Job Information
Eliot Community Human Services Family Partner CSA in Saugus, Massachusetts
Description
Together we can make a difference.
Eliot is committed to employee growth & retention by offering a comprehensive total rewards package including but not limited to:
75% Company Contribution to Medical and Dental Insurance
12 Paid Holidays, 15 to 20 Vacation Days Annually, 12 Sick Days Annually
401(k) Retirement Plan with Employer Match
100% Company-Paid Life & Accidental Death Insurance
100% Company Paid Short & Long-Term Disability Insurance
$3000 Employee Referral Bonus
$3000 Annual Tuition/Professional Development Reimbursement
Opportunities for growth internally within our 100+ programs across Massachusetts
Comprehensive Staff Orientation, Training Programs & Professional Development Assistance
FSA, Dependent Care, transportation reimbursement
Eliot is seeking a bilingual Family Partner (English with Spanish, Arabic, Haitian Creole, or Portuguese) with lived experience as caregiver to a youth with special needs (preferably mental health needs). A candidate should have experience navigating child and family service systems & teaching families involved in those systems. They will engage with other caregivers using a wraparound approach to assist in meeting the needs of their child and family.
Responsibilities:
Engage the parent/caregiver in activities in the home and in the community that are designed to address one or more goals on the youth’s treatment plan or ICP
Assist parent/caregiver in meeting the needs of the youth through educating, supporting, coaching, modeling and guiding
Teach parent/caregiver how to network/link to community resources and treatment providers
Support parent/caregiver in advocating for services and resources to meet a youth’s needs
Guide, support and foster empowerment including, linkages to individual, peer/parent support and self help groups
Participate on Care Planning Team (CPT) and attend CPT meetings
Participate in discharge planning
Meet with providers and attend all IEP, hospital discharge, treatment team and other relevant meetings
Provide telephone support and outreach to parent/caregiver
Make regular telephone and face to face contacts with collateral providers
Provide transportation to parent/caregiver as appropriate
Schedule: Monday - Friday (flex schedule)
Compensation: $21.63/hour
Eliot is committed to identifying and dismantling barriers that prevent people with marginalized racial identities from actualizing their full employment potential, assuming leadership roles, or from fully engaging at all levels in the workplace.
Qualifications
Skills
Preferred
Experience with population: Expert
Ability to write clearly: Expert
Education
Preferred
High School or better in Business
Associates or better
Licenses & Certifications
Preferred
- MA Driver's License