offered by Guardian
• Ancillary Benefits offered on first day of employment, such as Accident, Critical Illness, Cancer, Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability and $50,000 Life Insurance Policy provided by CFF
• 9 Paid Holidays
• 17 days of Paid Time Off with additional days added through years of service
• Paid Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement 
• Annual Salary Increase and Bonus
• 401K plan with company match and profit sharing
• Mileage and Expense reimbursement for travel and training
• Clearance Reimbursement

*Eligibility Requirements apply

CFF is an equal opportunity and drug free employer. We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, gender identity, or genetics. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.