Evening Advocate

We’re committed to supporting your career development by encouraging mobility and advancement across different program types and jobs.

Generous vacation time and 15 paid holidays will help you achieve a healthy work/life balance.

We offer an excellent benefits package with affordable, high-quality health and dental insurance with low co-pays.

You’ll receive ongoing support through high-quality supervision, specialized trainings from our Continuing Education team, and an education benefit.

Family Peer Advocate works as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide treatment and support services to families and children, ages 10 to 21, who have significant behavioral health needs and who are at risk of entering, or returning home from high end services, such as inpatient settings or residential services. The Family Peer Advocate provides services to youth and families in their homes and communities and collaborates closely with other service providers and systems with which the family interacts. The role will require some evening availability and rotating on-call coverage.

Provide advocacy with providers across the child serving system to raise awareness, reduce stigma, engage families in and coordinate services.

Educate about self‑help techniques and self‑help group processes.

Providing individual or group parent skill development related to the behavioral health needs of the child/youth.

Teach effective coping strategies based on personal experience and assist in the development of community support systems and networks.

Support families, parents/caregivers in developing skills to effectively manage their child/youth behaviors and navigate the multiple systems involved.

Monitor and document family progress to track progress in accordance with agency and regulatory bodies policies.

Collaborate with care providers and community support to help families track their progress towards meeting their goals.

Participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings, staff meetings, trainings, and supervision.

Maintain all documentation according to the standards and time frames established by the Jewish Board, regulatory agencies and/or funding sources.

Maintain professional behaviors and ethical standards as established by licensing board, relevant professional association and the Jewish Board policies and procedures.

Using an electronic database, document demographic data on all individuals seen, document and track family’s goals, and all services provided to parent/caregiver; participates in quality improvement activities.

Perform these services in the family’s home, youth’s home, community, office.

Educational /Training Required. High School Diploma or Equivalency

Certified Family Peer Advocate Certificate

Specialty credentialing in advocacy - can be obtained during probationary period

Lived experience in parenting a child or adolescent with a serious emotional disturbance and/or lived experience of mental health challenges.

Demonstrates qualities of leadership, including knowledge of advocacy, and can positively reflect on and share his/her experiences with others.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Work flexible hours, as required

Bilingual and bicultural candidates are encouraged to apply

Has completed or is currently completing the accreditation process to be a certified youth peer advocate.

Computer Skills Required. Prior experience with electronic health records and Microsoft Office.

Visual and Manual Dexterity. The candidate should be able to read paper and electronic documents and perform significant data entry into various computer programs. Manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination to travel independently using public transportation.

Services are provided in the community and the office.

While the offices of the Jewish Board are accessible in accordance with the ADA, the sites to which staff may need to travel may or may not be.

To perform the essential functions of this job the candidate must be able to travel within New York City carrying equipment such as a notebook, forms, laptop, mobile hotspot and cell phone weighing up to approximately 10 pounds.

To perform the essential functions of this job, the candidate is routinely required to sit (60% of the time) and stand (20% of the time), and travel to and from appointments using public or private transportation options (20% of the time).

Risks/hazards associated with the position are those which may be encountered traveling around New York City.

Generous vacation time, in addition to paid agency holidays and 15 sick days.

Affordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans.

403(b) retirement benefits and a pension.

Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation.

24/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program.

Life and disability insurance.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion working groups that are available for you to join, including Confronting Structural Racism (COR), Coalition Against Anti-Semitism (CAAS), and the LGBTQ Steering Committee.

We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. This applies with respect to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and all other terms and condition of employment as well as general treatment during employment.

We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities, without regard to any protected classifications, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. J-18808-Ljbffr The-Jewish-Boar