Family Peer Support Specialist - School Based

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Davis Behavioral Health is seeking a full-time Family Peer Support Specialist (FPSS) to join the Children, Youth, and Families Mental Health team. The Family Peer Support Specialist (FPSS) works closely with families who have children and adolescents with complex mental health needs. They offer hope, guidance, advocacy, and camaraderie for parents and caregivers of children and youth receiving services from mental health, substance use, and related services systems. They bring expertise based on their own experience parenting a child or youth with social, emotional, behavioral, or substance use challenges, as well as specialized training, to support other parents and caregivers. Peer support is provided through face-to-face support groups, phone calls, or individual meetings. They link families to local resources and supports, provide family advocacy, and facilitate wraparound services.

Please visit the DBH career page (here) to apply for this position as quick applications through sites like Indeed and others may cause delays as critical information is not required on those sites.

Essential Job Functions

The Children, Youth, and Families FPSS is responsible for the following job duties:

• Meet agency productivity standard.
• Maintain documentation as required by agency standards.
• Participate in regular staff meetings and regularly scheduled supervision.
• Maintain professional and ethical standards.
• Other duties and responsibilities and needed and assigned.

In addition to the essential job functions outline above, the following responsibilities are assigned to your specific position

• Link parents/caregivers and families with systems of care that provide them with resources, services, and opportunities to improve their quality of life.
• Utilizes lived experience in a purposeful and appropriate manner to promote hope, resilience, engagement, and family empowerment while maintaining professional boundaries.
• Advocate for individuals and families who need assistance while encountering barriers in connecting with systems of care.
• Assist families in gathering natural supports and resources for becoming independent of agencies.
• Facilitate recovery groups as appropriate.
• Develop working relationships with partner agencies to effectively facilitate referrals and coordination of services.
• Provide individual and family psychoeducation via workshops, presentations, etc.
• Other duties and responsibilities and needed and assigned.

Compensation

The hourly rate for this position is outlined below:

• $19.00 per hour

Schedule

This is a full-time position and is normally assigned to weekdays. This schedule may require three evenings per week. DBH reserves the right to require overtime, weekend work, and/or assignment to evening or night shifts, depending upon operational need, some in and out of state travel may be required.

The proposed schedule for this position is:

• Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Work schedules at DBH are established to meet the needs of our clients and the agency. Program Supervisors, with the approval of Program Directors, determine the specific schedules for their assigned departments and have the authority to ask employees to work a different shift and/or in a different location on a short-term or permanent basis to meet the departments' needs.

Required Qualifications

Experience

Experience working with youth/young adults and families is strongly preferred.

The FPSS certification requires that an individual be a parent or other family member of a child or youth who has struggled with a serious emotional disturbance and has received mental health and/or substance use treatment and support services. Candidates who do not have lived experiences as a primary caregiver actively involved in raising a child who experiences emotional, behavioral, mental health and/or substance use challenges will not be considered.

Experience navigating child-serving systems in the community.

Education

High school diploma or GED is required .

Current licensure in the state of Utah as an SSW preferred.

Certification/Licensure

The successful candidate must be certified as a Family Peer Support Specialist (FPSS) by the Office of Substance Use and Mental Health. Click here for details on obtaining FPSS certification. The successful candidate must meet all qualifications to complete FPSS certification.

Certification as a FPSS must be completed as soon as possible, but no later than 6 months after hire.

The successful candidate must also complete certification as a Behavioral Health Case Manager (BHCM) with the Utah Department of Health and Human services within the first 30 days of employment. Click here for details on BHCM certification.

Training

Obtain and maintain First Aid and CPR certification within 30 days of employment.

Complete behavior management training (Welle) within 30 days of employment.

Complete all required training that is assigned to the Family Peer Support Specialist position by defined deadlines.

Skills/Abilities/Qualifications

Qualifications

Must be at least 18 years old.

All employees at DBH must successfully pass a pre-employment criminal background check as well as a pre-employment drug screening. Since Davis Behavioral Health works with Federal grants the company and its employees must comply with the Federal drug laws, including no use of medical marijuana.

Must have reliable transportation and a valid driver's license.

The employee must be able to drive and must have a valid driver's license with clean driving record to be covered by DBH insurance.

Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of community resources.
• Demonstrated ability to motivate and engage families.
• General understanding of mental illness and substance use disorders.
• Good organizational and practice management skills.
• Ability to utilize own lived experience while maintaining appropriate professional boundaries.
• Ability to work independently and effectively.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other staff and community agencies (such as DCFS, schools, juvenile courts, etc.).
• Flexibility in days and hours available for scheduled work, including evenings and weekends.
• ​Ability to work in environments where exposure to unpredictable or emotionally charged situations may occur while maintaining professional composure and situational awareness.
• ​​Spanish-speaking is highly desirable​.

Work Environment

This position operates in a combination of office-based, school and other community-based settings. Services may be delivered in outpatient clinics, client homes, schools and other community locations as clinically indicated. This role requires flexibility in scheduling to meet client and program needs and may include travel within the county. It may require the use of a personal vehicle; mileage reimbursement is provided in accordance with organizational policies.

Benefits

DBH offers an incredible valuable and comprehensive benefits packages to eligible employees. A copy of the current DBH Benefits Guide is available upon request.
DBH benefits include:

Medical Insurance with multiple plan options - The current carrier and network is SelectHealth Share.

High-Deductible Health Plan with a sizeable employer Health Savings Account contribution

Dental Insurance - The current carrier and network is Delta Dental

Vision Insurance - Offered by VSP

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Annual healthcare spending limit: $2,750

Annual dependent care spending limit: $5,000

Retirement

Utah Retirement System participating agency

401(k) - DBH matches up to 2% of annual earnings

Voluntary employee-funded options available (457 Plan Roth IRA)

Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance

Basic Life and AD&D Benefit Amounts

Employee: 2x your base annual earnings, rounded to the nearest $1,000, to a maximum of $300,000

Spouse : $10,000

Child(ren) : $5,000 on each eligible dependent child

Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance

Long-term Disability

Health Reimbursement Account offered to employees to voluntarily opt out of DBH medical and/or dental insurance

Up to $2,860 per year contributed by DBH after required employee contribution

Voluntary Insurance

Voluntary Accident

Voluntary Identity Protection

Voluntary Critical Illness

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Offered through the SelectHealth LiVe Well program.

Davis Behavioral Health is an equal opportunity employer.

DBH Criminal Background Check & Drug Screening Disclaimer

Davis Behavioral Health is a drug-free workplace and requires all employees to successfully pass a pre-employment drug screening. DBH will not hire individuals currently using illegal drugs or abusing alcohol; therefore, making employment at DBH conditional upon successfully passing pre-employment drug screening by providing a valid sample. Candidates who are offered employment are required to report for a drug screen at an Intermountain WorkMed location within 24 hours of being requested to do so by the DBH Human Resources Department.

Davis Behavioral Health works with Federal grants and must comply with the Federal drug laws, including no use of medical marijuana.

Further, all employees at DBH must successfully pass a pre-employment criminal background check as part of DBH's licensing agreement with the State of Utah. Failure to pass either screening will result in the termination of any job offer submitted and/or employment for any individual who has started employment while the criminal background screening is in process. Pending and/or open charges will likely impact a candidate's ability to pass the pre-employment criminal background screening.