About this role
Our dedicated front line staff are out in the field making it happen on a daily basis. Our administration staff play a key role in supporting our frontline staff by giving them the resources and tools they need to be successful. Whether Finance, HR, IT, or Quality Assurance is your game, you’ll be supporting our agency to be able to provide the best programs and services possible. You’ll get to work in a supportive, creative culture with many benefits.
Location: Newburgh, NY
Rate of pay $20.00 per hour
Hours- Monday-Friday 9am - 5:30pm with flexibility (40hrs)
Seeking a Family Partner who is a parent or caregiver with lived experience raising—or having raised—a child with mental health challenges and a firsthand understanding of the complexities involved.
- Parent/ primary caregiver of a child with a diagnosed history of emotional/behavioral health disorders.
- Engaging the parent/caregiver in activities in the home and community that are designed to address one or more goals on the waiver participants service plan.
- Assisting parent/caregiver in meeting the needs of the youth through educating, supporting, coaching, modeling and guiding.
- Teaching parent/caregiver how to network/link to community resources and treatment providers.
- Teaching parent/caregiver how to advocate for services and resources to meet the youth’s needs.
- Guiding and support linkage to individual, peer/parent support, and self-help groups for parent/caregiver.
- Family Partner have first-hand knowledge of the services and supports available in the community.
- Information on community resources
- Assisting families in connecting to community resources and natural supports
- Strengthen and support the care-giving efforts of families with special emphasis on needs such as: emotional, physical health, parenting, and family interaction
- Empower families to make informed choices regarding the nature of supports for themselves and their child by providing an understanding of what resources, services and supports are available and how to access them in their communities
- Develop a family’s capacity to actively participate in all decisions about services and supports for themselves and their child
- Develop a family’s capacity to enhance and improve the overall health and well-being of their child and family
- Work with the family and their provider team to promote effective collaboration and communication
- Strengthen and develop a family’s skill and feeling of self-efficacy so they can effectively advocate for their child, work collaboratively with services providers and do so with increasing independence over time
- Advocate with the family to access supports, services, and activities
- Have a valid driver’s license
- Have dependable transportation
- Have a high school diploma, high school equivalency, or a State Education Commencement Credential
- Be able to complete Mandated Reporting self-directed on line training
- Have experience working with children (preference given to those with experience working with children with special needs)
- Be a parent or caregiver of a child with a history of emotional and/or behavioral problems
- Be able to complete the Individualized Care Model
- Be able to complete and obtain their PEP Certification
- Complete safety in the home community training
- Complete OMH online Foundations training
Access: Network is an EEO employer
Other facts
About Access: Supports for Living
Rewarding Lives. Healthy Communities.
Welcome to an agency that is passionate about supporting the families and communities of the Hudson Valley.
We have been evolving services for people facing the challenges of disability and mental illness for over 58 years.
Today ...we offer a broad range of programs and touch thousands of lives every week. Yet we always work hard to focus on the needs and potentials of one person at a time.
Our many and varied services are all focused on one goal: helping people with challenges live the fullest life possible.
We believe each of us is entitled to a voice in establishing our own life goals and strive to treat each person we assist as a partner.
We are committed to making a positive difference in the communities where we live and work.
What you'll do
- Family Partners provide services and supports to families raising children with social, emotional, developmental, and behavioral challenges. They engage with parents and caregivers to help them meet their child's needs through education, support, and advocacy.
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