FBH Certified Peer Counselor (Parent Partner) Westside Tacoma (University Place) - Pierce County

OverviewOUR FAMILIES NEED YOU AS A CERTIFIED PEER COUNSELOR (PARENT PARTNER)!Catholic Community Services, Family Behavioral Health is looking for a Family Support Specialist who wants to join our team of innovators who continually "push the envelope" and challenges traditional thinking in Behavioral Health.WHO ARE WE:We are a values-driven organization, providing family oriented mental health care for children, youth and families in their own home and community. Our enthusiastic clinical teams provide whatever is needed to help children and youth remain safely in their own home with their family, restoring hope with promise, providing intense mental health services and supports, and helping to strengthen the family unity. With sites located in Tukwila, Tacoma, Olympia, Shelton, Bremerton, Aberdeen, Yelm, Vancouver, and Portland Oregon, we offer comprehensive intensive, Wrap-around mental health services to a diverse population for youth and families. We employ over 550 caring and compassionate employees. WHAT WE VALUE: Compassion Diversity Excellence Justice StewardshipWe strive to help children and families live together safely and securely with hope and promise. We serve as a catalyst for change when appropriate, challenging long-standing service traditions in community behavioral health. We behave with Humility, Passion for our Mission, and Compassion and Respectful Interactions. We value learning and offer alternatives and we stand strong to help child-serving systems understand our alternative paradigm while strengthening partnerships. We do not compromise our values.Certified Peer Counselors (Parent Partners) are individuals with personal history as a parent of a youth/child who has been a recipient of behavioral health, child welfare, complex medical coordination or juvenile justice services who use that personal experience in building support with families. Successful applicants must have first person experience in accessing system services and be prepared to disclose their personal experiences with youth, parents and others.ResponsibilitiesCertified Peer Counselors (Parent Partners) collaborate, provide support and help facilitate services for youth and their families receiving Family Behavioral Health Services. Working as a member of a team, the Certified Peer Counselor (Parent Partner) helps a parent voice their own perspective and assure that other team members are able to understand their perspective and use that perspective in treatment planning. This position helps youth, parents and families achieve confidence in their abilities to team on a recovery journey and maintain hope for their success after formal behavioral health services have been completed. Communicate role, responsibility and agency philosophy in order to assure mutual respect, confidence and trust with the consumer and other stakeholders.

Provide non-judgmental, unconditional support to the consumer.

Customize helping approaches to fit the consumer’s uniqueness, personality, culture and interest.

Maintain a focus on strengths, needs and creative solutions.

Utilize the family’s expertise in problem solving and solution seeking.

Work interdependently with others toward common goals.

Respond to family’s and children’s needs in a timely fashion.

Instill hope for the future by communicating and behaving with confidence and reassurance.

Dialogue with referred parents and relate personal experience as a parent that will further assist in building trust with the family.

Assess and review the parent's ability to communicate their own position and preferences.

Reach agreement with parents about activities that will contribute to healing and support and assist in communicating that to others.

Review and analyze the team plan and make suggestions for improvements/modifications that improve parent participation.

Assist the parent in analyzing team progress toward vision and goals and encourage their feedback to the team.

QualificationsIDEAL CANDIDATE, WILL HAVE/BEHigh school diploma or equivalent.

Age 21 or older.

Personal (lived) experience as a recipient or with a special-needs child who has been a recipient of community mental health services within the past five years.

Must have an acceptable driving record per CCS’ driving policy (required to provide current driving abstract).

Must have reliable transportation, valid driver’s license, automobile insurance and provide current auto registration.

Applicant must successfully pass required background clearances prior to an offer of employment.

Availability to work flexible hours (evenings, nights, weekends).

Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.

Demonstrates the necessary attitudes, knowledge and skills to deliver culturally competent services and work effectively in multi-cultural situations.

Support and uphold the mission, beliefs and values of Catholic Community Services and Catholic Housing Services.

PreferA.A. or B.A. in social sciences, social services or mental health field background.

One year relevant experience with social services and mental health agencies to working with people who need assistance.

WHAT WE OFFER: Opportunity to participate on the Clinical team, providing innovative therapeutic techniques and non-traditional interventions in the community supporting youth and families.

Full-time employment, working hours to meet the family's needs.

Medical, dental, & vision insurance, retirement plans with generous paid time off.

Supplemental Cancer, Hospitalization, and Critical Illness Insurance.

Extensive training (examples: De-Escalation, Safety, WISe, BRS, CPR and First Aide, and First Response).

Fully implemented Health Record system (CareLogic) with in-depth training.

ABOUT PIERCE COUNTY:This position will serve all Pierce which includes Tacoma, University Place, Lakewood, Puyallup, Fife and other neighboring cities. The home office is in University Place. Enjoy all the area has to offer:Between the shores of the Puget Sound and the shadow of Mount Rainier, Pierce County ultimate destination for recreation and relaxation. Enjoy spectacular views, Commencement Bay, walking trails, boating, and close proximity to Seattle or Olympia, WA.

You will enjoy outstanding restaurants with gourmands and culinary connoisseurs who have cultivated a scene that’s made national press, with top-notch meeting and convention spaces, and huge headliner concerts have drawn visitors from across the globe.

If you are passionate about providing strength-based mental health services for children, youth and their family, we would love to hear from you! Please visit our Careers Page at . For additional questions, contact Karla Lacktorin, Regional Healthcare Recruiter, at or 253-325-2864.Note for Internal Candidates: reviews internal compensation and determines increase based on their experience and also agency internal equity factors.Catholic Community Services and Catholic Housing Services is and Equal Opportunity Employer. Please let us know if you need special accommodations to apply or interview for this position. Job LocationsUS-WA-University PlacePosted Date3 hours ago(10/13/2020 5:50 PM)Job ID2020-4979of Openings2CategoryBehavioral HealthMinUSD $19.56/Hr.